Hiya,
in the groups infinate wisdom,
what is the best colour to paint a series 1971 2a to sell.
mines blue and yellow at the minuite but im thinking of purple or a dark green.
its got to have a good reflective shine on it, so it cant be a light colour, as they dont shine like dark colours.
also....
should i try to put it back to original spec, ie.. padded plastic seats or wont it matter.
so if i go to my local paint refinishing suppliers and ask for bronze green, will i get the landrover bronze green?
same with limestone, is there only one limestone for landies.
andy
There's only one color for a Series, IMHO. Limestone over Deep Bronze Green.
Which is what my rebuild IIa will be :D
Alex
It's listed under British Leyland, Deep Bronze Green. I've just bought
5 litres in 2-packAlex
On or around Fri, 23 Jul 2004 23:10:29 GMT, Alex enlightened us thusly:
there were a hell of a lot of those mid-blue colour ones, mind. dunno what the colour's called.
but yeah, they do look nice in DBG.
The weakness of DBG can be apparent when emerging from a field gate, where there are hedges, when DBG is, in fact, not very apparent.
ISTR Marine Blue is the light blue colour they used a lot. Personally I think it's horrid. The rebuild I'm doing was originally Marine Blue, but it will be DBG when I've finished
Alex
I keep considering repainting my currently Arken Gray Disco in BRG with a
1:200 gold fleck, but what stops me from doing this is that the gray doesn't show scratches too badly where the BRG does.I really do like that makeup of BRG - had an XJ-S painted it a long while ago and it was gorgeous.
I have considered acquiring a Series motor and redoing it from scratch in that lovely cobalt blue that's available on the Disco Pursuits just now.
P.
Did Lady Penelope ever use a Land Rover?
The standard Bronze Green is also called Ascot Green.
Yes,
Light Bronze Green, Bronze Green and Deep Bronze Green are all (B)ritish (S)tandard colours, However the latter two were used extensively on series Land Rovers.
See
Marine Blue is the lighter blue, it is an insipid blue too. Bronze Green definitely gets my vote ;)
Steve.
No, but she now uses a ford, which is the same thing....
Alex
My first Landy was repainted Marine Blue. It had started off that colour but being set fire to sort of affected the finish! (And half of the roof and back end melted!)
Judith
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required