Nammon's 1955 S1 86"

[nammon]

Hello,
I am very new to the Land Rover. However today I just picked up the first land rover for myself. I am planing to restore her back as original as possible. First thing that I will do is make over the body and repaint the car.

So my questions are as following
1) Is it possible to know the color of the car since it came out from factory? Are there any plate that tell about the color of the car?
2) How many original color available for S1 1955? (I believe that my car is 1955 from the Vin#57101853 Engine#57104201, Please correct me if I am wrong)



Here are the picture

[crackers]

Nice looking S1. Any side-on photos? What sort of condition is she in?

I've seen photos of Landies with layer upon layer upon layer of paint. My own has two colours and I know the second one was put on after purchase because the original owner's name is painted just in front of the door under the top layer. So a bit of careful sanding might uncover the original colour.

The other trick is to go looking for places you wouldn't paint when repainting a car. Under the mudguards would be an immediate good choice but I'm betting that the inside of the cabin isn't blue and if it is, I'll bet you'll find a different colour behind the instrument panel - that'd be a very good place to look because the paint wouldn't have faded.

As for colour matching, just take a decent sized chip of paint to your local paint shop and they'll match it for you.

[russellrovers]

Hello,
I am very new to the Land Rover. However today I just picked up the first land rover for myself. I am planing to restore her back as original as possible. First thing that I will do is make over the body and repaint the car.

So my questions are as following
1) Is it possible to know the color of the car since it came out from factory? Are there any plate that tell about the color of the car?
2) How many original color available for S1 1955? (I believe that my car is 1955 from the Vin#57101853 Engine#57104201, Please correct me if I am wrong)hi take the chassi plate off may be there good looking landy mainly bronze green regards jim



Here are the picture

take the compliance plate off main colour bronze green jim

[JDNSW]

There will, as Russell says, almost certainly be a few places where mall panels have not been removed when it was repainted, and these also often have some unfaded paint under them. Apart from the identification plate on the bulkhead, a good one is often the cover for the LHD handbrake hole.

John

[nammon]

Thank you very much for all the advice. I will take a look at the car again this evening at the garage.
Here are other photos

[Landy Smurf]

good find,looks great

[LandroverScott]

HI, it appears it is an ex British army Land rover, the large ID plate says 1/4 ton 4x4 GS (general service), also the Bradford pintle hook and large NATO socket on the back all say British Army.

if you look at that photo bottom right you will see Deep Bronze Green under the blue

Regards
Scott

[Dark61]

nice looking vehicle. Let us know how you get on with the paint etc.
cheers,
D

[nammon]

HI, it appears it is an ex British army Land rover, the large ID plate says 1/4 ton 4x4 GS (general service), also the Bradford pintle hook and large NATO socket on the back all say British Army.

if you look at that photo bottom right you will see Deep Bronze Green under the blue

Regards
Scott

Yes, I think the original color is Green. From the Original Land Rover Series I, the book mentioned that the standard color (For 86") with the reference code for Herberts paint were available as following
1) Green (Deep Bronze Green) 0428
2) Grey 37263
3) Beige (Ivory) 0416
4) Blue (RAF Blue) 37262

I was trying to let the paint shop do the sample of the blue color but they couldn't find the component from the code, Please correct me whether the paint codes above are correct or not?

[nammon]

I went to the body shop this afternoon. Most of the parts were taken out of the car. So I can clearly see the condition of the chassis, fender etc.