[Healeys] ODP: Re: What color should the instrument panel be for BN1 HealeyBlue?

[Tadeusz Malkiewicz]

Rich,
What would we do without you...

This is the other 100 in Poland that's looking for the right color.

Is the color finish gloss or matt?

Tadek

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Od:: Rich C <richchrysler at quickclic.net>
Data:: Poniedzia3ek, 15 Marzec 2010 14:48
Temat: Re: [Healeys] What color should the instrument panel be for BN1
HealeyBlue?

> Usually the instrument panel on a Healey Blue Hundred is a dark
> midnight
> blue with silver instrument pod. However, we've observed a few
> original
> exceptions here. Some of the early 2 piece dashes had the separate
> instrument pod painted Healey Blue, though most were silver. A few
> later
> BN1's with single piece dash pressing seemed to be painted all
> black. An
> example here is John Wheatley's very original BN1, though that's
> the only
> one I've ever personally seen. I believe his was built about May
> of '54.
> As for formulas for the dark blue and the silver, I'll quote from
> my
> painter's notes:
>
>   " The blue colour is a Mercedes blue "paint code 904". It is
> SherwinWilliams basecoat U7-39121 standard formula.
>    The silver we have been using is from PPG's Global paint line. It
> is not a formula but the mixing toner BC769 extra fine silver.
> The Sherwin
> Williams equivalent should be toner # U7006. This is the same silver
> (metallic) that we use in the Healey Blue formula. There shouldn't
> be a
> compatibility problem using  Sherwin Williams clear on top of the PPG
> silver. I have used it many times with success. The same goes for
> usingSherwin Williams blue and PPG's silver on the same dash."
>
> Rich Chrysler
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Tadeusz Malkiewicz" <tadeusz.malkiewicz at plusnet.pl>
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 7:09 AM
> To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Healeys] What color should the instrument panel be for
> BN1
> HealeyBlue?
>
> > Title says it all..
> >
> > The guidelines mention the fascia painted 'dark blue' - what
> blue?? Anyone
> > has the color ID?
> >
> > Was the instrument cluster also painted silver? What silver is it?..
> >
> > If anyone has a Healey Blue 100, I would much appreciate a photo
> of the
> > dash..
> >
> > Many thanks for help,
> >
> > Tadek
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