Yeah, the used bonnet I bought once (off a 63!) was that way -- working
inward, it was metallic blue, metallic brown, harvest gold, BRG, red,
yellow, and blue again. I had to use paint stripper.
As for colors, the best looking or most impressive B's I've ever seen in
person were:
1. black (meticulously restored)
2. deep dark blue
3. deep dark red (like Enrique's, actually)
...but part of this impression was doubtless due to the quality of the
finishes, not just the color, and the fact that they were unusual.
I don't think I've ever seen a Black Tulip car in person. I have seen a
silver B -- while it was handsome, I couldn't help thinking the color was
somehow inappropriate. I think I was connecting it with German cars, and 1st
generation RX7s (when silver was a fad).
on 3/22/02 11:00 AM, Chris Thompson at ct@cthompson.com wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Zubrovka wrote:
>> I am resisting the urge to paint mine red again. It was very close
>> to that red when I got it, but I also found out it was originally
>> Brooklands green! I think I want to paint it that lighter shade of
>> purple, Acontite, I think is what they call it.
>
> Ahh yes. The great color debate rises again. I was probably the last culprit
> to start it a few months back.
>
> I have a 73 B that was originally a beige (Bedouin or Antelope I'd wager, I
> havent got the cert on it yet), then dark blue, then a bad approximation of
> BRG, then dark blue again, then the current light baby blue.
>
> Few, if any of these colors are correct (other than the factory paint). I
> took a random orbit sander with some fine grit paper and sanded down to
> metal. It looked like an everlasting gobstopper. Ring after ring of color,
> complete with a layer of primer between each of the above five.
>
> My goal has always been to strip it all down and do a correct color. I toyed
> with the idea of Tartan Red, but I know I've read somewhere that there's
> evidence that red cars get pulled over more often. And besides the number of
> B's I see on the web that are "I restored it and had it painted tartan red"
> was staggering. I wanted something else.
>
> I thought of BRG, but didn't like the look of the black interior pieces with
> biscuit seats and panels with the green color.
>
> So I posted to the list "What would you do?"
>
> The winner was a tie between Aconite and Black Tulip, actually. Not that I'd
> ignore the advice of such an astute group, but the the color I finally
> settled on was Blue Royale.
>
> That was, of course, until I saw some shots of an MGB recently restored and
> painted a silver color that looked absolutely amazing.
>
> So I'm back to square one.
>
> Is this a game that all LBC owners play?
>
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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