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  • SlickDizzy

    Feb. 17, 2009 10:13 p.m. SlickDizzy SuperDork

    This paintjob blows. Orange peel, waves, runs and chips everywhere. My first order of business this spring is to repaint the TR6 and "restore" the interior. Originality be damned, this is going to be my long-term step-by-step track/autocross project. I was thinking a color like BMW Estoril Blue/Mazda Mariner Blue might be interesting; ideas? I'd like something different than your run-of-the-mill bright red TR6 (not that there's anything wrong with red TR6's).

    (also, does anyone have any idea what color the odd denim blue/green TR6 on this page is? http://www.jigsawracingservices.co.uk/carswelookafter.htm )

  • ArthurDent

    Feb. 17, 2009 10:22 p.m. ArthurDent New Reader

    I like bright yellow on a TR6

  • Sofa King

    Feb. 17, 2009 11:46 p.m. Sofa King New Reader

    BRG

  • Opus

    Feb. 18, 2009 12:18 a.m. Opus HalfDork

    Sofa King wrote:

    BRG

    +1

  • Luke

    Feb. 18, 2009 3:52 a.m. Luke Dork

    Mazda Mariner blue would look good. I believe there was a similar factory "french" blue available for the TR6, too.

    edit: it's actually much lighter than mariner blue, but looks better IMO.

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    Having said all that, I'd just paint it BRG. The TR6's squat shape and brutish nature suits BRG better than anything this side of a "Blower" Bentley.

  • ZOOMiata

    Feb. 18, 2009 5:05 a.m. ZOOMiata Dork

    Welcome back, Slick!

    I'd second Mariner (one of the best colours of all time, IMHO). I'd also think some of the non-metallic oranges from newer cars could look good. I'm thinking of the colour on new Mustangs.

    Rob

  • Tommy Suddard

    Feb. 18, 2009 5:49 a.m. Tommy Suddard SonDork

    BRG

  • Tim Baxter

    Feb. 18, 2009 6:44 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

    Don't use a Mazda color. BL had two colors that were very close to Mariner. I believe one was called Tahiti Blue, and I can't remember the other name. Google BL paint chips, you'll find it.

  • John Brown

    Feb. 18, 2009 6:44 a.m. John Brown MegaDork

    Caramel Brown

  • JFX001

    Feb. 18, 2009 6:47 a.m. JFX001 HalfDork

    try:

    www.autocolorlibrary.com

    for color options.

    Another vote for BRG here.

  • Travis_K

    Feb. 18, 2009 7:39 a.m. Travis_K Reader

    I like yellow. If you paint it BRG it needs a british flag on it like some of them came with. lol

  • mad_machine

    Feb. 18, 2009 7:46 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    if you want to keep it red.. BMW's Calypso red was a very nice dark burgandy metallic. Very pretty and very subtle.

    It's also the reason I chose my bimmer.. love that colour

  • CarKid1989

    Feb. 18, 2009 7:54 a.m. CarKid1989 Reader

    Where have you been Slick? Been a long time...

    How about black? Not very original, but a blacked out anything always looks mean. Maybe keep a silver lip on the wheels?

    Maybe a airplane style paint job?

  • longhorndude

    Feb. 18, 2009 8:10 a.m. longhorndude New Reader

    up the BRG, just dont paint it brown, dad had a brown tr6 once, terrible color for a fun car.

  • EricM

    Feb. 18, 2009 9:00 a.m. EricM HalfDork

    Sofa King wrote:

    BRG

    I thought that there was a "cosmic Law" that only allowed that color?

    Maybe there should be.

    • 1 brazillian (call back from a joke)

  • Feb. 18, 2009 9:10 a.m. Ian_F New Reader

    any color that strikes your fancy... it's not like a "correct" TR6 is hard to find...

  • Sofa King

    Feb. 18, 2009 9:42 a.m. Sofa King New Reader

    I like the color that the car is now.

    For some reason I have always preferred TR6s in dark non metallic colors. BRG, Burgundy, Navy.

    My favorite car color is the bright metallic Cobra blue (with white stripes) What I don't understand is why a British AC Ace looks so right that color but a British TR6 wouldn't.

  • Feb. 18, 2009 10:10 a.m. purplepeopleeater New Reader

    No BRG, no 'Resale Red', no Maple. Anything else that suits your fancy.

  • Feb. 18, 2009 11:47 a.m. spitfirebill HalfDork

    Personally, I cannot stand a metallic paint on a vintage Brit car. Just doesn't seem right.

    I vote for the dark version of BRG like came on D type Jaguars. I also liked the dark blue color some of them came in.

  • driver109x

    Feb. 18, 2009 1:05 p.m. driver109x Reader

    Another vote for BRG. I also like charcoal grey or even a darker grey, white, and maybe black.

  • Luke

    Feb. 18, 2009 6:57 p.m. Luke Dork

    CarKid1989 wrote: How about black? Not very original, but a blacked out anything always looks mean.
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  • Tom Heath

    Feb. 18, 2009 7:00 p.m. Tom Heath Production Editor

    That is sexy. I want.

  • skrzastek

    Feb. 18, 2009 7:03 p.m. skrzastek Reader

    Luke wrote:

    CarKid1989 wrote: How about black? Not very original, but a blacked out anything always looks mean.
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    details and more pictures please

  • Luke

    Feb. 18, 2009 7:21 p.m. Luke Dork

    These are the only ones I have, but I think there's a whole thread about this car kicking around on the old board somewhere.

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  • Goldmember

    Feb. 18, 2009 7:22 p.m. Goldmember New Reader

    This thread makes me sad. There has been a TR6 sitting in the yard of a scumbag family of W-T so and so's just down the road from my house for about 6-7 yearsnow. It appeared to be in decent shape when I first spotted it, but the roof tore open over the front seats shortly after. Its currently covered/filled with snow and ice.

    Color votes:

    1.Black on black wheels, maybe a white stripe wrapping the nose like a ribbon with a meatball on one side of the hood centerline.

    2.Navy! Looks great on old 50's & 60's Beetle convertables.

    3.BRG. It is, you know, British

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