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Subject: [Healeys] Healey Blue again
From: jstmorris at yahoo.com (J. Scott Morris)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:43:50 +0000 (UTC)
References: <001b01d2a18e$76ea72f0$64bf58d0$@homecall.co.uk> <15aee89b41f-59d9-156bb@webstg-m02.mail.aol.com>
Good Day Gerry;? The discussion between Rich Chrysler and Peter Svilans back in 
2006 may be of interest.? Hope it helps.

--Scott Morris; Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - Keep Smiling, Murphy Lives
Early Colors
   
   - To: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans at rogers.com>, <healeys at 
autox.team.net> 
   - Subject: Re: Early Colors 
   - From: "Rich C" <richchrysler at quickclic.net> 
   - Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:57:57 -0500 
Peter, and all,?? This is very interesting. I've personally seen a couple of 
early Hundreds with what was obviously a plain (non metallic) shade of light 
grayish blue.? In the meantime having been personally involved in the 
restoration of Blair Harber's? pre-production Hundred (AHX-14) and the first 
production car BN1L138031, I can attest to the fact that these two cars had 
what was immediately recognized as metallic Healey Ice Blue.? This tells me 
that both the non metallic and the normally recognizable metallic versions were 
produced from the beginning.?? We also know that Jensens (who painted the 
bodies) were using at least? Dockers and I.C.I. paints early on.? This fact 
alone would contribute to varying shades of colour.?? As a further point to 
confuse, my painter has been experimenting with the Healey Blue metallic 
shades, and recently showed me a sample spray out card, one side sprayed with a 
formula we've been happily using for a while now, but just the bare paint, the 
other half of the sample card oversprayed with a thin coating of clear.? It was 
amazing how much darker the cleared sample was to the eye.?? It was actually 
hard to imagine it was the same colour!It is for these many varying reasons 
that when judging a car in Concours, we first let the owner comment on the 
colour applied if he/she so chooses, and then when evaluating the colour 
itself, work on the premise of "a reasonable attempt at accuracy" has been 
displayed.--Rich Chrysler   
   - To: <healeys at autox.team.net> 
   - Subject: Early Colors 
   - From: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans at rogers.com> 
   - Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:19:50 -0500 
Looking through the color chip library at ?www.AutocolorLibrary.com ??brought 
up this 
page:http://autocolorlibrary.com/cgi-bin/search/searchpic.pl?1955-ahmg-pg11.jpg?
 It shows THREE shades of Healey Blue in use as early as 1957.??? One shade 
("H-1 Blue Iridescent") is for 1954, one ("Ice Blue Iridescent") is for later 
100's to 1957 (the year of the chip card) and a solid, ie: non-metallic, shade 
("Ice? Blue") for the earliest 1953-54 Healeys.? There is also Spruce Green, 
Carmine Red and Ivory.? I have this same R-M card, and the one shade of blue is 
definitely non-metallic.What is interesting is that these are not modern 
recreations of old historic colours, but practical chips meant to repaint cars 
that were then current, ordinary, on-the-road vehicles.? In other words, 'these 
shades had better be pretty darn close, or we pay to repaint the customer's car 
again'.Best regards,? --Peter?
 

    On Monday, March 20, 2017 11:24 PM, "gablegerry at netscape.net" 
<gablegerry at netscape.net> wrote:
 

 
Can anyone tell me is the Healey Blue on a BN6 was a solid color or had specs 
in it?ThanksGerry

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