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Help With Tracing Clubby Estate Colours, Strange One!


Best Answer scottsbodyshop , 28 December 2014 - 09:35 PM

And I would have thought that if it was an insurance reshell surely it would have been painted the pre damaged colour.... very confused Go to the full post


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#1 scottsbodyshop

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Posted 27 December 2014 - 08:33 PM

Hi guys, I have bought a 79 clubby estate to restore, its currently red.

However, after sanding off the paint in various areas something strange has appeard, the shell goes from red, to metallic blue, to grey primer, to bare metal.

now this wouldnt normally suprise me if I had found various colours then an original colour then primer then metal, or if it was on flat panels where it would be easier to perform a bare metal respray.

but its not, its everywhere, behind the dash, inside of quarter panels, inside the roof, even on the underside of the rear window rails!
Even more strange is that the car has been off the road since 98, the guy who I got it off has owned it for 20 years, drove it for 4 then laid it up in his barn for the 16 and it has been red all the time hes had it.

I thought that these estates have only found value in the last few years so why would somone go to the hassle of COMPLETLY bare metaling and respraying it?!

All I wanted to do is find the original colour but it just doesnt seem to exsist haha!
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Posted 27 December 2014 - 08:34 PM

I can take more pictures if anyone needs and am happu to give out the numbers on it to help identify it. Thanks. Scott.

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Posted 27 December 2014 - 08:38 PM

have you not got the original vin plate ,is there no colour code ?



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Posted 27 December 2014 - 09:15 PM

For that year I'd guess denim blue mettalic. Can you look it up on the mini colour guide?

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Posted 28 December 2014 - 11:38 AM

I have the chassis number but no paint code how can I tell from the chassis number? Must be pretty rare if it is factory metallic never seen one before! :)

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Posted 28 December 2014 - 12:49 PM

Like this colour?

 

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Posted 28 December 2014 - 12:55 PM

It could have been reshelled as a repair when newish? maybe

 

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Posted 28 December 2014 - 01:36 PM

It looks darker than that, I have taken a couple pics of it sprayed with a little wd40 to replicate lacquer. I'm very confused as it looks to be factory, unless someone was extremely anal about the respray! Here's the pics thanks for your help everyone!

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Posted 28 December 2014 - 01:44 PM

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Posted 28 December 2014 - 09:32 PM

Does anyone know if the shells were black primed before grey primed as mine has what looks like panel primer on it so maybe it was an early reshell? Thanks!!

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Posted 28 December 2014 - 09:35 PM   Best Answer

And I would have thought that if it was an insurance reshell surely it would have been painted the pre damaged colour.... very confused

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Posted 01 January 2015 - 05:00 PM

So it turns out it has been a replacement shell after an accident as these were the only shells ever to have black primer on them! In case anyone was interested :) sadly means it will never be original so now the mind wonders what to do with it next....




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