I know my smoke grey looks different to the english smoke grey the english one is blueish like you say where as mine is sort of like a shiney undercoat and was the same under the original dash vinyl

Interesting, All the smoke grey mini's i have seen are of that colour. Got a pic? Would like to compare.

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Its funny that this has come up, it was going to be my first question, my 850 is a very similar colour but the plate says smoke grey the wiper motor has 10/62 stamped on it but i thought i saw somewhere else that smoke grey was not available till 63. can anybody help with this??

I dont if my 850 has the colour but look below.

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The wiper motor was made in England and took the slow boat?

The date on the wiper motor is not the manufacture date of the car. It is the manufacture date of the wiper motor. It is a rough indication of the date but it is not reliable.
But the main source of paint dates is the Dulux book. Dulux was not the main paint supplier for BMC and the dates shown in the book are only a guide and are not 100% accurate.
But if you send your car numbers to Sports850 he can probably narrow down when your car was made.

I still think it looks HOT. Seriously considering it for my convertible mini. Neutral grey with a nice airbrush design on the side. Will have to do a test run of it against a saxon green interior though, they're both pretty plain colours, could turn out nicely. Anyone got a paint code for Neutral Grey?

Dulux code 8450.

Will be updating it in the next day or so to add some more from 850man and Rehab1964 so I can add yours at the same time and narrow it's age down as well .

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