Ron Botting wrote:
>I have a frame off restoration of a '57 TR3A under way and I have yet
>to determine the paint code for the original Medium Blue colour. Can you
>share these codes via E-Mail ?. does each have a colour description ?
You might be looking for "Winchester Blue", which I noticed was not on the
list. My '57 TR3 is WB. I wrote a letter to the British Motor Heritage and
they replied was that in September 1956, Triumph changed from Salvador Blue
to Winchester Blue at about TS/13203, and used it until about TS/24304
(November 1957), which would have included your car. (57' TR3A TS23731).
Then they changed to the more common "powder blue".
I have tried to get the original formula (Ditzler, I believe), but have been
told by the archivist that it's a "retired" number and they don't have it
anymore. I settled for having the paint computer matched and it looks great
(IMHO), although somewhat feminine. That's OK since the car was bought for
my wife from the original owner, also a female. She's named "Martha" (the
car, not the original owner).
I did find one old guy in Tennessee who had a paint chip page with Winchester
Blue but wouldn't sell it to me. I need to try him again, I guess.
Unfortunately, without the car and the chip in the same place, I wasn't able
to tell whether they were exactly the same, but they seemed to be at least
close. It seems to me that I have a formual for Winchester Blue from another
paint company (Ace or something like that), but I can't find it right now.
I'll look around and if I find it will send it along.
If anyone comes up with an original "Winchester Blue" paint chip I'd sure
like to have it.
Don Marshall
'57 TR3 '63 TR3B '63 TR4 '63 BJ7
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