Dick,
The 2 blues are a spot on match to the 2 blues on a cellulosed sample card I
saw last
December at Barry Fosters. Definately use those 2 blues that M Green published.
The lighter
blue is NOT a powder blue that we often see. It's more likw a medium steel
blue. Both
colors look awsome together and on a car. Good luck. tom
> ** Original Subject: Paint colours
> ** Original Sender: Richard.Morbey@taywood.co.uk
> ** Original Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 07:56:21 -0500 (EST)
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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 =
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> 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, =
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> 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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tom
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