• Hi Guest!
    If you appreciate British Car Forum and our 25 years of supporting British car enthusiasts with technical and anicdotal information, collected from our thousands of great members, please support us with a low-cost subscription. You can become a supporting member for less than the dues of most car clubs.
    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Tips
Tips

BJ8 paint colors

Share this page

bighealeysource

bighealeysource

Luke Skywalker
Country flag
Offline
Hey y'all,
Haven't left a post in a while as sold my BN4 but getting
ready to purchase a 67 BJ8 from a fellow Healey Club member
AHCUSA who's had it for 35 years. Got some rust issues
but not in the frame or inner body, just the dog legs
and rockers ( and they're not too bad at all). Needs
an interior so here's my question - this was originally
Healey white/ivory with black interior but I was thinking of
going to a red leather interior with red coves - from what
I can gather this was a correct color combo in 67 ? I
would like to keep the original paint color as the basis
but add the painted coves. Also, smokes a bit and leaks
a bit - like that's unusual - and high mileage on the engine
so I'm thinking rings or valve guides ? Otherwise runs
great with good oil pressure. Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Mike - big healey source
 
Seems to me you don't need no help. Its your car just go do it and don't look back.---Keoke-- /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer.gif
 
bighealeysource said:
Hey y'all,
Haven't left a post in a while as sold my BN4 but getting
ready to purchase a 67 BJ8 from a fellow Healey Club member
AHCUSA who's had it for 35 years. Got some rust issues
but not in the frame or inner body, just the dog legs
and rockers ( and they're not too bad at all). Needs
an interior so here's my question - this was originally
Healey white/ivory with black interior but I was thinking of
going to a red leather interior with red coves - from what
I can gather this was a correct color combo in 67 ? I
would like to keep the original paint color as the basis
but add the painted coves. Also, smokes a bit and leaks
a bit - like that's unusual - and high mileage on the engine
so I'm thinking rings or valve guides ? Otherwise runs
great with good oil pressure. Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Mike - big healey source
Click to expand...
I remember seeing several BJ8's when they were new with the white exterior and red interior. In my personal opinion, they looked nicer than with the black interior. You can't go wrong.
Patrick
 
Just consulted my restoration manual and it says Red body red interior and red carpet were in fact a ligt combo in 67. Saw white with black coves plus red/red. Did not see White/red with red-red. I have white with red-red and I am considering painting the coves black. I found a web-site that allowed you to pick color combos and I belive it had red coves on white with red on red. I agree with others do what turns you on.
 
Thanks y'all for the replys. Does anyone have the
color code for Healey Ivory or Old Englsh White ?
Guess while I'm asking, Colorado Red ?
Thanks,
Mike
 
Mike - per Pikovnik's, Austin Healey, Guide to Historic Colors
old english white "ivory" - ICI-2379, WT.03
colorado red - ICI - 3742, RD.02

good luck
jim
 
BobHorvath said:
Just consulted my restoration manual and it says Red body red interior and red carpet were in fact a ligt combo in 67. Saw white with black coves plus red/red. Did not see White/red with red-red. I have white with red-red and I am considering painting the coves black. I found a web-site that allowed you to pick color combos and I belive it had red coves on white with red on red. I agree with others do what turns you on.
Click to expand...
Bob,
Just got a reply today from Steve Byers of the BJ8 Registry.
White exterior, red interior was a common color combination for BJ8's.
Patrick
 
Thanks everyone for your feedback! Guess like y'all
recommend, just go with what I think looks the best.
Regards,
Mike
 
Back
Top