MGBGTV8
restored in the Czech Republic with a change of colour
Two bar
room topics that always attract personal views are MG body colours and the approach
to originality. As V8 Webmaster I have found that any articles prepared on originality
and modifications, however objective or even handed, in the context of MGV8 market
pricing or desirability to potential buyers is a minefield. The topic tends to
release email trolls. So for the avoidance of doubt I express no opinion here
on colours save only to disclose my MGBGTV8 was originally and is still finished
in Harvest Gold.
Posted: 170722 |  | Petr
Chlupaty in the Czech Republic has a chrome bumper Factory MGBGTV8 (originally
Harvest Gold 1748) which he has restored. He says the "restoration of my
V8 is finished and it is now back in Yellow. The Heritage Certificate (2016/2587)
mentions "Harvest Gold" as the original body colour at the Factory,
but it seemed to me too dull". Petr's V8 had already had an earlier body
colour change to Black before he purchased the car - see alongside.
Many
of the MG colours in the 1970s were bold at the time, not least Citron Yellow.
Harvest Gold was often referred to then and since as Allegro Beige! Today they
are seen as very much in period, not least Citron! | 
Petr's
MGBGTV8 restored in his preferred Yellow | 
Factory
MGBGTV8 in the original Harvest Gold | Petr
compares his new Yellow finish with the standard Harvest Gold colour which he
says "seems to me too dull". Views on MG colours from the 1970s have
always been a matter of personal choice - some are very fond of Damask, Teal Blue
and Glacier White but equally many members like the bolder colours like Bronze
Yellow, Bracken, Blaze, Flamenco Red and Tahiti Blue. There are the two colours
Aconite and Black Tulip (not always easy to distinguish between the two) and the
rarer colours like Tundra (it seems enthusiasts either love or hate this colour),
Mirage (sometimes referred to as "gloss undercoat"), Chartreuse (yellow),
Sandglow and Brooklands Green. Black was surprisingly numerous at a time when
many car buyers were delighted to be free of it as it had been the almost universal
body colour for cars in the 1950s - some 79 MGBGTV8s were finished in Black, most
rubber bumper models. Finally there is Harvest Gold, the fifth most produced colour
for MGBGTV8s. There is also a colour that is easily mistaken for Harvest Gold
- it's Limeflower and it's rare as there are only two early chrome bumper V8s
in Limeflower.
You can see a table with the body colours and internal
trim colours for both chrome and rubber bumper MGBGTV8s at: http://www.v8register.net/subpages/V8NOTE313.htm |
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