19-05-2024, 05:40 PM
Having looked closer at the bonnet I have I see that the belt-line has been hand painted. There is no other similar beneath it and I am pretty certain the royal blue body colour is correct, so either it was coach painted from new or the car was originally royal blue all over and the coach paint has been added later. The historians may know which is the case.
Incidentally what looks like a rust pit that has been painted over is not, its an abrasion.
In terms of colour, it is somewhere between RAL 5007 and 5009. 5009 looks very slightly too green whereas 5007 is slightly too warm and more milky 5005 is too strong a colour. I have cut it back to lose all the surface paint so I think the amount of fade will be minimal.
I checked Pantone swatches too but there was nothing close.
It may help you to cross match with the swatches but I wouldn't take it as gospel on its own.
The body colour is very dark - even darker than the darkest RAL colour but indistinguishable from the 1969 Triumph Royal Blue we matched to our own Ruby many years ago.
Incidentally what looks like a rust pit that has been painted over is not, its an abrasion.
In terms of colour, it is somewhere between RAL 5007 and 5009. 5009 looks very slightly too green whereas 5007 is slightly too warm and more milky 5005 is too strong a colour. I have cut it back to lose all the surface paint so I think the amount of fade will be minimal.
I checked Pantone swatches too but there was nothing close.
It may help you to cross match with the swatches but I wouldn't take it as gospel on its own.
The body colour is very dark - even darker than the darkest RAL colour but indistinguishable from the 1969 Triumph Royal Blue we matched to our own Ruby many years ago.