Has there been any records kept showing how many cars of each colour were built?

I love the colour Porcelain Green but not sure whether to just buy any mini and paint it or wait around until I found one that was painted Porcelain Green at the factory and then repaint it if required.

Do you guys think it's too much to wait around until a mini comes up for sale that is Porcelain Green?

It may take years to find one. Just buy a car and paint it. I only know of 10 x Morris 850's painted in Porcelain Green. It was an early colour.

The other option is to find someone with a Porcelain Green car and hound them until they sell it.

What do you think of Tamarisk Green? It is the closest colour to Porcelain Green and was painted on the Mini K and MK2 Cooper S.

The factory would've had those records but they were dumped during the wind-up, unfortunately. That's why the marque registers have had to be re-created.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
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Porcelain Green is a reasonably common colour on 850s, used late '63 and '64.

It's the 6th most common colour among the 850s I've seen (out of 31 colours).

Just keep an eye out, you never know when one might come up for sale.

yes it is a great colour

I used to have a saxon Green 850 and It was sweet colour, I resprayed it in acrylic to keep a classic look, one regret I have is selling it...

Grant

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100% Pure A Series Turbo
Morris - The Original RedBull Racing

Do you have a list of the colours in order??

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Why is it the things that make me tick, are also the things that make me go boom?

Thanks for the help guys, anyone know of someone that wants to sell one??? I know its a long shot... haha!

I'll keep my eyes open.

Were they only 850's that came out in this colour? Only 63-64?

I am pretty sure the Saxon one I had was a 62 late or early 63

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100% Pure A Series Turbo
Morris - The Original RedBull Racing

See this thread for the alphabetical list of confirmed 850 colours.

From the cars I've seen, for light greens:
Chartreuse - 1961/very early 1962
Saxon Green - 1962 and 1963
Porcelain Green - 1963 and 1964

I don't know about 1965.

Please note that this from observation of cars I've seen and shouldn't be taken as 100% accurate.

Coopers would have been in production at the time, but I am unable to say how common Porcelain Green is for them.

There was a very light green almost white in 1970/71. A Cooper S with this colour lived near me and it looked stunning...

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67 Deluxe
Dry suspension
1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..