is there a way to tell what the original colour of my car was apart from the vin plate?
can you tell from the body number etc? any help will be great.

lewis.

nup, if it's not on the plate (only on pre'69 cars) then unless there's a sticker on the firewall, you're down to rubbing paint off and hope there's some original somewhere


M1100 - don't go on about how it can't have a VIN plate

Maybe post some details year and model etc and a pic, it might be a common colour that someone may recognise by name.

the car has had a respray so it is not easily known. its a mini k. 1971.

peel back part of the hoodlining should be a good indication of colour under there. Easiest part is the B pillar. Post a pic. You should get an answer pretty quickly. Mini K's in 71 are limited to only a handfull of colours . Shouldnt be too hard.

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1964 Austin Cooper S ex-Group C race car
1967 Morris Cooper S ex-Group B
1962 Mini Speed sports sedan
1968-71 ex-Peter Manton Shell car

thanks will get a pick soon.

How extensive was the respray? Often the upper boot area, behind the fuel tanks, under and behind the back seat, etc. are missed so could be a good guide there. If items like door handles, master cylinders, wiper motor, etc. were not removed but masked up you could look underneath them.

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Behind the switch panel beneath the parcel tray usually has some pretty nice non-sun bleached paint, although it s a little thin. The spray painters don't really manage to get in there very well..

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ok so heres an image of inside the car. in the boot, is the same colour, and i can recall seeing red paint when i once had my door handle off. hha, so it may have possibly had two resprays. who knows.
anyway, camera is pretty good, so this is pretty close to what it looks like. thanks.



its not the blue bit by the way . thats what colour it is now.

white?

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one van, one mini s, one knitted cardigan

cream/white...no?

Crystal White (11572) was a colour available in 1971.
It's a really stark white.

I'm not sure if there were any other whites on the standard palette for that year.

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All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

nup, the only white was crystal white...

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

so its a good chance it would be crystal white? not zircon white? or country cream??

thanks.

country cream is "very" cream, zircon white is a clubman colour, so doubtful, but possible. There were lots and lots of crystal white K's...