This is a serious Mini Question about red paint.. Spammers - go get a
life...

Q: Which red is the most correct red paint for an Austin Mini MKII 850
Saloon (standard - not De Luxe) - two possibilities: Signal Red or
Flame Red?

My Austin Mini MKII 850 Saloon from december '69 needs a paint job.

But I'm in doubt about the red colour. The Mini is a "patchwork" car
which have been used and abused in its history... The panels have a
slightly different red colour.

Theres no ID-plate - and British Motor Heritage Certificate says "no
colour information" ;-(

A repaintes boot lid had an ID from a "Sikkens" paint - BLCV258 which
is "Signal red". But much of the other red paint is more like orange -
maybe "Flame red"?

Have tried www.minicolours.co.uk but no pictures on the site
anymore...

Motip colours are 41450 for Signal Red and 41600 for Flame Red

Also tried Lindsay Porter: Mini Restoration Manual..

Which paint was the most common for my car in 1969-1970?
And which one looks the best? (And maybe most "mini-like"..)
And why did BLMC have two very near red paint colours?

Best regards from windy Copenhagen, Denmark to al MiniFans!

Henrik S.

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:45:48 +0200, Henrik S.
<henrik_sodermanvæk (AT) online (DOT) pol.dk> wrote:

http://web.archive.org/web/20060831045743/www.minicolours.co.uk/list.cgi?code=C

HTH,
Theo van den Bogaard

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:24:49 +0200,
t.a.j.m.vdnbogaard@<easilyremoved>uvt.nl wrote:

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Regards, Chris (Please take out my car to reply by plain text email)
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