Lucas Brown Colour Code/Equivalent

[MatthewMyerscough]

Thanks for the replies

Ian - I'm thinking they wouldn't have been full gloss as well.

John - I agree that RAL 8017 looks like a good match for that one, to add to the mystery though I found some more pictures of examples that look more like RAL 8008. I think I'll have to make a decision on one colour and see how its turns out. I doubt there are many 'original paint' ones out there  

Denis & Ivor - I understand what you mean. I didn't realise until a couple of years ago that Lucas even used brown bakelite. All I can think of is that they changed/stopped using it in the mid 1930's and moved to black. My coil is dated February 1936, the entire top section is brown bakelite and I must admit I've never seen a mixed colour one (black painted body/brown bakelite). I do know Lucas also produced DK4A's in brown bakelite, CFR2's and SF5 fuse boxes amongst other things. Having said that, my DK4A (September 1935) is in black bakelite, so there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it.

I'll see what else I can discover.

Thanks

Matthew