Thread: my 80" R06102728 Paint Scheme

No it was more simple, DBG or DBG the sage green as often called run out during the 49 models.
Not sure at what number but the last of the 49s where DBG.
Dennis

For your 80" Deep Bronze Green would be correct for the body work and for the chassis, the other green is "Sage" green" also known as Cockpit green & those had a silver painted chassis. they were that colour for the 1948s ,1949 80"

If you can get a hold of James Taylor "The Early Years" that book has a lot of great photos and tips for restoring series 1s correctly

Have to agree with Dennis, the sage green was well and truly gone before the end of the 1949 models.

After that only fire engines and special order 80"s were done in colours other than deep bronze green. Even the first RACQ 80" delivered in the begining of1950 were DBG before being re-painted in RACQ fleet beige. The 1951 deliveries being fleet beige at assembly.

One of the closest matches to the sage of the production 1948/49 was one of the Wattyl Colourbond colours - Rivergum from memory.

Dennis will have a better idea.

thanks all for the quick replies, i think is gona have to be Deep Bronze Green or Deep Bronze Green! the Landy is quite origional. orig engine, gbox & chassi its going to be DBG. on this project i am going to aim at every little detail to how it was when it left the production line LoL even with oil leaks!

cheers,

Chris

Oil leaks are easy to replicate, colour not so, plenty of codes around but modern paint people are all under 50 and don’t seam to be able to use them.
Have a 50 that is painted in DBG paint from a company in Adelaide that apparently computer matched the colour (surprised about computers in SA me too) looks very good. I am to get the codes and more paint from them at some stage will let you know.
My be stating some thing you already know but remember the chassis is also DBG.
Dennis

Originally Posted by dennisS1

Oil leaks are easy to replicate, colour not so, plenty of codes around but modern paint people are all under 50 and don’t seam to be able to use them.
Have a 50 that is painted in DBG paint from a company in Adelaide that apparently computer matched the colour (surprised about computers in SA me too) looks very good. I am to get the codes and more paint from them at some stage will let you know.
My be stating some thing you already know but remember the chassis is also DBG.
Dennis

cheeky bugger!
no more SA paint for you!

Another thing to think about, paint technology has come a long was since the days Of series ones. The gloss of those days would be more like a semi gloss or satin finish nowadays. When they are painted with a modern high gloss paint they just look too shiny and perfect. It's a series one, not a Bentley!

Andy.

Originally Posted by dennisS1

Oil leaks are easy to replicate, colour not so, plenty of codes around but modern paint people are all under 50 and don’t seam to be able to use them....<snip>

Dennis

As I understand, the codes may still exist but the pigments that relate to those codes don't. Therefore the people who mix the paint have to convert to and use a modern synthetic pigment which does not have the exact same properties and so the resulting colour is different to the original.

Diana