I would think Healey Blue (ice blue kind of color) couldn't get confused
with any other manufacture... but maybe I am wrong.
Does anybody know if "iris blue" used on the bugeye is the same color as
healey blue that some of the big healeys wear?
http://www.austinhealey.com/gallery/1006/adbroc.html
or
http://www.austinhealey.com/catalog/100/color/h.html
or
http://www.austinhealey.com/catalog/1006/color/h.html
or
http://www.austinhealey.com/catalog/3000mk1/color/h.html
Thanks
Toby
69 Sprite (Arizona red, AKA NASCAR SKITTLES (!) red.)
69 MG Midget (primer and gray... will be blue)
71 Toyota Land Cruiser.. Toyota red.
|>I just contacted a friend who had looked up (and bought ) the
|>PPG colors
|>via PPG's computer database.(different source)
|>They list 6 different carmine reds... but only one matched
|>the MG codes.
|>The one he purchased (by code) matched his car (trunk
|>interior) very well.
|>
|>Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
|>
|>----- Original Message -----
|>From: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
|>To: <mgs@autox.team.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>;
|><spridgets@autox.team.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>;
|><triumphs-owner@autox.team.net>; <nass@egroups.com>;
|><spitfire-enthusiast@egroups.com>; "Ptegler" <ptegler@gouldfo.com>
|>Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 1:55 PM
|>Subject: Re: Fw: spray paint for our cars - Try Tower Paints
|>
|>
|>I'd recommend some caution about simply ordering paints based
|>on numbers or names. Those numbers
|>and names get screwed up over time, and other makers use the
|>same name to describe different colors.
|>
|>My Spitfire is inca yellow. This is a nice bright yellow,
|>not the baby puke inca yellow that PPG sells, which is a
|>different manufacturer (GM?) inca yellow. Triumph no longer
|>exists, so guess who's name designation of a
|>pretty shade of yellow got screwed up?
|>
|>The PPG red and grey for my tractor are also wrong, even
|>though PPG was originally the paint supplier to
|>Ford for my tractor. The red has been changed to the
|>"modern" New Holland Ford red, which is far to orange. The
|>grey has lost its green hue and is now sold as two different
|>shades (with the same number) that are
|>completely wrong, battle ship grey and light grey.
|>
|>So, be carefull about simply ordering a paint because it's
|>the right name or number.
|>
|>>>> "Ptegler" <ptegler@gouldfo.com> 08/24 9:24 AM >>>
|>
|>I just sent this email in response to another listers question
|>and feel that all the lists could use this info
|>
|>
|>Anyone needing color matching for ANY vehicle after 1930
|>Tower offers custom Spray cans and volume paint supplies based on
|>PPG and Dupont codes
|>...definitely worth checking out
|>http://www.towerpaint.com/auto.html
|>
|>
|>Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
|>
|>----- Original Message -----
|>From: "Carter Shore" <clshore@yahoo.com>
|>To: "KTnKT" <ktnkt@cape.com>; <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>;
|>"spitlist" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
|>Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 8:39 AM
|>Subject: Re: Rimmer & spray paint
|>
|>
|>
|>Pick up any issue of Hemmings, you will find several
|>vendors that will supply you with spray cans of any
|>paint you need.
|>You'll also discover that just about any part or
|>supply is available, if you are willing to pay enough
|>for it.
|>
|>Carter Shore
|>
|>--- KTnKT <ktnkt@cape.com> wrote:
|>>
|>> Hello Reid & list,
|>> I tried to buy the Carmine Red spray paint (for a
|>> 76 TR6) from TRF
|>> but they no longer sell it due to the short shelf
|>> life and returned
|>> product. I was told that the match for that color is
|>> Dupont #43019 in
|>> acrylic enamel. Unfortunately, it doesn't come in a
|>> spray can and will
|>> need a sprayer. A friend told me about a touch-up
|>> sprayer his brother
|>> uses that is a refillable canister that looks
|>> similar to a regular spray
|>> can but uses CO2 charges for the pressure. He claims
|>> it works quite
|>> well. I don't know who has them, but intend on
|>> looking when I get to
|>> that job this winter. Hope this helps some, and keep
|>> in mind that this
|>> information comes from someone who may or may not be
|>> completely sane.
|>> Cheers,
|>> Kevin
|>> 76 TR6 (in carmine red, mostly)
|>> Hey, what do people in China call their good
|>> plates??
|>>
|>
|>
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