looking for pictures of Eye Blue clubbys. that is what the original colour of Chubs was and i think its a very nice colour. any peeps with original colour?? i will prolly most likely spray the blue over white base with a little light blue pearl in each coat.

Yes look at my avtar, crappy pic but it is the original color for the car, I reall like it too.

If you come to hay you can see it in all its glory

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

do u know its paint code?

i got it i think But it prolly wont help me Unsure yet. Am Eye Blue 15572 . any one got any nice AM EYE BLUE mini pictures?

The paint supplier I got my paint from didn't have the paint code on their system, the no. on the sticker didn't help them either, so is was an eye color match. It's very close to the factory color inside the car though.

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

a friend was saying its like ford engine blue or something. this looks VERY VERY close to spot on i Say http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forums/a ... engine.jpg

You're talking about Am Eye blue though aren't you ? The paint place will need the proper name if they are going to find it . he Leyland colour chip I have for it just lists it as "AM EYE BLUE 4200" , the 4200 may just be a leyland code though but might be usefull depending on the paint place .

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Is'nt it called I am Blue?


Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

Not on mine Doogie ,



The colours are from top left
AM EYE BLUE 4200 , CAMINO GOLD 9600 , HAIRY LIME 5300 , GAMBIER TURQOISE 4700 .

2nd row
PEEL ME A GRAPE (metalic) 8200 , PLUM LOCO 7700 , ARIANCA TAN 7500 , BOLD AS BRASS 8300 .

3rd row
OH FUDGE 7200 , DRY RED 2100 , COUNTRY CREAM 6100 , HOME ON TH' ORANGE 9200 .

The colours in the photo look very little like the colours on the paint cards in real life .

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wow thats quite a collection Ian. Cherry used to be Oh Fudge i believe

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Found them stuffed inside a Moke parts manual I bought at a garage sale years ago , I didn't have the manual and thought it was cheap , then found the colour chips and thought it was better than cheap

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no... .it's the acid the paint colour man was taking when he made up the colour names in the 70's..... someone (m1100?) gave his name a few weeks ago

am eye blue - 15572

they're fantastic colour names, I can't decide my favourite, but I think it's "Home on th'orange"

http://www.ozcooper.com.au/paint_codes.htm

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Correct name for the colour is AM EYE BLUE, as Ian said (love the colour chips).

According to the Dulux colour book their code for it is 526-15572.

Paint mix is:
Tinter / setting
05433 / 12
01012 / 335
19334 / 500




His name is/was Roman Rodburgh, and he was BMC's chief stylist (in fact, virtually their only stylist). He is also the guy who came up with Silver Birch, to rationalise the painting of wheels, switch panels and the like.

Cheers,
Watto.

Is he still alive??? That would be an interesting mini exp. article

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According to a new book titled Leyland P76 - Anything But Average by Gavin Farmer, Rodbergh (please note corrected spelling) was responsible for the styling of the Morris 1500 and Nomad, and it was his design that was the basis for the P76 - even though it is generally accredited to Michelotti. Apparently Michelotti "cleaned up" the designs and made some minor changes, and his name was used for marketing the car (to give it a European flavour).

Rodbergh apparently got sick of the political maneuvering in Leyland and left in about 1970 to take up a position in Canada.

Gavin Farmer interviewed Rodbergh for his book, so I may have a talk to Gavin.

I agree that Rodbergh may make a good subject for TME, but his Mini connection was quite limited.

Cheers,
Watto.