Randy Hicks
Geoff. Healey told me .." When we ran out of paint
we ordered it from any supplier who had a 55 gallon
drum in stock , so Healey colours are not ALL THE SAME
" Hope this answers your question about correct
colours ... Norma Nock
--- Randy Hicks <Healey100M@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the explanation Doug. It makes sense to
> me now.
>
> And Thanks for going through the exercise of trying
> to preserve the
> correct colors.
>
> Randy
>
> Randy Hicks
> '56 100M
> '62 BN7 MkII
> '65 BJ8
> '53 MGTD
> Healey100M@gmail.com
>
>
>
> On Apr 13, 2008, at 1:53 PM, Mr. Finespanner wrote:
> > Randy,
> > The shade of engine green varied considerably over
> the years.
> > Consistency of the motor color was not as much of
> a priority as
> > that of the body colors. However, the shades
> offered by today's
> > suppliers have all been towards the lighter end of
> the scale. The
> > Hirsch paint has been the closest of those
> available and the Wal-
> > Moss, in my opinion, has always been way too
> light. If you ever
> > bought motor paint from Hemphill's Healey Haven
> you got Johnson
> > outboard engine green with the label torn off. I
> wanted to preserve
> > the richer darker shade as I am used to seeing it
> on original bits.
> > The bellhousing I took in for computer matching
> was from a center
> > shift gearbox that had original darker motor green
> on it. I sent cans
> > out to a bunch of people I consider authorities,
> in that they have
> > been
> > playing with Healeys long enough to remember the
> original shade of
> > darker green, and had uniformly positive feedback
> as to the color
> > match. Roger Moment said that it was an exact
> match to the early
> > 100 motor green, but the shade-donor bellhousing
> was from a BJ8.
> >
> > So I guess I'm not saying this is the "correct"
> shade for any
> > particular
> > year or model; I don't believe that's even
> possible given the
> > variations
> > in tone that could occur on a frequent basis.
> What I am saying is
> > that
> > the 18G paint is as truly authentic a reproduction
> of the original
> > darker
> > green as modern computer color matching can
> render, and I'll let it go
> > at that. It also looks really great on a motor.
> It looks more
> > like a piece
> > of machinery and less like an after dinner breath
> mint.
> >
> > regards,
> > Doug, 18G
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