1958 SII colour

[OneOff]

Is this the only green that LR used in 1958?

Early models Series 2 = Deep Bronze Green BS-381C-224


Would it be a terrible thing to paint it something else? I'm quite partial to the modern Keswick Green in fact, or whatever that colour is the Heritage model is painted...

But I also understand the desire to bring it back to original.

[JDNSW]

Almost all sold in Australia were deep bronze green except for those sold to fleet owners that were a specified colour, yellow for Department of National Development, for example, but other colours were sold in the UK, although I don't know that the light green was.

John

[Johnno1969]

Is this the only green that LR used in 1958?

Early models Series 2 = Deep Bronze Green BS-381C-224


Would it be a terrible thing to paint it something else?



Yes, it would. It would be a terrible, terrible thing to do that.

[gromit]

Would it be a terrible thing to paint it something else?


If you feel you can put up with every 'expert' telling you that the colour is incorrect for that model year then go for it.....

You also need to factor in that if it's a non-standard colour and you decide to sell it in the future then it may devalue the vehicle.

My personal preference is to keep it standard but each to their own.


Colin

[reachjatt]

I think heritage is painted in grasmere green.
Nav

[OneOff]

(removed silly Monty Python sketch - seemed funny at the time; sorry)



I told the wife she could pick the colour so long as it was a standard 1958 colour. She wanted yellow :o ...

Deep Bronze Olive it is. :D

thanks to all,
Pete.

[bentleighboy]

Have a similar "need for paint" with with 64 2a.

You can get Deep Bronze Green in the UK, but they cannot send it to Aust by air as it is flammable.
Does anyone know where you can buy it in Aust. or is the only solution to get it matched at a panel shop and custom made?

Super cheap auto only have codes for mid bronze green- quite different and cannot do the british code BS381C for DBG. 90K colours, but not that one!!

cheers,

[Kaiser63]

My local place mixed me up a "DBG" aerosol which is very close in my opinion. Close enough for my patchy old girl anyway.


Colour code was 224. Apparently the Australian Standard colour DBG is close.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Just use whatever Dinty uses;):p:D

[bentleighboy]

Yep thanks guys. That helped... If you do a bit of googling you can find uk color charts listing equivalent australian standard colours; they equate DBG to Aust Std G63 DBG; which they describe as a *** match meaning distinguishable to the practiced eye. You can buy loaded spray cans of the stuff online from an Aust. supplier.

cheers,

[Dark61]

Would be good to see how it turns out when you are done.
Cheers,
D

[OneOff]

Back on the paint theme again - I've grown accustomed to the DBG now, in fact I quite like it... that's the colour it will be.

I'd like to do the wheels and cabin roof in Limestone (Dulux D38505/RTC4044A), I think these colours go well together, but was this done in 1958-59? or were they strictly painted in body colour only?

[The ho har's]

Back on the paint theme again - I've grown accustomed to the DBG now, in fact I quite like it... that's the colour it will be.

I'd like to do the wheels and cabin roof in Limestone (Dulux D38505/RTC4044A), I think these colours go well together, but was this done in 1958-59? or were they strictly painted in body colour only?

Would seeing my ex-mil 2a on the weekend have anything to do with your choice? Mine is a very shiny DBG :D

Mrs hh:angel:

[OneOff]

I didn't see anything except an Olive Drab 101...😍😍😍❤️💕

[Mustlust]

Well, after my 15 yr old went for a short drive with Harry in the 101 a couple of weeks ago, all he is looking for is a similar vehicle!! That may not be a big statement, but seeing that we have just driven 2800 kms from the Gold Coast to Stanley in Tassie, it speaks volumes re his new '101 affliction'!
I did happen to see a 2a 101 in Port Franklin, he was very upset that I wouldn't back track for him to take a look!
See what you've started Harry :p
Cheers all

[Dinty]

The S2A Forward Control is a 109 unless I'm wrong, good to see the youngsters interest in them all the best cheers Dennis:)

[S3ute]

Back on the paint theme again - I've grown accustomed to the DBG now, in fact I quite like it... that's the colour it will be.

I'd like to do the wheels and cabin roof in Limestone (Dulux D38505/RTC4044A), I think these colours go well together, but was this done in 1958-59? or were they strictly painted in body colour only?

Hello from Brisbane.

I don't believe you got an answer to your question on the Limestone paint. My understanding is that this became largely standard in this country from around 1967 and possibly a little earlier in the UK. I doubt that it would have been a standard colour in the late 1950's. All of the early 2's and 2A's that were running around my home district came new with green or grey wheels depending on the wheelbase.

Cheers,

Neil

[JDNSW]

It occurs to me that I have some early 2a wheels round here, with the original paint - they are swb wheels, and they are all green. One is my spare trailer wheel.

John

[OneOff]

Thanks Neil and John,
Thats about what I thought, and the images I have been trolling through on the internet seem to confirm it. DBG is the correct colour for these parts.

However I think I'll go with the limestone/sandstone colour anyway, I think it looks good. There is the question of devaluing the vehicle, but if ever I sell it (not likely) to an aficionado it can always be corrected at the time; it's only paint after all... :angel:

[S3ute]

Hello again from Brisbane.

You should feel free to paint them any colour that you like. My own preference is for the Limestone regardless of age, although in saying that I believe the Series 1 trucks look better in the original matching green or grey.

For what it's worth, the Series 1 that I was given by a relative as a kid came in pink which it stayed for quite some years. My cousin also had an apricot one for several years. In both cases this was a legacy of using left over paint from a couple of huts on the farm that was deemed too good to waste. One thing going for it was being easy to find them at the saleyards at a time when every second cockie in the region turned up in a green one.

Cheers,

Neil