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Hanra
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I used to see one exactly the same as that up in Atherton yrs ago, the paint was faded but it had that exact trim. Ive got a feeling its been parked up in a shed somewhere and forgotten about.

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Can anyone show me one in the colour CHARRELLE (not sure if thats exact spelling)?
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I can't find a listing of Charrelle or anything like it.

What colour is the car? (or the inside of the car?)

I can find Cherry Red or Chartreuse in the book.
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Here is the ID plate ....

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Konzo wrote:
Kennomini wrote:
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Here's a example of how to ruin a nice original 850. :cry:


http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42744

Doogie

Before I clicked the link I knew that was the car you were talking about :lol: .
But I have to say I don't agree with you, what he's done is modify it in such a way that it can very easily be returned to original so I don't think it's ruined just customised, and he did try and trade it for something else for some time before he carried out those modifications :wink: , and it wasn't original either.

But back to the topic of 850 values I'd say for a top notch one, around 10k :? .


Customised = The ruining of a Rare Original Mini


that would be my car, brought for 3K aparrently it had been for sale for 3 months already and i've had it up for trade for almost 6 months now, still do. . . so if they are so sought after why did no one get it before i did?

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I would guess Chartreuse which would be green.
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Morris 1100 wrote:
I would guess Chartreuse which would be green.


Yeah ... can you see why I have been so confused? The ID plate is a bit dodgy!

Green is good :) It's very good actually .... love green minis
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Chartreuse is a 62 colour.
It is one of the BMC colours that has two names. They used one name on family cars and a sportier name on sports cars. Chartreuse is the family car name, its other name is Aintree Green. Aintree was a racing circuit in England (Liverpool) So you can guess that it is a kind of British Racing Green (I hate that term :lol: )

The sporty names were all racing circuit names or places related to the national colours for motor racing.
Aintree (green)
Katoomba (grey :lol: )
Rheims (blue)
Monza (red)
Monaco (blue)
Nurburg (white)
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Well got my 850 into storage today ... here it is ... http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic ... highlight=
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We bought our original 850 for 5 and half, although we were offered 8 for it a little while ago. Most expensive mini we've bought.

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Found this one after being away for a few days , Chartreuse was also used in 1961 on mini's as there are a few on the list spread over 1961 as well as some in 1962 . Maybe different with the rest of the BMC range ???

This mini fits in as being built late 1961 .

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sports850 wrote:
Found this one after being away for a few days , Chartreuse was also used in 1961 on mini's as there are a few on the list spread over 1961 as well as some in 1962 . Maybe different with the rest of the BMC range ???

This mini fits in as being built late 1961 .


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I get my paint dates from the Dulux books. Dulux was good with giving out colour charts and code books but I can see a big problem in that because Dulux was not the factory paint supplier, Berger was. :lol:
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Morris 1100 wrote:
I can see a big problem in that because Dulux was not the factory paint supplier, Berger was. :lol:


That explains quite a lot actually :lol:

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I can just make it out...

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