John Gillis wrote;
>Hi all,
> Within the next few months my bodyshell will be shipped over to the
>U.K and there in the hands of the professionals it will be repaired,
>welded, flattened and finally painted. This last one is the problem, In the
>first instance, after much deliberation I had settled on BLACK. Many tried
>to put me off, but I was sure that's what I wanted. I then went to Gaydon
>for the 75th you know what.... Now I'm nothing more than confused. To cut a
>long story short here is the short list of colours, if anyone has a
>sidescreen in one of the listed hue's, could they voice any comment they
>have. Or if anybody has general advice, like BLACK showing up the slightest
>flaw in a panel, or WHITE showing up bad panel gaps I would be grateful. So
>here goes
>BLACK
>PEARL WHITE is this an off white, like Old English White ?
>ICE BLUE, I am not sure what this colour is like, I am guessing similar to
>Sky Blue
>APPLE GREEN
>One of the Grey's maybe, I have seen a list of these and a picture of one
>example.
>John Gillis
>1954 TR2 TS3618. October 1954 (ground up)
>1964 Triumph 3TA 350cc (a little gem)
>Trinity College
>Dublin,
>IRELAND.
Both my TR2 and TR3 were originally Pearl White, although none of the original
paint is left on either. Pearl White is slightly off white but not like Old
English White which always struck me as being a bit to the yellow side. Ice
Blue is nothing like a Sky Blue. There is a fellow out here in LA who has an
early TR2 (1953 manufacture) which is Ice Blue. It has been restored but he had
the paint mixed to match the original paint on the car. He I also the ORIGINAL
owner of the car having purchased it new in the spring of 1954. Possibly the
oldest originally owned TR. Ice Blue was one of the "designer" colors that
Triumph used on the TR2s. It is really more to the green than blue. Imagine a
very muted mint green leaning towards the blue. It is hard to describe but is
not an unpleasant color, it is not bright like a sea foam green that the
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