series 2-2a colors

[Fusion]

Most of you know by now that i'm a green type of guy when it comes to the color of my landy :D . It's the green used on the old toranas and kingswoods in the mid to late 70's.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/02/6.jpg

So do you like the standard colors that come out with the 2 and 2a's ? Or do you have a fave color you would like to paint or have painted your landy ?

[Phoenix]

in factory colours the pickings were slim for the 2 and 2a.

http://www.landrover.vlothuizen.nl/show/small/6075/6075-01.jpg http://www.landrover.vlothuizen.nl/show/small/6075/6075-03.jpghttp://www.landrover.vlothuizen.nl/show/small/6075/6075-02.jpg

[Phoenix]

Series 3 had a few more
http://www.landrover.vlothuizen.nl/show/small/6064/LR139-11-80.75m-01.jpg

and the S3 station wagon gained a couple more.

http://www.landrover.vlothuizen.nl/show/small/3031/3031-03.jpg

[Phoenix]

The 110 really had some choices though!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[Grizzly_Adams]

I'm thinking of painting mine a G4 type Orange :angel::D:cool:

[olmate]

The 110 really had some choices though!

http://www.landrover.vlothuizen.nl/show/small/3029/LR-231-1-83-25M-02.jpg

Any colour as long as it was white from what I remember. :(

For the series Landy's you cant go past Bronze Green. ;):D:D

[MickS]

For the series Landy's you cant go past Bronze Green. ;):D:D

Troy

Have to agree there :)

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Any colour as long as it was white from what I remember. :(

For the series Landy's you cant go past Bronze Green. ;):D:D

Sure I can!

It look's O.K. BUT!!! There were sooooo many bronze green ones.

Have you ever thought about what colour you would re-paint your car when you have all the coulors in the automative colour spectrum - it is really a hard choice. There is something to be said for a limited colour choice!!!! ;)

Do you like the factory green of my RRc? :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/03/691.jpg

Well Ford Falcon factory in any case! (Everglade EA models)

Had to show you my pug Douglas as well.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/07/1038.jpg

Diana

[dolphint]

I getting glasses!!!:( it looks blue to me Diana:confused::confused:

[JDNSW]

My recollection is that by far the majority of S2/2a were bronze green for swb and grey for lwb. Hardtops were always limestone.

However, some specific clients had their own colours. For example, vehicles used by the Department of Civil Aviation were invariably yellow all over, and those used by the Bureau of Mineral Resources were all over either yellow or rescue orange. Prakla Gmbh had a fleet of Landrovers all over white, which was fairly unusual in those days.

John

[Lotz-A-Landies]

My recollection is that by far the majority of S2/2a were bronze green for swb and grey for lwb. Hardtops were always limestone.

However, some specific clients had their own colours. For example, vehicles used by the Department of Civil Aviation were invariably yellow all over, and those used by the Bureau of Mineral Resources were all over either yellow or rescue orange. ...

...John
John you will also remember that the later in the series 2a the Forrestry Commission ones were orange as well and PMG (Telstra) were red in both the S2a and S3 models.

One thing I seem to remember was that the early series 2/2a had ivory for the hard tops and sometimes wheels and went to the limestone later probably in the early 1960's

Diana

[JDNSW]

John you will also remember that the later in the series 2a the Forrestry Commission ones were orange as well and PMG (Telstra) were red in both the S2a and S3 models.

One thing I seem to remember was that the early series 2/2a had ivory for the hard tops and sometimes wheels and went to the limestone later probably in the early 1960's

Diana

I don't remember Forestry Commission - but of course I remember the red PMG ones. There are almost certainly other organisations that had their own colours - my list was meant to be examples, not a complete list. I'm afraid that my memory does not distinguish between Ivory and Limestone!

John

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I don't remember Forestry Commission - but of course I remember the red PMG ones. There are almost certainly other organisations that had their own colours - my list was meant to be examples, not a complete list. I'm afraid that my memory does not distinguish between Ivory and Limestone!

John
The ivory was a little more vivid white - to describe it I would have to say the ivory had a blue base while the limestone had a yellow base.

I only remember the Forrestry Commission ones because of almost buying one from up at Oxford Falls.

Diana

[olmate]

Sure I can!

It look's O.K. BUT!!! There were sooooo many bronze green ones.

Diana

Hopefully in 50 yrs or so we shall be saying "white was such a great colour for the Defender". :D:D:D Nar - I like it

Nice photo of the dog though Diana. Might do the same thing with my dog (if he will stay still for a minute - bl**dy red heeler);)

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Nice photo of the dog though Diana. Might do the same thing with my dog (if he will stay still for a minute - bl**dy red heeler);)

Poor little Douglas - he's disabled you know! (He hasn't realised it yet).

The pic was taken at the LROCS Expo a couple of years ago and he had found the BBQ sausage sandwich tent, so off he would go and look cute for everyone to feed him. These days he would jump out like your cattle dog.

Did you know that I also have a "cattle pug", we have between 100 and 200 weaned Friesan heifers ajisted on our property while they are still on calf pellets. The pug bitch thinks she is a cattle dog and tries to herd the heifers and the animals are too young to know what's going on, so they actually herd to her directions. The Hereford cows and the rest of our own herd have Daphne's number and chase her out of the paddocks.

Diana

[olmate]

Well it sounds like your Cattle Pug is good for something. My Cattle Dog rounds up Michelles Poodle thing and the cat; taking to destruction of the plants in the backyard when he is really bored. I walk him each arvo but he just gets tired of waiting for the old boy to get home each day. I am hoping that he soon grows a brain and behaves slightly better. My previous dog (Blue Heeler) took a couple of years but was my best mate in the end; he lasted 13 yrs.

Currently this one is trying very hard to round up the rabbits that are taunting him thru the fence at the golf course in Wodonga; very amusing.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Well it sounds like your Cattle Pug is good for something. My Cattle Dog rounds up Michelles Poodle thing and the cat; ...

... Currently this one is trying very hard to round up the rabbits that are taunting him thru the fence at the golf course in Wodonga; very amusing.
Herding is so instinctual in heelers isn't it? The big problem with heelers is that they are also cunning, they will never touch your own sheep or cattle but will go to a neighbours place and do it. They frequently need to be chained up overnight.

[JDNSW]

Herding is so instinctual in heelers isn't it? The big problem with heelers is that they are also cunning, they will never touch your own sheep or cattle but will go to a neighbours place and do it. They frequently need to be chained up overnight.

I have a soft spot for heelers - two actually, one on the knee, one on the thigh. The only breed of dog I have ever been bitten by, which rather dims my admiration for them.
In the first case I was helping with a bottle drive for the school my sister's kids went to - picked up about half a ton of bottles from this house, and the third load went a few inches closer to the tied up dog.....
The second time was years later, I had pulled up at a property out of Surat in a rental car. I had been warned to make sure that the brown dog was tied up before getting out, and I had checked that it was. I opened the driver's door as the owner approached from the left front of the car, so I was looking at him, and as soon as I opened the door the blue dog, which I had not seen, bit me on the thigh, just above the knee, below the shorts I was wearing.

John

[gumby190]

I am pulling Daisy apart to repair her chassis, & a few other things, she is going to get a paint job when she starts getting put back together, I like the yellow, but I am thinking of going Valiant orange(Vitamin C).

[Fusion]

I'm not a big fan of the red that was on some series landys . Do like the original blue that they had :).

[beforethevision]

Sure I can!

It look's O.K. BUT!!! There were sooooo many bronze green ones.

Have you ever thought about what colour you would re-paint your car when you have all the coulors in the automative colour spectrum - it is really a hard choice. There is something to be said for a limited colour choice!!!! ;)

Do you like the factory green of my RRc? :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/03/691.jpg

Well Ford Falcon factory in any case! (Everglade EA models)


Diana

Forgive me for mot being up to date on old range rovers , but a VAGUE Range rover? hahah

I love it!

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Forgive me for mot being up to date on old range rovers , but a VAGUE Range rover? hahah

I love it!
Wot - how did that happen? :angel::angel::angel:

Diana

[Newbs-IIA]

I have a 109", ex-mil with an aftermarket athol hedges roof - I was thinking when i come to repaint it with a deep blue or red all over except for the window regions which would be white. So in the end you have blue roof, blue a pillars and windscrene then a whole section of white surrounding the windows all the way round the car (except windscrene as stated before) and then the rest of the body is blue/red - haven't decided yet :D

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I have a 109", ex-mil with an aftermarket athol hedges roof - I was thinking when i come to repaint it with a deep blue or red all over except for the window regions which would be white. So in the end you have blue roof, blue a pillars and windscrene then a whole section of white surrounding the windows all the way round the car (except windscrene as stated before) and then the rest of the body is blue/red - haven't decided yet :D
The interesting thing about the Athol Hedges roofs in the 1960's is that they were what was supplied originally with Annand and Thompson (Brisbane) vehicles. Brian Hjelm (http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/brian%2Bhjelm.html) may know more about this. For some reason A & T didn't supply the OEM roofs from Rover Co. Ltd. except for the station wagon versions.

Diana

[LandyAndy]

Original 6's only came in Limestone in the 2a??? Pretty sure Ive read it elsewhere.Owned 2 original6 traytops,seen a few others,only in Limestone.
Phoenix,that colourchart MUST be wrong.Baby poo yellow would have to be the most common Ser3 colour no mater what power plant used.
Andrew

[chazza]

Baby poo yellow would have to be the most common Ser3 colour no mater what power plant used.
Andrew

I have two S3's that I bought for the hell of it for spare parts; both are baby-poo yellow. I must say I agree with Andrew, apart from the olive drab ones and my mate's ex-PMG red one, I can't recall a S3 in any other colour :) I think the proper name is Sahara Gold, or something similar.

When I holidayed in the UK recently, just about every Defender I saw was blue; which along with Bronze Green seems to suit the marque very well :D

[JDNSW]

.........Baby poo yellow would have to be the most common Ser3 colour no matter what power plant used.
Andrew

I'd have to agree with that, particularly for lwb.

John

[Brisso57]

I'm looking to repaint the 2A I'm restoring to Bronze Green and Limestone.

I have a need to paint some timber items, and so I therefore need to get some Exterior Enamel tinted to match.

Is there any website that has tint recipes for housepaints equivalent to LR automotive colours?

* I know I could take a bit in and have a match done, but it'd be better if I could just provide a tint recipe. Then I'd get an exact match.

?

Doug:confused:

[stage1slave]

I'm looking to repaint the 2A I'm restoring to Bronze Green and Limestone.

I have a need to paint some timber items, and so I therefore need to get some Exterior Enamel tinted to match.

Is there any website that has tint recipes for housepaints equivalent to LR automotive colours?

* I know I could take a bit in and have a match done, but it'd be better if I could just provide a tint recipe. Then I'd get an exact match.

?

Doug:confused:

I don't know about bronze green but the code for limestone is 10B17-Hopsack. Standard british colour in the dulux range. I had some mixed up at the local hardware, and other than being in the English code book, was no problem to tint. That was some years ago though so lets hope they still have the technology! Info came from an article in LRo mag Mar. 1992.
cheers
ER

[kombi1976]

My fave colour is Bahama Gold, or at least I think that's the name, but then it only came out in IIIs I think.
Our IIa is an ex-Rural Fire Service so it's that orangey-red colour.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/05/200.jpg

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Original 6's only came in Limestone in the 2a??? ...
... Andrew
Andrew

I am sure that I did see a 6 cyl which was painted grey by the OEM, it had the Clayton-Dewandre in-line brake booster so must have been very early for a 6 probably 1967 and may have been an import.

Otherwise it would have followed the Pressed Metals Corp philosophy (based on Henry Ford's model T one - "you can have any colour you want as long as it's black") of you can have your Land Rover in the colour we make it, 88" bronze green, 109" grey and 6 cyl Sandstone. If you want a roof it will be limestone.


Diana

[dullbird]

does anyone know the paint code for limestone, sand and mid Grey?

thinking about the paint that will go on ours......would like to use the colour around at the time but not sure I want to use the colour for the specific year or length of wheel base.

So was thinking possibly limestone body with a sand tray.....but when rereading through this it was mentioned that limestone was a baby poo colour so now not so sure.
So was then thinking mid Grey limestone roof with a black tray!

what are your thoughts?

anyone got pics of the various colours on there actual cars...to help me visualize.

And before anyone asks the tray has to be painted as it was painted to match the colour of the car which is currently like a funny light lilac/purple.

I would prefer not to paint the tray the same colour as the car.....unless someone thinks i'm being really silly

[bobslandies]

does anyone know the paint code for limestone, sand and mid Grey?

Hi Lou,
Here are the Land Rover codes:
none metallic colour (http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk/nonmetallic.html)

Any competent paint supplier should be able to mix up to the British Standards. There is a company "Triken Paints" at Caringbah who have mixed up paints for a few of the LR restorers.

Great project you are starting on!

Regards,
Bob

[dullbird]

Thanks for that Bob :)

[Shonky]

Thanks for that link Bob. I am picking up Gus' paint this week!

Going with Light/Pastel Green (LRC.005) with Limestone (LRC.007) hardtop and wheels. :D


Should look like this:

roverhaul.com: picture galleries - land rover restorations :: Done! :: DSC00482 (http://www.roverhaul.com/galleries/done/DSC00482)

I hope! :o

[Shonky]

:lol2:

Funny you should say that - I saw a colour swatch and thought "**** I hope it doesn't look like coops!"

I will be getting the shop to mix a small amount first so I can see it made up first! It should be a more a light green than the bluey greeny poufe soufle yours is! :p


Still looks cool but. B)

[dullbird]

I like these colours when you get it made can you let me know approx how much your paint cost you?

[Shonky]

I can let you know right now Lou. :)

Prices are on the web. ;)

VG Auto Paints (http://www.vgautopaints.com.au/Prices.htm)


However... I went in last night and they were unable to interpret any of the paint codes I gave them. :( A search by name came up with Limestone but only in two-pack, and no sign of Pastel Green. :(

Does anyone have the Australian Standard Paint Codes for these colours? :( (A long shot - I know...)

A light, mid grey should be easy to find and may even be a group 1 or 2 colour so may well be cheaper.

[JDNSW]

Looking at the colours used for 2as, it might be interesting to note that the 1961 Series 2a I owned from 1966-69 was white (not limestone) with a grey steel trayback. And I am certain it was the original colour. I bought it in Alice Springs, and I was the second owner.

John

[Shonky]

I am having paint troubles. :(

The paint shop I was going to use cannot for the life of them find the colours on their magic computer. I even rang the shop that Bob referred to and they called me back with the codes but they still can't find it!

I guess I will just have to go all the way to Miranda to buy my paint. :(


The paint codes according to Triken Paints at Miranda (their Caringbah building is a warehouse) are 007/NCJ for Limestone and 6-070 for Pastel Green (aka Light Green)

[Shonky]

Any competent paint supplier should be able to mix up to the British Standards. There is a company "Triken Paints" at Caringbah who have mixed up paints for a few of the LR restorers.


Those thinking of using Triken Paints should be aware that they are NOT open on Saturdays as stated by their website.

"Brad" at Triken is a wizard with old colours. :)

[lane]

FYI, we bought ours from S&S Industries in Midvale, WA, for around $70 per litre (acrylic).

Paint code for Limestone is indeed 007. Makes it sound very adventurous. :)

Our original duco on the Series III is baby poo yellow, also known as Sahara or Bahama Gold (depending on the year and the shade) with a white roof - not Limestone. We're sticking with the white roof and changing the body to Limestone.

S&S is a manufacturer - I was amazed to learn, since I thought we didn't do manufacturing anymore here - and the service was absolutely first class. Would certainly recommend them.

Cheers.
Lane.

[Johnno1969]

Hey folks,

I've been thinking of painting my 1965 88 for about ten years. Naturally I don't want to rush anything, so it's early days yet...but I have started thinking about colours. The vehicle was originally Bronze Green (long before I got her) and I am thinking of going back to that or perhaps Limestone. Does anybody know where I might find some information, charts, schemes etc on original colours? I would just like to get the old girl looking more original, though I am by no means obsessively restoring her (that would mean getting rid of all the home-made wiring I installed in 1991......).

Any pointers?

Cheerio!

John

[peterg1001]

Try here:

colour chart 1 (http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk/chart1.html)

Peter

[korg20000bc]

On that chart some of the colours appear very different to reality. Particularly what I know to be Bahama Gold.

[peterg1001]

Try this:

Land Rover Paint Man | Paint for Land Rovers | Specialist in White Spirit Based, Synthetic & Zylene Based Enamels - Colour Chart Series 2 (http://www.paintman.co.uk/paint-colour-chart-series-2.html)

Unfortunately, it doesn't have Bahama Gold on the chart.

OTOH, I just bought a new monitor for our graphic arts people. It cost $6000 to get a 30" monitor with colour correction capability, and I suspect that you're going to need that sort of sophistication to see colours properly on a screen anyway.

Me - I stick to Colorbond Rivergum, it goes with everything ;)

Peter

[Johnno1969]

Try this:

Land Rover Paint Man | Paint for Land Rovers | Specialist in White Spirit Based, Synthetic & Zylene Based Enamels - Colour Chart Series 2 (http://www.paintman.co.uk/paint-colour-chart-series-2.html)

Unfortunately, it doesn't have Bahama Gold on the chart.

OTOH, I just bought a new monitor for our graphic arts people. It cost $6000 to get a 30" monitor with colour correction capability, and I suspect that you're going to need that sort of sophistication to see colours properly on a screen anyway.

Me - I stick to Colorbond Rivergum, it goes with everything ;)

Peter

Thanks Peter,

That's a nifty little site. I spent hours changing the colour of that Land Rover.....

Yeah, I am trying to decide between Bronze Green or Limestone or Ivory. I noticed that ivory was not on the list: it was a IIA colour, wasn't it? Also the pic had what seemed like a white roof and wheels..... I thought they were limestone out of the factory? Does anybody know where I could see some pics of the original schemes so I know how to paint her when the time comes?

Trouble is, they all look good. I am just going to have to get more Land Rovers....

John

[p38arover]

..... you can have your Land Rover in the colour we make it, 88" bronze green, 109" grey and 6 cyl Sandstone. If you want a roof it will be limestone.

So should my 6-cyl IIA be Limestone or Sandstone? I was thinking of getting paint made up to match the inside and, therefore, an unfaded panel.

Mine has been repainted light grey on the outside at some time in its past life.

[JDNSW]

So should my 6-cyl IIA be Limestone or Sandstone? I was thinking of getting paint made up to match the inside and, therefore, an unfaded panel.

Mine has been repainted light grey on the outside at some time in its past life.

From my memory, almost all four cylinder 2as sold in Australia were grey, and almost all sixes were sandstone. However, despite that I owned a 1961 2a (diesel) in the mid sixties that was white (not limestone or ivory) from the factory.

John

[p38arover]

Thanks John. I can't find Sandstone on those colour charts.