Hmmm. Abingdon may have been a small, specialist factory but it didn't have
a Little Old Man out the back mixing the colours from a litre each of red,
blue and green ya know. The bodies were made and painted along with those
for many other BL models at a large factory and the paint came from a paint
manufacturer ready-mixed to a numerical specification. MGB production may
have been small but it was hardly a cottage industry ; )
Getting two cars of the same nominal colour in the same shade now is another
matter altogether.
----- Original Message -----
From: JustBrits <justbrits@mediaone.net>
To: David Tinker <david.tinker@virgin.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Cc: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: The Sacred Cow-Concours
> David:
>
> <<who is going to tell me that the colour is the wrong shade of Ivory?.>.
>
> No one except a paint store supplier whom "might" have a sample card.
>
> Keep in mind, you guys used what ever was handy.
> if there was 2/3s of a liter of paint in a 1 liter can, the object to be
> painted required a full liter, then the paint shop had to "make up the
> difference".
>
> I would be willing to bet that no two cars came off the line (except in a
> row) the same "colour".
>
> Cheers............
>
> Ed
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