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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