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

[WILLIAM B LAWRENCE]

My BN1 (#554, Oct 53) came with a two piece dash the same color as the body,
Healey Blue, Non-metallic.
Bill Lawrence

> From: richchrysler at quickclic.net
> To: tadeusz.malkiewicz at plusnet.pl; healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:48:04 -0400
> Subject: 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: