The Peerless & Warwick Discussion Forum

Date: Nov 23, 2009

Peerless GT body colours

Date: Nov 28, 2009

Hi Atle,
well you are a busy guy and what a good looking body you have! disbelief
As for the colours, I see you have marked up what you think are the layers but I'm not so sure. hmm

Body. No dispute there!

Grey primer. Agreed.

BRG. I'm not so sure. In my experience this is either more primer of a slightly different coloured or as I would (and more proficient, professional body preparers would) suggest a guide coat to show up discrepancies in the body before finishing.

Light grey
dark grey. Thesetwo greys I would think are all the same procedure. This is what I did on my bodywork. By using different colours of primer you can easily see the high and low points of the bodywork. Having said that, from memory (and some of you out there will know my memory! What ever your names are!) I can only remember one shade of grey primer on my phase 1 shell. And it was very thick and the only way it would come off was with a hot air gun and a scrapper. If you used abrasives it would just go soft and clog up the paper.

Silver. Yes, which leaves us silver, which I personally dont think they did as a factory colour. I'm sure they did offer grey along with BRG, white, red, blue and yellow.

Bright yellow. Agreed. But I have no pictures, references to this colour and dont know to a phase 1 in this colour..nice though! wink

Blue agreed. And a very convincing shade of blue. There are a lot of cars this shade. smile

BRG. Agreed. And again a colour I can vouch for. smile

So all thats of no help to you then!

I would suggest you try a few different areas. Lower down the body, were the preparation maybe less. This may tell a different story. Also try the front and back, were accident damage maybe evident. And inside door edges, door shuts, hinge plates, air intake/grill etc. all areas that may not have had all the changes/preparation done.

I will call Ian and ask him to take a look at this thread and pass judgement. And of course anyone else out there that are just looking and not passing on their knowledge please take the extra effort to join in!

Date: Jan 3, 2010

Hi Atle,
I agree with all that Nigel has said, in my experience the general factory process is two primer coats, a dark and a light grey, one of which is a very thick layer, which I imagine is to rectify imperfections in the bodies! It is also bloody difficult to remove!! If that is one primer and then BRG I would imagine the car has had a body repair as I have never seen a factory car like that. (But it doesn't mean it isn't, confused now aren't you?!) Like Nigel says look somewhere else, underneath the rear lights is a good place. Good luck and ask again if you need more help, sorry I've been so long getting back to you. Cheers Ian

Date: Jan 4, 2010

Hi
Yes I agree Nigel and Ian
I suspect that the original colour was Gray, and the rest is reesprays in various colours.

But whitch colour to choose on my car, is the ultumate question???

When I first got the car home, I thought BRG was nice on the car. But I thought I would paint it in metallic.
In the later weeks I hav began thinking on a dark gray/silver metallic colour. Maybe Gun-gray???
But as time goes by I can not decide which colour to paint in. And is it fair to the car to respray with metallic paint???

Please give me your favorite colur, so I got something to think about.....

Best regards
Atle Granby

Date: Jan 5, 2010

My veiw on colours. If originality is required then the original grey ( my own choice would be this if you are now certain on the colour) or possibley other original colour. If you are not worried what ever colour you like.

Date: Jan 6, 2010

Don't get me started on colours...

Lexus Caspian Sky
Aston Martin Ice Blue
Aston Martin Silver Birch
Ferrwherearewe Rosso

And the amazing ghost grey I saw on a Maserati A6G 2000 at Revival 2009. Divine!

And the winner is...

Date: Jan 6, 2010

I'd reckon that the colour that Peerless painted it has precedence.

This one looks like a primrose car to me, and the best place to check is
under the ali panel at the back of the boot floor by the lock.

FF

Date: Jan 17, 2010

Try having a go on the roof as there maybe less disturbance/repair work done here.
I have no problems with any colour so long as another car gets on the road!
Metallics. The oldest and totally original car that I have seen in metallic was a 1934 SS 100 jaguar, and it looked beautiful.
I would suggest light colours as these cars already get hot in the summer months and a lighter colour is more forgiving to wobberly GRP!! Hence my car is Old English White...ish.

Date: Jan 18, 2010

Hi.
The test area was from the roof.
My primary intention was not to find the original, just to show you all the layers of paint smile

I was thinking of a Aston Martin colour from 1963, Pale Green Metallic:
http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/56370/index.html?no_cache=1
But I am not sure.....

Date: Jan 18, 2010

Light colours also help to hide imperfections in the bodywork, just in case the Slough craftsman was having a bad day back in '58....

Date: Jan 22, 2010

and then you go all Zagato on us!

yea I had thought years ago about this green or the lovely light metalic blue BUT I decided that the car will just be mistaken for an Aston and not what it really is, a far better looking car biggrin

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHOOOOOOO!
I've just scrolled down to put the security code in at the bottom of this window and guess what, the first three caracters were.............D B 3

SPOOKY

Date: Jan 23, 2010

Yeh, you are right about that. And I am opening some airvents on the side just like the Aston

http://bccj.multiply.com/photos/album/20

Date: Jan 28, 2010

well, mine is a Porsche silver from early sixties... a bit battered now , but when it came from the spray shop.. Stunning!!! even the Hot Girl in our town with her Benz 320 stopped and said 'what a gorgeous car'
and I reckon it's still the best looking car I've ever seen..
Best Regards... see ya at the Granary....
Paul M

Date: Feb 16, 2010

Atle Granby wrote:

Hi all.
As you allredy knows, the body is back on my car

I did a little digging in the pailtwork, and see what I found.
http://bccj.multiply.com/photos/album/19#photo=31

Atle

Hi

I did some digging in the paper on my car, and I was close on my guess. The first registerd paint was BRG.
I am almost finished removing all the old paint, and I am going to reespray it in AM "Sanction 2 Green": http://www.sportscarmarket.com/Profiles/2009/February/English/ smile

Latest news is that I found a chap which is going to make me new fueltanks.

Date: Jan 6, 2012

Hi all, and Happy New year.

The restoration is going slow now... It is cold and dark in Norway at winter time, and I am really fed up whit the old paint reemoving job.

But I have the new paint ready when I am done stripping: http://www.astonmartins.com/v8/images/DSC_8286.jpg It is mirrorlaq cellulose metallic.

Q: Where can i find drawings for window winder frames?

Best regards from Norway

Atle Granby

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