Colour change - does this affect value ?

drabbers

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If a low mileage late model 3500s were being restored - would a (bare metal) colour change impact on value when finished ?

Mark.
 
If it was done in a factory colour,and every painted part was done,so you couldn't tell,then I doubt it would!
The only way of telling a cars original colour is the label under the bonnet if it is still there and a heritage cert,or bill of sale!
Its your car,so if its avocado and you hate it,and you want it another colour,then do it!
Just make sure the interior and exterior colours suit each other!
 
rockdemon said:
as long as it's not another cool 70s colour obliterated with red....

I fully agree with this sentiment - sadly I own two ex-tobacco leaf cars - one oversprayed in P5 blue, the other in an authentic looking dark green.

My 3500S started out as Mexico brown and was resprayed red in 1990.

When I did the vehicle check on the car prior to purchase, the "important information" about the car turned out to be the colour change

I infamously waved away an offer of £20000 at an indoor show without even glancing at the proffered business card "in case I changed my mind", and the car wasn't in A1 condition at the time and still isn't. When the twice postponed respray finally gets under way, it will be in red, not brown.

I own a green series 2 3500 in a series 1 green - sage green - this was only because I didn't want to buy more paint after my unfortunate accident with the recently resprayed series 1 car - this is the only car in my set to retain its original colour, if not the exact shade.
 
rockdemon said:
as long as it's not another cool 70s colour obliterated with red....
Mexico brown.....which I guess is a 'cool seventies' colour !
Undecided at the moment which way to go - but if changed would be factory colour.

Mark.
 
Sad truth is, you probably wouldn't affect the value but by changing it from brown you would probably find it easier to sell if that's the goal. Scarab blue, Cameron green, Monza Red or even white are those probably most to modern tastes. Personally Ilike the oddballs - lunar grey, Paprika and even avocado.
 
Reading some older posts and wonder if Mexico is the colour or Brasilia - it's 1977 registered ?

Mark.
 
I'd rather repaint a car in a colour I liked and take a hit on the value than drive round in it painted in a colour I hated because it's worth more.
 
White is a colour I am becoming more partial to as the years roll by however the White that Rover chose for the P6 does not seem to do a lot for the P6.
White is such a tricky colour to select as not all whites look a like, the whiteness and luminosity of white seems to vary greatly and one white can look like shite but another can look ultra cool.
The P6 has some stunning colours in the range such as Paprika, Advocado, Lunar Grey and with a bit of model (P5) creep Admiral blue to name just a few.

The more boring colours seem to abound in P6 such as tobacco leaf and of course now that Stina s not about Almond :LOL:


Graeme
 
pat180269 said:
I'd rather repaint a car in a colour I liked and take a hit on the value than drive round in it painted in a colour I hated because it's worth more.
me too
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If you plan on keeping the car forever, then it doesn't really matter.

If you plan to sell it though, would largely depend upon the buyer, and whether they are appreciate a 70's colour, or if they would prefer something more modern. Browns of any variation are very 70's, so to a young person now who might be interested in buying, probably much more of a negative, kind of like a brown suit.

Bright colours such as shades of orange, yellow, red, green, much more appealing I would think to the majority of likely buyers. White never really goes out of fashion, so that would have wide appeal I imagine.

I have never seen a bright pink P6, which I dare say would look pretty good, and likely appeal to lots of women.

Ron.
 
To be fair I think the browns get a bad rap from the dog days of the P6 and of course are victims of fashion. They can look terrible when in poor, faded condition whereas a more positive colour will still look OK. Although I'm now seeing a lot of brown shades returning to manufacturers, especially Audi and Citroen - these are mostly metallics though.

Both Tobacco and Mexico look great when polished up. In fact I'd argue the P6 is perhaps the only car that looks good in a color like Mexico. Series 2 Tobaccos can also look incredibly classy with Huntsman vinyl IMHO and series 1 models just look so perfectly 1960s.

I do think it's a shame that so many end up red because I don't think many were ever red - I'd love to see figures if they existed. Red had a bad rep for fading back then and many were bought by businesses who wanted the more sober colours. Of course ultimately he who pays the piper calls the tune and it's a big investment to paint a car that isn't really going to be hugely valuable afterwards.
 
To be perfectly honest I think all the Rover colours look OK and its only when you see a badly oxidized paint surface that they can look a little drab, its just that the browns and the almonds are more affected in this way, the colours themselves when cut and waxed look great.

One of the things that make or break "The look" is Sundym.....all P6's look stunning with Sundym
 
Mexico with Huntsman, Buckskin & Sundym is a very fetching combination. Retro yet elegant. 8)

That's what I'll put in the advert anyway (though actually I think it's true).
 
The Rovering Member said:
Mexico with Huntsman, Buckskin & Sundym is a very fetching combination. Retro yet elegant. 8)

That's what I'll put in the advert anyway (though actually I think it's true).

Do I detect a forthcoming sale?
 
ethelred said:
I fully agree with this sentiment - sadly I own two ex-tobacco leaf cars - one oversprayed in P5 blue, the other in an authentic looking dark green.
My 3500S started out as Mexico brown and was resprayed red in 1990.
I infamously waved away an offer of £20000 at an indoor show without even glancing at the proffered business card "in case I changed my mind", and the car wasn't in A1 condition at the time and still isn't. When the twice postponed respray finally gets under way, it will be in red, not brown.
If he has a spare £20,000 send him my way,and he can have my daily white one and I will keep Ardy :LOL: :D !
 
Pilkie said:
If he has a spare £20,000 send him my way,and he can have my daily white one and I will keep Ardy :LOL: :D !

Why not flog another 399 'believed NOS' tachometers at £50 a pop?

You'd have your twenty grand in no time - just make sure that the tachometers aren't water damaged though.
 
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