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Aug 8th, 2022, 16:01 | #1 |
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Engine Cradle/Crossmember Colour Match
Has anyone found a readily available paint that is a good match for the pale bluey/grey colour the 1800 series - and Amazon - crossmembers came in? Looking on the internet is hit and miss as the colours in the images rarely reflect what they look like in the 'flesh'. I always used to paint them black but I might as well try and get one (close to) correct. https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/attac...1&d=1659970891
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Aug 9th, 2022, 13:21 | #2 |
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I was looking at tractor paints, possibly a light Ferguson Grey but saw this.
https://coatpaints.com/products/lie-...RoC2SQQAvD_BwE |
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Aug 9th, 2022, 14:49 | #3 | |
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Aug 9th, 2022, 21:33 | #4 |
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I do my own shot blasting and paint the parts in a Zinc primer, which I already have so its free. Its the top coat I want to get looking correct
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Aug 9th, 2022, 23:46 | #5 |
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Not all crossmembers were originally gray…
My black ‘62 Amazon’s crossmember was black from birth. And refinished as original:
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Aug 10th, 2022, 08:40 | #6 |
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Some were black and some owners insist theirs were body colour (which I can't confirm or refute) but the vast majority were blue/grey including, as you can see from the photograph, mine. Hence the question.
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Aug 10th, 2022, 16:19 | #7 |
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In fact the owners who insist their crossmembers are or were body colored are likely correct.
Over the years I have seen dozens of early Amazons thusly originally supplied. The change to the common blueish/gray occurred at a (thus far) indeterminate moment during the early mid-sixties, after which ALL were the same color that you are trying to duplicate.
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Aug 10th, 2022, 17:16 | #8 |
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I tried to find out what colour I used, an old post said I was going to use this not sure if that is actually the colour or not though: BS 676 from the chart: https://www.smlmarinepaints.co.uk/BS381C_colour_chart
I like Jotun Hardtop AX paint but it does contain isocyanates so proper PPE needed if spraying. I’m colour blind but looks fine to me.
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Aug 10th, 2022, 18:46 | #9 |
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[QUOTE=Burdekin;2839210]I tried to find out what colour I used, an old post said I was going to use this not sure if that is actually the colour or not though: BS 676 from the chart: https://www.smlmarinepaints.co.uk/BS381C_colour_chart
Excellent, just what I was looking for - thanks |
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Aug 12th, 2022, 20:08 | #10 |
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Grey is 65 onwards only.
Before that they would either be black or body colour |
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