The book Original MGB by Anders Ditlev Clausager will tell you
more than you ever wanted to known about the MGB he also has another book
The Original MGA.
...Art
On Sat, 26 Jul 1997 MLishego@aol.com wrote:
> Is there a paint number anywhere on my MGB that tells me the original paint
> color? Is there any way to find out what my original color was? So far,
> I've discovered these colors on the car in various locales:
> Currently: Black
> Red
> Brown Metallic
> Pale yellow
> BRG
>
> I believe that the BRG was original, since all of the insides are this color,
> like under the dash where no mortal man would paint. However, the pale
> yellow paint job was a very good one, the insides of the engine bay have
> traces of the yellow under the black and before the BRG. The brown was
> terrible, as of four years ago, the car was this color, I've seen pictures,
> and it's hideous. The DPO bought it brown, then painted it red, and then
> switched to black.
> ~Mike Lishego
>
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