MLishego@aol.com wrote:
>
> Is there a paint number anywhere on my MGB that tells me the original paint
> color? Is there any way to find out what my original color was? So far,
> I've discovered these colors on the car in various locales:
> Currently: Black
> Red
> Brown Metallic
> Pale yellow
> BRG
>
> I believe that the BRG was original, since all of the insides are this color,
> like under the dash where no mortal man would paint. However, the pale
> yellow paint job was a very good one, the insides of the engine bay have
> traces of the yellow under the black and before the BRG. The brown was
> terrible, as of four years ago, the car was this color, I've seen pictures,
> and it's hideous. The DPO bought it brown, then painted it red, and then
> switched to black.
> ~Mike Lishego
Mike - only the latest cars had the paint code as part of the VIN. For the
others the
most accurate source is to obtain a Heritage Certificate for your car from
Gaydon. The
following has been copied from the WEB:-
Statement of origin.- fee of £10.00.
Technical data certificates -. The certificate details the technical data
required to
meet the relevant import regulations and costs from £30.00.
To obtain your certificate, please send your fee and quote the make model and
chassis/car number of your vehicle to the following address:
British Motor Industry Heritage Trust
Archive Department,
Heritage Motor Centre,
Banbury Road, Gaydon.
Warwick, CV35 0BJ
ENGLAND
Telephone: (01926) 641188 Fax: (01926) 641555
30 minutes by car from Birmingham, Oxford, and Stratford-upon-Avon
Get more info and current pricing and info from the BMIHT Web site:
http://www.ipl.co.uk/MG/herit02a.html#Production
Cheers,
PaulH.
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