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Hi all,

 

After some help if you can. I am about to paint my TR7 dhc and was looking for some help with colours. The car was originally Persian Aqua but I am going to change the colour, but to what?

I have been thinking about a dark metallic grey as I think the shape will suit that colour, the trouble is I have not seen one done in this

and I don't want to make an expensive mistake.

I was wondering if any one had any pictures they could post or indeed make any other suggestions.

It has blue interior so am limited in choice and I am not overly keen on any of the then factory colours.

 

Many thanks Nick

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Hi Nick,

 

back in the '80s I looked at a ragtop 7 that had been resprayed in Humber Gunmetal, a dark grey metallic that dates back to the early 1950s Super Snipe - I'm not a fan of grey coachwork, but in this instance the end result seemed excellent. That car had the standard blue trim and a dark blue mohair hood, a combination which seemed just right . . . . . despite my normal dislike of mohair hoods !

 

In contrast I've also seen an early 7 in one of the late 1960s Triumph light greys, Dolphin possibly, which looked drearily insipid - not helped by the plain black interior.

 

Cheers,

 

Alec

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Hi Alec,

 

 

Thanks for the speedy reply. Glad to hear that in the flesh the colour combination looked OK. I have always thought it would look good in the sunshine but was worried in may look a little bland in all but good weather. So, nothing yet to put me off.

 

Thanks again Alec

 

Nick

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Hi Frank,

 

thank you, yes the blue does look good, I still fancy the idea of the dark metallic grey but as I still haven't managed to see one in the flesh I may stick with the original colour of Persian Aqua. One thing is for sure, I need to decide quickly as the car is now primed and almost ready to go :unsure:

 

Nick

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On 4/4/2017 at 8:08 AM, Nick Hedges said:

Hi Frank,

 

thank you, yes the blue does look good, I still fancy the idea of the dark metallic grey but as I still haven't managed to see one in the flesh I may stick with the original colour of Persian Aqua. One thing is for sure, I need to decide quickly as the car is now primed and almost ready to go :unsure:

 

Nick

Dark Metalic Grey,

Alister Flack has a very nice V8 in a Dark Metallic Gray but maybe to Dark for yourself.

 

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