<div dir="ltr">I have a '51 Austin A90 and I can confirm the metal flake they used then was extraordinarily fine and prone to oxidation. In the handful of parts of my car hidden from light, the flake and colors are absolutely stunning, but without a decent clearcoat it comes out quite flat. That said I am a fan of these British fine flake metallics, with a decent clearcoat they look one step short of iridescent or possibly "creamy". Wish modern flakes looked like this, they are quite elegant.<div><br></div><div>Alan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 4:26 AM Earl Kagna <<a href="mailto:kags@shaw.ca">kags@shaw.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>You are correct. As the owner (for 38 years) of an original Golden Beige
Metallic (not MGB) late BJ8 (# 42845), I have done a bit of research over the
years. From memory, approximately 550 late BJ8’s were produced, all in
1967. Approx. 50 of these were trimmed in red, the rest Black. Indeed, an
original red trimmed car is very rare.</div>
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<div>It is known that the factory did have problems with the paint – many cars
had to be repainted – both at the factory and the dealerships. A lot had the
colour changed at the same time. Metallic paint technology (without
clearcoat) was not what it is today. An original GBM BJ8 would look almost
completely silver in certain light because of the very fine aluminum flake in
the paint. Today’s paint technology is far superior resulting in truly beautiful
GBM paint jobs on restored BJ8’s – these cars look far better than anything from
the factory in 1967.</div>
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<div>The colour has become quite popular on restored Healey’s because of the
auctions over that last few years, especially Barret – Jackson, who had a couple
of restorers doing them up for them because they sold very well. The
colour has been called sandy beige, champagne, elc. etc. but what they have been
trying to emulate is the original Golden Beige Metallic. If the colour is
on any Healey other than a very late BJ8, it is not original to that car, as in
the Hershey example. I have seen the colour on almost every model of
Healey over the years, no reason why not, it’s a nice colour!</div>
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<div>At one point, there was a register of original Golden Beige Metallic cars,
but I haven’t heard much about it in recent years. If memory serves, I
believe that register has now been incorporated into Steve Beyer’ overall
BJ8 register.</div>
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<div>Comments Steve?</div>
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Kagna<br>Victoria, B.C. Canada<br>BJ8, BT7 tri-carb</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="deejay2650@gmail.com" href="mailto:deejay2650@gmail.com" target="_blank">Deejay2650</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 15, 2018 7:16 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="healeys@autox.team.net" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] BJ8 at RM Hershey auction</div></div></div>
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<div>G'day all,</div>
<div>My BJ8 was factory finished in Metallic Golden Beige (Code BG19) with a
build date of late April early May 1967 according to my BMIHT Certificate and
has a black interior.</div>
<div>According to Anders Ditlev Clausager's book "Original Austin-Healey",
Metallic Golden Beige is a rare colour, that I am led to believe to be only
applied to the 1967 BJ8's, with the MGB/Red interior being the rarest of all.
Steve Byers, please chime in mate if I am wrong.</div>
<div>If this info is correct, any BJ8 in MGB that is NOT a '67 model then it is
not the original colour.</div>
<div>Cheers,<br></div>
<div>Darryl Ross</div>
<div>HBJ8L/41258</div>
<div>Wagga Wagga NSW<br></div>
<div>Australia<br></div></div>
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