I looked at the paint code list, too, which is why I said I didn't think it
was an original color. The later LE model was sold in the UK with special
metallic bronze paint, and that is what this reminded me of. I wouldn't call
it brown, at any rate.
I'm a little sensitive on the issue, since my other car is Medium Copper
Metalllic, but the DMV called it "brown"... grrr.
on 6/8/04 8:48 PM, MGBnutt@aol.com at MGBnutt@aol.com wrote:
> I don't know if this is "the" definitive listing of colors by year, but I
> can't find a Brown '72 color at http://www.teglerizer.com/mgcolors/index.html
> -
> Paul Tegler's excellent MG color list.
>
> So, just what color do we think this car is? Brown? Gold? Just trying to
> help...
>
> donny v
> 78 MGB
>
>
> In a message dated 6/8/2004 9:00:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> mvheim@studiolimage.com writes:
> He describes the color as "gold", but it looks to me like a metallic bronze.
> That doesn't seem like an original color, at any rate.
>
> on 6/8/04 5:03 PM, Dodd, Kelvin at doddk@mossmotors.com wrote:
>
>> The engine condition would be the one thing to worry about, but looking
>> at the overall external condition it does not look like a bad buy if you
>> can handle the color.
>> Brown is not a very popular MGB color despite the famous heritage.
>
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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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