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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The paint chip the store scanned for me years ago, on a chart that said 59 Triumph, looks just like the Cotswold Blue on the chart you linked to. When I got the paint it did look lighter than I thought it was going to be. But as I mentioned it is very close to all the Jag pictures I’ve seen since then so I chalked it up to how the scanners interpret the colors. I have seen one other Triumph that the owner said he had painted Cotswold Blue and it was close to mine also. I usually describe it as a smoky medium blue. I have gotten a lot of compliments over the years for the color choice so I guess that’s all that matters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bob Maassel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Randall<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 16, 2019 5:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Triumph' <tr3abobm77@frontier.com>; triumphs@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Paint color discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>I don't know either; but I think you'll agree that the examples you gave don't match the color given on the website that Jonmac linked to either. Which was my original point, I don';t think the color shown is correct.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Here's the scanned color chip I mentioned before:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.vintagetriumphregister.org/maintain/paint-charts/acme2.jpg"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://www.vintagetriumphregister.org/maintain/paint-charts/acme2jpg</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>I'll add that it seems more likely to me that Standard-Triumphs' "Cotswold Blue" was not the same as Jaguar's "Cotswold Blue". But again, I don't know that.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- Randall<br>56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver<br>71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild<br>71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Triumphs [</span><a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Triumph<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 16, 2019 7:09 AM<br><b>To:</b> </span><a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>triumphs@autox.team.net</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] Paint color discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I found the paint color discussion interesting in that I painted my 59 TR3A Cotswold Blue in 2001. My local auto paint store had a 59 Triumph color code sheet in one of their books and they scanned it to mix up my paint. I saw a picture of a Jag XK150 on a magazine cover a while back and it said it was Cotswold Blue and it looked very close to my color. I attached 3 other XK150 pictures and they all show colors close to mine. I just Googled “cotswold blue xk150” to find these. Actually, when I type “cotswold blue tr3a” into Google, the first picture I see is my TR3A with the white top on it. While I think the blue in the car ad Randall posted is attractive, I am not sure where they are getting Cotswold Blue from that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bob Maassel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>59 TR3A<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></body></html>