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Post by charlypm on May 19, 2013 17:41:36 GMT
Hey, I've got my 69 Austin 1800 down to bare metal, working on repairing previous repairs and replacing rusted areas. I've now got to pick a paint color for it. I've decided to respray the original color and I'm looking for a code for it. The car is a Canadian import and the color is a beige. I've looked at several color chips and I'm not sure it is Bedouin or maybe Antelope or some other color. Does anyone have an idea of what the color in 69 might have been and what the current color code would be? Thanks, Oh yeah, maybe I should be saying colour instead of color!
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Post by Nick RS on May 19, 2013 17:58:35 GMT
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Post by tommydp on May 19, 2013 18:54:57 GMT
Hi! Sounds great!
Beige colours around 70-71, according to BL chart I've got:
Antelope, code BLVC 7 Bedouin, code BLVC 4 El Paso beige, code BG 17
What colour is the interior? They only mixed some interior and exterior colours, so could give a hint. The body parts catalogue has some info here.
Heaven knows why they never stamped the colour code on the cars...
Mind you, the colours fade a lot over time in my experience. What looks Bedouin could very well have been Antelope once..
Regards, Tommy
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Post by charlypm on May 21, 2013 3:15:56 GMT
Armadillo Beige! never heard of it but that might be the color. The interior is brown, the carpet is brown. I've taken a sample of the Bedouin next to it and the color under the door panels (cards) is much darker.
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Post by threelitre on May 21, 2013 8:18:32 GMT
For a 69 car it could be Antelope (mine was, before it turned BRG and now Persian Blue), with a light-medium brown interior (or Red). Bedouin came later and is a very bright shade. Interior with Bedouin was Autumn leaf, a medium brown shade with a printed pattern, combined with dark brown. I do not know from my own colour charts if the crab was ever delivered in Armadillo Beige, but it looks quite similar to Antelope to start with...
Regards,
Alexander
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Post by charlypm on May 25, 2013 16:50:37 GMT
I'll look into the Antelope color. Anyone know a current code for the color?
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Post by Penguin45 on May 25, 2013 17:06:22 GMT
Antelope beige was BLVC7.
ICI: 7984 Dupont: 8578 Ditzler: 32890
Chris.
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