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That's pretty.
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Roger
I can't believe how close your colors look. They both look great!
DT
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Hey DT.
There's always a lot of talk about the correct Healey blue.
My two cents; there is no absolute correct one color.
I read somewhere that even the dealerships would not put two blue Healeys next to each other on the showroom floor, for they would not be identical.
Here's my take. We all want to say we have the correct blue. And most everyone at the Healey shows will say, I have the correct blue because, etc etc.
Last year at the Palo Alto show, I looked at all the blue Healeys. Yup, no two cars had the same exact color. Yet everyone said it was Healey blue, vs. Honda, Ford, Yugo blue.
It was at that point I decided, go with the "Healey" blue that pleases you.
Long winded story, but here's the comment on your how close Randy and my color is.
When my car was in the body shop, I took my stone guard, painted in my Healey blue and compared it to several other Healey blues. I liked Randy's blue the best. So he told me where he got his paint. I ordered a gallon and there you have it, or I have it.
Of course ours are not exactly the same color, for in order for that to happen, they would have to be painted from the same can. But from the same vendor who uses his paint mixture, and says his is the "correct" blue (just like every other vendor) Randy's and my Healey blue are close enough for me to say, I like my shade of Healey blue.
PS. don't tell Randy that my blue is more correct than his.
Cheers, Roger
Roger
I can't believe how close your colors look. They both look great!
DT
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Hey DT.
There's always a lot of talk about the correct Healey blue.
My two cents; there is no absolute correct one color.
I read somewhere that even the dealerships would not put two blue Healeys next to each other on the showroom floor, for they would not be identical.
Here's my take. We all want to say we have the correct blue. And most everyone at the Healey shows will say, I have the correct blue because, etc etc.
Last year at the Palo Alto show, I looked at all the blue Healeys. Yup, no two cars had the same exact color. Yet everyone said it was Healey blue, vs. Honda, Ford, Yugo blue.
It was at that point I decided, go with the "Healey" blue that pleases you.
Long winded story, but here's the comment on your how close Randy and my color is.
When my car was in the body shop, I took my stone guard, painted in my Healey blue and compared it to several other Healey blues. I liked Randy's blue the best. So he told me where he got his paint. I ordered a gallon and there you have it, or I have it.
Of course ours are not exactly the same color, for in order for that to happen, they would have to be painted from the same can. But from the same vendor who uses his paint mixture, and says his is the "correct" blue (just like every other vendor) Randy's and my Healey blue are close enough for me to say, I like my shade of Healey blue.
PS. don't tell Randy that my blue is more correct than his.
Cheers, Roger
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When I first decided to repaint my car Healey Ice Blue the car's original color), it was a modern Honda Civic color that caught my eye. It was the Healey Blue that I had in my memory from 35 years ago. That color had a slight tinge of green in it as did the modern Honda color. But it turns out that all of the modern 2 part Japanese paints have metal flake that is too large and too dense to replicate 40 year old paint colors.
So, out of frustration, I turned to Gary Anderson who had just published his restoration guide with Roger Moment. Gary gave me the name of the shop in LA that was producing what he considered to be the best replication of the original Healey Ice Blue. The paint shop's owner was a multiple Healey owner that had formulated the paint for his own needs a couple of decades earlier. He passed the formula down to his son. That is the paint that AUSMHLY and I both have on our cars. As Roger said, it isn't just about the color, it's also who lays the paint down and half a dozen other variables that determine the final outcome. The factory changed paint vendors numerous times over the 14 year run of Big Healeys. Sometimes they did this on the assembly line mid-year. It's impossible to nail the perfect Healey Ice Blue, even if there was such a thing.
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Randy '66 BJ8, '68 E-Type OTS
So, out of frustration, I turned to Gary Anderson who had just published his restoration guide with Roger Moment. Gary gave me the name of the shop in LA that was producing what he considered to be the best replication of the original Healey Ice Blue. The paint shop's owner was a multiple Healey owner that had formulated the paint for his own needs a couple of decades earlier. He passed the formula down to his son. That is the paint that AUSMHLY and I both have on our cars. As Roger said, it isn't just about the color, it's also who lays the paint down and half a dozen other variables that determine the final outcome. The factory changed paint vendors numerous times over the 14 year run of Big Healeys. Sometimes they did this on the assembly line mid-year. It's impossible to nail the perfect Healey Ice Blue, even if there was such a thing.
Cheers
Randy '66 BJ8, '68 E-Type OTS
And if you think trying to come up with the exact shade of Healey Blue is tough, so is the exact shade of British Racing Green. The BMC couldn't even make up its mind and made two, GN 25 and GN 29, one having considerably more yellow than the other. But there are literally dozens of different shades. Of course it pleases me no end, that I have the exact shade of correct British Racing Green on my car. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif Yeah, sure I do, up until I park it next to another BRG car.
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I know what you mean about BRG. They seem to range from light green to a dark, almost black, green. My favorite BRG is the dark BRG that Jaguar used on the early C and D types. Lacquer probably.
Randy
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I'm a poser guys. My Healey does not drip oil. Ever! Liar liar pants on fire.
Why is the oil pan hanging on the wall? So when friends with cars that drip what ever, come over, I place it under their car....when they park on my cement driveway.
My garage floor has an epoxy coating that protects it from drips. Much easier to wipe up a drip on the floor than try to figure out where to place the pan. Murphy says, place the pan where ever you want, I'll drip where it's not.
Besides, what Healey garage would be complete without a drip pan. Which reminds me, where's my calendar with scantly dressed women holding tools they have no idea how to use.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Cheers, Roger
Why is the oil pan hanging on the wall? So when friends with cars that drip what ever, come over, I place it under their car....when they park on my cement driveway.
My garage floor has an epoxy coating that protects it from drips. Much easier to wipe up a drip on the floor than try to figure out where to place the pan. Murphy says, place the pan where ever you want, I'll drip where it's not.
Besides, what Healey garage would be complete without a drip pan. Which reminds me, where's my calendar with scantly dressed women holding tools they have no idea how to use.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Cheers, Roger