Colour change

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Re: Colour change

by deelcee » Wed Feb 22, 2023 8:51 pm

Photos are on page2 of your s-type 12th sept 2018

Re: Colour change

by John Quilter » Wed Feb 22, 2023 7:08 pm

How about a picture, never seen a coral colored Jaguar S Type.

Re: Colour change

by deelcee » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:36 am

My car is not concours..I don't go to shows..I love the colour!
so CORAL it is!!
Thanks for your comments

Re: Colour change

by Glyn Ruck » Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:35 am

Very well said Cass.

Re: Colour change

by cass3958 » Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:25 pm

I agree your car so you choose the colour. The only thing I would say on the subject though is if you are going to change the colour you have to do a full job on it and not half a job. The car needs to be stripped completely so all the door jams, under the window rubbers, engine bay, wheel arches, the underside of the bonnet, inside the boot, under the dash even the underside of the car. So many times at shows you see a great car with a wonderful paint job on the outside and then you open the bonnet and the engine bay is painted black. Same under the wheel arches and then open the boot or lift a carpet and it is the original colour.
All or nothing in my opinion but then it is not my car.
My car was Warwick Grey, more like battle ship grey or under coat so when I did my rebuild I painted it Old English White. I know I had the car already stripped as I had first sent it to the blasters but everything was painted OEW even the insides of the doors. Not a speck of Warwick Grey on the car now.
Original car in Warwick Grey with the original owner.
Original car in Warwick Grey with the original owner.
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Re: Colour change

by Rogerisleofman » Mon Feb 20, 2023 8:47 am

Firstly, it's your car so you can do as you wish. Personally, I prefer a degree of originality so would say either return it to it's original build colour or a period appropriate colour. That being said let us not forget that Jaguar would (for a fee) paint a car in any colour the customer wished from any manufacturer's palette so who could say it was wrong provided somebody did a colour similar to Coral at the time?

My car is Silver Grey and that definitely wouldn't have been my first choice but I wouldn't dream of changing it from original. But that's me.

You'll get other opinions I'm sure.

Colour change

by deelcee » Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:46 am

My 1967 s-type is due for a respray
It is currently in 1972 jaguar coral
I love the colour but should I keep it the same or change it to a 1967 colour?

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