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<DIV>Chris:</DIV>
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<DIV>I’ve been watching this discussion with interest. I’ve been looking
through my copy of the Austin-Healey guide to historic colours by Donald
Pikovnic. I believe that the book is well researched and fairly
accurate. It reveals that Reno Red was carried over from the BN1 /
BN2 cars for the early BN4’s, until Dec. 1956, when Colorado Red replaced
it and was used to the end of production. We now know that the colour did
change slightly over the course of production, and that any red tended to fade
slightly darker pretty quickly. OEW was never a factory duotone option on
red Healeys, but I have seen cars done that way and they looked very good to
me.</DIV>
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<DIV>The red used for the interior was in fact pretty dark – not exactly tending
towards real dark, but rather a sort of ‘plummy’ red. One wouldn’t think
that it would work well, but it did – my BT7 tri-carb is Colorado Red with the
original red interior – restored, because parts of it had faded to brown.
I can send you a decent quality photo or two to ease your mind as to how it
would look in a finished car. (this is a gold level concours car, so it’s
pretty accurate)</DIV>
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<DIV>I can also try my best to scan and send the pages in the colour guide book
showing all the reds used for big Healeys (there were actually 4). These
scans will have the mfg code and the old ICI code information included, which
may help you get a modern paint code for the colours. Bear in mind that
there are limitations in scanning high quality paint or cosmetic colour samples,
and I suggest a good quality colour monitor for viewing. I’ve done a
couple of test scans – they’re not too bad, maybe it will help you.</DIV>
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<DIV>Let me know.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #141100; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Earl
Kagna<BR>Victoria, B.C.<BR>BJ8, BT7 tri-carb</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=drscholz@visioncenterpc.com
href="mailto:drscholz@visioncenterpc.com">Chris Scholz</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 10, 2015 12:10 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com
href="mailto:gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com">Richard Collins</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] Carmine Red vs Reno red</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>I cannot find a paint code for Reno red. I picked out a maroon and it
looked poor with OEW. I would like to find the exact color for Reno red and
paint a sample panel against OEW. Does anyone have an idea on the code for Reno
red? It is more rare. <BR><BR>Sent from my iPhone
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