check http://www.amdyne.net/~ptegler/twinmgbgts/mgbcolors1.htm
one for oew is Dupont #'s (US mfr)
near the bottom of the page
Paul Tegler
OB - 1973 MGBGT (Blaze Red, (orange))
YB - 1973 MGBGT (Primrose Yellow)
Millersville, MD (South of Baltimore, North of Annapolis)
wizardz@amdyne.net
http://www.amdyne.net/~ptegler/mgmain.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Mullis <dmullis@Adobe.COM>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 3:12 PM
Subject: New Paint Codes.
>Good Day,
>
>I went this weekend to pick up some paint to do my bugeye. The
>place I go to (car color in Gilroy, CA) has been very helpful but
>we were unable to come up with a paint code for "Old English White"
>(WT-3) that would cross match to a modern code. Does anyone have
>this info?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated,
>
>Dan(dmullis@adobe.com)
>1960 bugeye
>
>Since this is my first email to the list, here is the story
>of the car.
>
>Sitting in a far corner of my neighbors yard, under a stack of
>rotting tarps I could see the just enough of the smile to know
>it was a bugeye. After months of watching it be neglected they
>put their house up for sale. I walked over and asked, what
>are you going to do with the Austin? "Why you want it?" was
>her reply. I gave them $200 and towed it home. That was early
>March. I have stripped it to bare metal and primed it. The
>biggest issue I have is that some idiot cut a big hole in the
>bonnet to add ventalation. I will post pictures on my web site
>when I get some better progress. My plan early on was to buy a
>1275 from mini-mania along with a 5-speed. But after reading
>the conversations lately, I am leaning toward going stock
>and try to rebuild it's 948 which looks to be a major ordeal.
>Does anyone sell rebuilt 948's?
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