John,
My 3A was originally Slate Gray, in late 59 from the factory. In addition to
the Silverstone and the Pearl, I understand the factory experimented with
Phantom Grey, Silver Grey, Platnum Grey, Plover Grey, and South Sea Grey
although I'm not familiar with any of these shades today. Mine was resprayed
Apple green in the late 60s and I do know that the Slate looks a glossy
primer.
Dave Willner
59 TR3A (Apple Green)
70 BSA 441 Victor Special
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Macartney" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
To: "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: Specific TR3 colour
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> For a 1957 TR3 I'd bet on either Silverstone or Phantom Grey. Greatly
doubt that Gunmetal
> would have gone back that far and it was a medium gray with dark blue
mixed in it. Fairly
> severe to look at but when polished, came up well. A popular colour for
field and Press
> cars because it always looked fiarly presentable, even when dirty .
Colours usually stayed
> in the range for two, sometimes three years though not all colours were
available on all
> models at the same time.
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> Jonmac
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