There has been quite a bit of controversy over Ice Blue, and I think it
is due to something I discovered in reviewing my paint files this
weekend. Apparently the name was re-used in 1973 and shows up as paint
code 116 (PPG mix code 14608).
I haven't seen a paint chip on this color but based on what I have read
over the past few days, I'd be willing to bet that it is not the light
green color I have been seeing described for the TR2 and TR3.
I plan to take another trip this week to the Paint supplier and
investigate further.
Regards,
Joe Curry
TRIPHSTEVE@aol.com wrote:
>
> John and Kurt-
>
> I have a 1954 TR2 which was originally Ice Blue. Some of the original paint
> remains and the colour reminds me more of Sea Foam Green than anything Blue. I
> will keep it the original color when resprayed, but nothing looks better than
> a Black TR2 (IMHO).
>
> The car is such a classic, any colour you are considering will flatter it.
> However, probably very few have elected to respray Ice Blue unless it was the
> original colour. The same is probably true of Apple Green, which I have read
> from several sources was not offered until the TR3A range of cars.
>
> The original colours which were available to pre TS 1200 cars were: Ice Blue,
> Geranium, Black, Pearl White, and Olive Yellow (which Moss describes as
> "awful"). Post TS 1200 cars, but still in the TR2 range, could have been
> Signal Red, BRG, Black, Pearl White and Geranium.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Steve Thornton
> Bowling Green, KY
> "Home of the Corvette"
> 1954 TR2
> 1962 TR3B
> 1968 TR 250
> 1971 TR6
>
> In a message dated 99-02-15 00:40:34 EST, koblinger@linkline.com writes:
>
> <<
> 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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