Hey Hadi!
I like Frank's idea! Does your car still have paint showing somewhere?
I have a car that was supposed to be Carmine Red. I was told that it was
mistakenly painted the Jag colour "Carmen Red", which now seems to be wrong
also.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/2009FallTour.jpg
Below is an excerpt from something that I wrote to someone else.
Unfortunately, the coloramic.com website appears to be down ( "suspended" )
and I don't have those ICI paint codes handy at the moment. So ... Carmine
Red was a Healey Colour ( and a Triumph colour according to a google search).
With any luck, maybe that web site will come back up.
This company sells an aerosol can of their Carmine Red:
http://www.ahead4healeys.co.uk/CARMINE-RED---AEROSOL-PAINT-id3266.html
Getting it shipped from the UK is a major expense though.
>>>
Okay, so this is an example of "Carmen" Red, the Jag colour that was used for
the early BN1's.
http://www.kentcarcollection.com/info.php?id=212
http://www.kentcarcollection.com/info2.php?id=212&i=2
And, here's a web reference to Austin-Healey paint colours:
( Austin-Healey - Guide to Historic Colors by Don Pikovnik )
http://www.coloramic.com/britcars.htm
Colour swatches showing Carmen and Carmine side by side:
http://www.coloramic.com/articles/ahcgtext.htm
This chart shows the Carmen and Carmine with the same RD.13 code and 2
different ICI paint codes:
http://www.coloramic.com/articles/hlyclrs.htm
>>>
This shows a chip of Carmine Red:
http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/aclchip.aspx?image=1955-ahmg-pg11.j
pg
Ah-ha! Try here:
http://www.teglerizer.com/mgcolors/
HTH
Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada
1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( project )
1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen )
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:16:34 -0500
> From: hmortada@aol.com
> Subject: [Spridgets] Help
>
> Hey List, I am getting ready to have my 79 Midget repainted, its original
> colour is Carmine Red, at least that what I was able to find about this
> colour. Anyone would be able to know where I can get a colour number or
code
> for this, or just pick any colour and go with it and hope it is close to
the
> original!
> Thanks for all of your help!
> Hadi, in Ottawa, Canada
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