Pete Lewis Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 we have a nice local Stag in brown for sale its not sold yet says it all Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 Our beloved ex-AO Mark had a brown Spitfire which I thought suited it, see below, also who can forget Andy's flying log! Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 14 hours ago, Sws999 said: If anyone from this neck of the woods would like to contact me I would be more than pleased. Devon has two very active Local Areas I think the Southern one met in Newton Abbot and is nearest to Tavistock. https://www.tssc.org.uk/tssc/areas_final.asp?area_ID=47&area=South West, Devon Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 I know someone who has just bought a TR6 in that maroon colour and its not to everyones tastes but is so 70s I think its spot on👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 I had a white Vitesse, which was resprayed Red. Most of my "other" cars have been Fords. A Powder blue Escourt, and a Maroon one and a White, Green, Yellow, and multicoloured too, 5 or 6 in all. Most where "Rally" victim`s. The Spot welds where an issue, being thrashed around Forest Stages, and cuddling the ocasional tree. (Over-Enthusastic amatur!!. me back when.) A Green Mini Van. hand painted blue. White Mini Estate. Two Red Mk111 Cortina`s. The List goes on and on. All different colours, my Current "modern wheels" is Black. SWMBO had a Bright Orange M2 2liter Capri, you needed sunglasses for that one!. Not a real Fan of Brown. The Dolly, so coloured, was stolen and trashed on the Pirbright Ranges. Life can be multicoloured.👍😁 and too short to worry what colour it is so long as it drives and gives "joy". Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 I like green as theres so few cars around in that colour these days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, johny said: I like green as theres so few cars around in that colour these days.... Ahh! The Old BRG.? . Some think Unlucky? Mike Hawthorne was driving a BRG Mk 1 3.4 when he was killed. Superstition??. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 No not really BRG but 1970s lighter green like some Marinas had👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foshi Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 personally going by my own experience , white or red sells i normally only keep my classics a year then move on to the next, have had trouble selling a green spitfire, mimosa yellow stag, and a maroon m g b . going to take a chance with my herald 12/50 coifer green only because it is so original just going to receive a white flash down the sides . usually would be out with the spray gun red or white . paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain T Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 For me the interior colour is very important. A nice tan or biscuit colour goes with most body colours and makes it much lighter inside. Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Cooper Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 This morning I spotted an advert for an Aston Martin DB6 in a colour described as 'beautiful burnt almond'. In the picture you can see that it is a cunning renaming of a colour that is clearly poo brown. This reminded me of a paint shop in Lewes that gives creative names to their custom colours; my favourite is a muddy pink colour called 'prosthetic limb' Adrian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Adrian Cooper said: This morning I spotted an advert for an Aston Martin DB6 in a colour described as 'beautiful burnt almond'. In the picture you can see that it is a cunning renaming of a colour that is clearly poo brown. This reminded me of a paint shop in Lewes that gives creative names to their custom colours; my favourite is a muddy pink colour called 'prosthetic limb' Adrian Paint is like smelly candles, they have some weird ideas. I saw candles recently called 'Moonrise', 'Dawn' and 'Sadness'. What on earth does Moonrise smell like? Round here it depends on what they've sprayed on the fields. I know sadness is an empty box of Maltesers, but it may vary from person to person. Emulsion Paint also comes in Dead Salmon, Cats Paw, Pigeon and Mouse's Back. Ford had car colours called Freudian Gilt and Anti-Establishment Mint, but Opel had one called A Star Is Brown and Rolls Royce called their brown New Sable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 i call mine all sorts of things it never answers then its french blue i may need to translate for it Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 My Runabout is Black, That needs careful handling in to-days society. Noir?. Even more care in Spanish - Negro?. Do I get it re-sprayed perhaps? would a Red one be more politically Correct? Would a pink one earn kudo`s with the alternative society?. 😁 Matron, Screens, he`s off again. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 Life not always as black and white, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 1 hour ago, PeteH said: would a Red one be more politically Correct? Oh no! An American sports team has been forced to change it's name from the Redskins VERY non PC. Mimosoa is nice. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 13 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: Oh no! An American sports team has been forced to change it's name from the Redskins VERY non PC. Mimosoa is nice. Doug Does this mean red skin onions are non pc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, Chris A said: Does this mean red skin onions are non pc? Triumph is certainly supremacist and needs to go. The 'Subservient Herald' sounds much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkel Kunkel Posted September 23, 2022 Report Share Posted September 23, 2022 19 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said: Paint is like smelly candles, they have some weird ideas. I saw candles recently called 'Moonrise', 'Dawn' and 'Sadness'. What on earth does Moonrise smell like? Round here it depends on what they've sprayed on the fields. I know sadness is an empty box of Maltesers, but it may vary from person to person. Emulsion Paint also comes in Dead Salmon, Cats Paw, Pigeon and Mouse's Back. Ford had car colours called Freudian Gilt and Anti-Establishment Mint, but Opel had one called A Star Is Brown and Rolls Royce called their brown New Sable. For house interiors, grey in its many shades, still seems to be “ In” (to use a very out- of- date expression) One of the most popular is, to my unsophisticated eye, a sort of beige/ grey that goes by the name of “Elephant’s breath” That doesn’t convey a colour to me. More an image of being engulfed in an enormous cloud of hot splattery halitosis. PS .. Returning to the topic ( and I must say a very reasonable question to ask in my opinion!) Definitely.. Red. taxis - black Buses, post boxes, Royal mail vans ..red. Sports cars .. Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted September 23, 2022 Report Share Posted September 23, 2022 Side stripe for my Vitesse Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted September 23, 2022 Report Share Posted September 23, 2022 I think if I do the same I'll have a go with that plastic wrap.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foshi Posted September 23, 2022 Report Share Posted September 23, 2022 found that a very good paint . in fact bulkhead area left as gun finish looks great nice shine paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68vitesse Posted September 23, 2022 Report Share Posted September 23, 2022 Bulkhead of my Vitesse red Hammerite smooth good match for colour 32 signal red with white 19 stripe. Regards Paul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted September 24, 2022 Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 Used some Hammerite on lower bulkhead a few years ago. Still holding up. It did get a bad rep, some time ago. Maybe improved now?. That looks a very tidy car. Did you restore it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 Yellow Hammerite is almost indistinguishable from Mimosa, I did my floor pans with it, under the carpets now, so I could'a used any colour really. Bulkhead I finished off with Club Shop mimosa rattle cans only needed two. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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