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Author:  low n blown [ Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Engine colour
Anyone know the colour or paint code for the dark green of a MK 1 S. Can get a premix of acrylic but want to have it made in air-dry enamel.
Author:  Anto [ Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:55 am ]
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If you are after the UK dark green colour, according to a book I have here, the closest match is "Land Rover M10 Bronze Green", if that is any help.
Author:  Timbo [ Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:25 am ]
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In the early part of last century Britain developed a series of standard colours. I expect it was so that things didn't get to garish and imaginative. Paint colour charts must have been boring...

Anyway, lots of miscellaneous bits, like fans and engines and a lot of industrial stuff is painted in a british standard colour. I believe land rovers were originally all painted in BS colours. The engine colour used by BMC in the UK is apparently BS 223 Middle Bronze Green. No doubt thats the same colour that Land Rovers used.

There's a good chance that paint suppliers can still mix it.

Image

Tim
Author:  Wombat [ Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:27 am ]
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Thanks for that chart Timbo - My first job was with Glaxo and all equipment 'had' to be painted "Glaxo Green" (Sea Green on your Chart) I bought a new ampoule filling machine - it was all stainless steel and I had a standup verbal fight with the maintenance foreman when he was going to have it painted green. I won in the end on the basis it was going into a Sterile Production Area.

I wonder if the colour of the Cooper engines came off this chart?

Pity it's not bigger and clearer in the print

EDIT found the original site and by click on image you get this Image[/url]
Author:  66S [ Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:04 pm ]
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Hi,
The most commonly used colour on British BMC engines was British Standard Middle Bronze Green (BS 223).

Regards
Al
(Sorry Timbo, didn't see your reference to the above, it was off the edge of my screen!)
Author:  Anto [ Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:12 pm ]
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Is it just me or does it seem oh so terribly British to have a colour chart showing the exact colour a post box should be?
Author:  Wombat [ Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:40 pm ]
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So Cooper engines - No 16 Eau de Nil or No 19 Sage Green?
Author:  simon k [ Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Engine colour
low'n blown wrote:
Anyone know the colour or paint code for the dark green of a MK 1 S. Can get a premix of acrylic but want to have it made in air-dry enamel.


do a search.... none of the colours above are what you want...

the best match out of a commercial can apparently is white knight alpine green

Mini Spares Australia sell it in a can, and Dr Mini brushed it on and said it worked well
Author:  Anto [ Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Engine colour
simon k wrote:
do a search.... none of the colours above are what you want...

the best match out of a commercial can apparently is white knight alpine green

Mini Spares Australia sell it in a can, and Dr Mini brushed it on and said it worked well


Well now that depends whether it is an English or Australian Cooper S.

But yes, White Knight Alpine green is great, I have just painted my engine with it and it looks superb.
Author:  Wombat [ Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Engine colour
simon k wrote:
low'n blown wrote:
Anyone know the colour or paint code for the dark green of a MK 1 S. Can get a premix of acrylic but want to have it made in air-dry enamel.


do a search.... none of the colours above are what you want...

the best match out of a commercial can apparently is white knight alpine green

Mini Spares Australia sell it in a can, and Dr Mini brushed it on and said it worked well


Alpine Green is not the Dark Green that early engines were painted - don't know about early MK1 S but the man did say 'Dark Green'
Author:  simon k [ Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:29 pm ]
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Wombat wrote:
don't know about early MK1 S but the man did say 'Dark Green'


so he did David... I skipped right over that bit - but I reckon I know what he means better than he does :lol:
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