You want a good one. Lets look at British Racing Green.
Healey had 3 shade, Then every other British Manufacturer had their
own version.
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Nov 13, 2009, at 11:29 AM, HealeyRick wrote:
> If thre's this much of a fight over white, wait until someone asks
> for the
> correct formula for Healey Blue!
>
> --- On Fri, 11/13/09, robertduquette@sympatico.ca
> <robertduquette@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> From: robertduquette@sympatico.ca <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Ivory White vs OEW
> To: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, November 13, 2009, 1:09 PM
>
>
> OEW is your battle. My interest when I found this site, was the
> Carmen Red
> and the Carmine Red with the same Mfg Code and different ICI codes.
>
>
>
> Battle on.
>
>
>
>> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:12:13 +0000
>>
>> IIRC--the book's at home--Pikovnic lists two whites for BN1s and
>> BN2s: OEW
> and Ivory (Pale or White I don't recall--think Pale). I'll check
> tonight, but
> I believe they were different color codes (the paint chips were
> perceptibly
> different).
>>
>> So, the answer is: there were two 'whites' for the 100s, and one--
>> known
> either as OE or Ivory--for the 6-cyl cars?
>>
>>
>> bs
>>
>> --------------------------------
>> Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
>>
>>
>> Fellow Listers,
>>
>> Let's not make this harder than it is.
>>
>> White six-cylinder cars are listed as Ivory White. However from the
> Concours
> Guidelines, 2008 edition, page 117 under 6-cylinder Cars...
>>
>> - Ivory White and Old English White, though different color names,
>> all were
> the same WT.3 paint code.
>>
>> Also from Don Pikovnik's book "Austin Healey Guide to Historic
>> Colors."
>>
>> Old English White - WT.03
>> ICI - 2379
>> aka "Ivory"
>>
>> OK, one more time.. AKA "IVORY"
>>
>> And for those who are still confused aka means - also known as.
>>
>> THEREFORE...for all intents and purposes it says Ivory White (is
>> listed as
> the color name for our cars) but is in fact Old English White.
>>
>> My apologies to Wm. Shakespeare - "A white Austin Healey by any
>> other name
> will still be Olde English White."
>>
>> This horse is DEAD.
>>
>> Cheers ;-)
>>
>> Curt
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