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Gentlemen,

I am in the process of buying a L/H drive TR4. It has/had a white dashboard. What is the colour code/pantone number of the correct shade of white please?

Graham

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I'm sure all were Spa White.

 

Subaru Performance White is a very close match

 

Tom

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Hi Tom,

according to BP the Spa White was dropped for New white in 1963 at CT21267.

 

The 'engine' turned instrument panel went to black crackle at CT4398

 

Roger

Agree on that for external colour....

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New White was introduced in early 1963, replacing

Spa White for external paintwork, also replacing the

standard aluminium/silver wheel paint.

 

I've asked the question before about the dash colour

but I haven't found any reference yet, so it's one of

those 'unknowns'.

 

Only way to find out is to check the shade of white

on the dash of a mid-63 or later TR4 or TR4A.

 

AlanR

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Hi Tom Alan,

in BP's book 'Original TRiumph TR4/4A/5/6' on page 46

 

it shows a picture of aTR4 white dash board.

 

The text reads -

"The TR4 dashboard was a somewhat austere metal pressing, painted white irrespective of the body colour

Spa white was used at first but replaced by New white in 1963 at car number CT 2127".

 

I suppose he could have been talking about the inside of the boot though.

 

Roger

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  • 6 months later...

New White was introduced in early 1963, replacing

Spa White for external paintwork, also replacing the

standard aluminium/silver wheel paint.

Thanks for this. My Feb 1963 TR4 needed two other (better) wheels which had been painted black for some reason, so I resprayed all four wheels on the car using a bog standard silver metallic wheel spray cans.

The originals on my car still wore their original paint which is a slightly darker silver. I always wondered if these were in fact original, to the car, as I also see many 4s with white wheels. Reading your comment it makes me think they are the correct original colour. I looked it up in Bill Piggotts book but there is nothing about the colour of steel wheels, all about wire wheels but nothing on the steel disc wheels, a big omission I would think.

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New White was introduced in early 1963, replacing

Spa White for external paintwork, also replacing the

standard aluminium/silver wheel paint.

 

I've asked the question before about the dash colour

but I haven't found any reference yet, so it's one of

those 'unknowns'.

 

Only way to find out is to check the shade of white

on the dash of a mid-63 or later TR4 or TR4A.

 

AlanR

 

I like Spa White as the known finish........ but

 

 

Peter W

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