Fan color

[CharlieCarpenter]

Does anyone know (1) when the fan colors went from red to "school bus" yellow? (2) What red shade is the proper shade?
Thanks Charlie

 

[RVMAN]

Charlie, I looked in my stuff, but didn't see when. However, by the look of all the people reading the post a lot of other folks are interested too- Good luck

 

[Keoke]

Hi Charlie, the closest I can pin the color change down to is, Yellow came into being along with the introduction of the six cylinder cars.The best description I can come up with for the red used on the four cylinder fans is it was blood red.This is based on observation not historical fact.-FWIW---Keoke /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif

 

[Editor_Reid]

This is one of the many, many questions that is answered in the Concours Committee's "Originality Guidelines," a publication that is worth many, many times its cost to anyone who owns a Healey, whether or not they are restoring a car to "concours standards" (note that the publication is named "Originality Guidelines" and NOT "Concours Guidelines"). See: Concours Committee.

 

[Patton]

The paint under all of the grim on the fan on my Longbridge 100-Six is red. I just repainted it as close to Chinese Red that I could get based on recommendations from many.

Patton