Final Paint Blend?

[Roger Wilco]

Apologies if I have missed this on another thread or the diary - but will K7 be finished in original paint or will it have to be 'as near as damn it'? I would imagine that the original K7 blue paint was a one-off blend and that the original supplier has gone the way of loose-leaf tea and Tony Curtis haircuts? Once again - apologies if I missed something and would welcome a pointer to any info on this subject.

[Mike Bull]

Oh no, a 'Bluebird blue' thread! That'll be twenty quid for asking, please.

'Bluebird blue' was whatever shade of blue Donald was supplied with/could get ahold of each time- where the paint is peeling from the wreckage you can see many different layers, and there must be at least half a dozen totally different shades of blue to be seen. However, we've matched to the tailfin, which was only painted the once, and thus we have a perfect 66/67 'bluebird blue', so the old girl will look just as she did. Even then of course, they went and painted the rebuilt intakes a different shade...

[f1steveuk]

The final pot of "Bluebird blue" was supplied by Horace and Syrene, Victoria Road, Burgess Hill, who were/are right opposite Norcon Norris (part of Norris Bros).

Up until about five years ago they still had one can (about a gallon I think) of the original left, with a brown and fading label on it with Leo's order details on it.

[markgengine]

Possibly the exact colour is one of, if not the most frquently, asked questions.
How about only supplying the "final" answer by post to those asking, in return for a donation naturally !
Could just be in the form of a certificate indicating the RAL No. or even a sample pot.
Good website update by the way.
Mark G.

[Mike Bull]

Fancy wanting to know an old lady's secrets like that! Shame on you young man!

[tintin]

Hi,
What was the exact colour of Bluebird? Does it have a paint code, or was it whatever was in the shed at the time?
cheers

Tintin

[f1steveuk]

And just to repeat what I posted some months ago

"The final pot of "Bluebird blue" was supplied by Horace and Syrene, Victoria Road, Burgess Hill, who were/are right opposite Norcon Norris (part of Norris Bros).

Up until about five years ago they still had one can (about a gallon I think) of the original left, with a brown and fading label on it with Leo's order details on it."

Horace and Syrene still trade, and have mixing records going back to Mulliners and Park Ward in 1926!!

[Mike Bull]

While it's easy enough to work it out and it's not an out and out secret or anything, we like to regard K7 as a wily old lass who deserves to keep a mystery or two, so we don't go giving the paint code away.

[tintin]

Fair enough. But it's such a beautiful colour!