[Healeys] 100 fan paint

Michael Salter michaelsalter at gmail.com
Fri Dec 31 21:31:55 MST 2021


Actually makes me a little thankful to have Daltonism.

Happy New Year.

M

On Fri., Dec. 31, 2021, 7:49 p.m. Bob Spidell, <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> I asked the same question when looking for the correct color for my
> BJ8's fan guard. I saw photos of a supposedly original BJ8 and the color
> appeared to my eye as a bit 'purplish;' i.e. it had some blue in it. I
> was told--forget where/by whom--that it was 'Chinese Red' (or 'China
> Red'). If you search, you'll see that Chinese Red has a myriad of
> shades, from brownish to purplish. The color of the BJ8's fan guard was
> very similar to:
>
> https://icolorpalette.com/color/pantone-18-1663-tcx
>
> I'm am assuming, of course, that the same shade of red was used on the
> 100s as on the 6-cyls but, in true BMC tradition, the builders may have
> used any handy bucket of reddish paint (the fan guards were hand-painted
> apparently). I ended up using a can of 'Chinese Red' spray paint, which
> I'm not altogether happy with (I did brush it on, though). You can
> probably get a quart of paint custom-mixed with a specific RGB blend.
>
> A paint shop, using a colorimeter, determined my BJ8 had been painted
> 'Peking Red,' a stock--at one time--GM color. It has an orangeish tint
> which, I'm told is correct for 'Colorado Red.'
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 12/31/2021 3:19 PM, Michael MacLean via Healeys wrote:
> > What is a close red spray paint I can use on my BN2 original radiator
> > fan?
> > Mike MacLean
> >
>
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