Now ... why didn't you say that a few minutes sooner!!! :)
Robert
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:33:44 -0800
> From: eap2140@yahoo.com
> To: spritenut@comcast.net; hmortada@aol.com
> CC: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Help
>
> Frank, this is what I've found...
>
> http://www.teglerizer.com/mgcolors/
> To: hmortada@aol.com
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Sent: Mon, January 11, 2010 4:44:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Help
>
> hmortada@aol.com wrote:
> > Hey List, I am getting ready to have my 79 Midget repainted, its original
> > colour is Carmine Red, at least that what I was able to find about this
> > colour. Anyone would be able to know where I can get a colour number or
code
> > for this, or just pick any colour and go with it and hope it is close to
the
> > original!
> >
> I have had better luck matching a chip to the original color.
> Or you can take the trunk lid to the auto paint supplier and they can scan
the color for a match.
> Many colors have been superceded by the same color name but it is not the
same color.
> British Racing Green is one of them. It went from a BMC color to a Leyland
color to an Austin/Rover color and all 3 are very different.
> When I did my 67 Sprite I wanted the perfect BR green color and the paint
shop had the code but it was now a Rover color and was nothing like the color
of the car. I even brought the door so they could scan the inside of it where
the paint was not faded and it came up as a fleet color not a BMC color.
> The shop should let you bring the chip home if you bring it back the same
day or bring in a body part that has not faded like the inside of the trunk
lid or a door.
>
> -- Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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