#60522

Hi Eric, the car is forest green with blue added in it.

The PO already owned a TR6 and a Spitfire painted in something very close to Rootes’ 86 green. He could not stand the idea of having three forest green cars once he saw his Sunbeam freshly painted. It was re-prepped and I assume they added blue toner to the green mix until they liked what they saw…

Unfortunately they left two antenna holes in the RH fender and did not paint any of the ancillaries (eyebrows, metal tonneau, vent grills etc.). There was enough paint leftover to finish it off but it is not the actual as sprayed-on mix with blue in it. This was done in Valspar paint with the nearest dealer 600 miles away.

Right now I have had two Sikkens colors mixed: a green with too much blue in it that was formulated from a computer reading of my trunk lid and a forest green with no blue in it at all. With help from my wife who has a good eye for color I hope to come up with the right blend this week end.

Cheers, Gilles