Hello all, I have what seems to me to be a pressing and huge problem. My beloved 62 BN7 tri-carb (http://www.caymanconferences.com/corvette/62bn7.htm) is at the paint shop with fenders off, almost re
Are you really concerned about value? If so, keep with an original color and do the entire vehicle. If not, paint the car the color you want, it's your healey and you should enjoy the car. Although
My BN7 is a brighter than OEW and looks terrible. OEW looks great. Paint it the creamy white. You will learn to like it - it is a much classier color than the bright white, which tends to cheapen th
It's your car, you ultimately have to decide what you like, but here's my opinion since you asked. Painting the body anything but white will make it look like a cheap restoration once the bonnet is
With the caveat that it is your car and you are the one who has to (gets to?) look at it I agree with this comment. If the oew looks too vanilla you could think about adding contrasting coves in blue
Author: Rizzo Steven D LtCol AETC/XPRU <Steven.Rizzo@randolph.af.mil>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:37:29 -0600
I found this thread really interesting. I personally think the big Healey with its soft curves looks great in OEW. (OEW is the color of my BJ8, BTW.) However, as several have stated "its your car", e
If the original poster on this thread would like to see a big Healey. OEW with dark blue coves...... I can send you a photo of the 4 100Ss painted in that scheme, that were at Lime Rock last fall....
Or for a neat interactive color exercise, go to: http://austinhealey.com/big.html Click on Healey Catalog, then click on the MkII, choose the white over black, then compare it with primrose over blac