On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Zubrovka wrote:
> I am resisting the urge to paint mine red again. It was very close
> to that red when I got it, but I also found out it was originally
> Brooklands green! I think I want to paint it that lighter shade of
> purple, Acontite, I think is what they call it.
Ahh yes. The great color debate rises again. I was probably the last culprit
to start it a few months back.
I have a 73 B that was originally a beige (Bedouin or Antelope I'd wager, I
havent got the cert on it yet), then dark blue, then a bad approximation of
BRG, then dark blue again, then the current light baby blue.
Few, if any of these colors are correct (other than the factory paint). I
took a random orbit sander with some fine grit paper and sanded down to
metal. It looked like an everlasting gobstopper. Ring after ring of color,
complete with a layer of primer between each of the above five.
My goal has always been to strip it all down and do a correct color. I toyed
with the idea of Tartan Red, but I know I've read somewhere that there's
evidence that red cars get pulled over more often. And besides the number of
B's I see on the web that are "I restored it and had it painted tartan red"
was staggering. I wanted something else.
I thought of BRG, but didn't like the look of the black interior pieces with
biscuit seats and panels with the green color.
So I posted to the list "What would you do?"
The winner was a tie between Aconite and Black Tulip, actually. Not that I'd
ignore the advice of such an astute group, but the the color I finally
settled on was Blue Royale.
That was, of course, until I saw some shots of an MGB recently restored and
painted a silver color that looked absolutely amazing.
So I'm back to square one.
Is this a game that all LBC owners play?
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