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Dear fellow-afflicteds
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I am puzzling over what should be the "correct" 2-tone blue paint=20
colours for my P type.
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I realise that this topic has been aired amongst us previously, and I=20
also know that according to Malcolm Green's excellent book on the 4=20
cylinder MG OHC cars the colours are shown as:
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CAMBRIDGE BLUE=20
PPG Code PEU 1628.=A0=20
ICI Code JC79
Name: Peugot Bleu Rhapsodie
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OXFORD BLUE
PPG Code SAA 136
ICI Code GC 52
Name: Saab Midnight Blue.
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(In passing, I'd just mention that the publisher transposed the names;=A0=
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the above is correct!)
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However my query is this:
Having now obtained samples of cellulose paint in these colours the=20
Cambridge Blue is really quite dark - certainly much darker than many=20
of the 2-tone blue MMMs that we have been seeing over the past few=20
years.
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For the benefit of Anglophiles I'd describe the Peugot colour as nearer =
to a slightly lighter version of RAF blue.
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I'm aware that in the 30s, the lighter colour of the 2-tone greens and=20
reds on our cars were fairly dark, so it may well be that the same=20
applies to the blue as well?
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When I showed my paint sample to Mike Allison at Silverstone last year, =
he reckoned that the blue WAS a bit dark.
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None of the above really matters a great deal, but it would be good to=20
get the "proper" colour if I can!
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Can anyone offer a view?
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Incidentally, the Saab dark blue looks spot on!
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Regards
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Dick Morbey=A0 :-)
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