Poll - Best colour for a P6?
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TwinPlenum3500S
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Avacado is a superb colour... black roof and black boxpleat leather, lowered on a set of Cosmics!!
redrover
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Thinking about best colours, what a shame Rover never mixed up a lovely dark navy blue for the P6!
There are plenty of P5's from the mid sixties in 'navy' (forget the name off hand), but it looks like they didn't carry it forward.
That's a shame because I think a dark blue would be one of the few colours that would look equally good on both S1 and 2 cars. Obviously, it would set all the chrome off nicely on a S1 and make it look all swish and 60s, like all those lovely deep greens and greys did. But I never thought S2 cars looked all that great with darker colours. Call me wrong, but bar Mexico Brown (which works because its a 70s colour), the black plastic grille, sills and C-pillars just get lost in all the darkness- you need a bit of contrast to set the S2 trim off!
Maybe that's why Rover replaced the absolutely beautiful Arden Green with that lighter yellowey Cameron colour, and why all of the other colours got a bit lighter and, dare I say it, plainer..? :?
That said though, I reckon a S2 P6 would look a treat in a really deep, glossy navy blue. It's a colour that doesn't date (although I accept that's missing the point with a 70s car), it's all dark and mysterious, and as long as the black grille was properly highlighted in silver, it would set the front of the car off royally!
Not that I'm one to comment. My S2 2000TC is in 1987 Ford Fiesta red! You know the one, it goes pink if it's out sunbathing too long! (More T-cut for Christmas please, love...)
But I have been thinking about a respray. Maybe not next year, and maybe not even the year after that, but one day! And I'm thinking a glossy navy blue would look gorgeous. Probably with colour-coded sills to get rid of that 'undershield look' and make the flanks appear taller, and maybe even with P5 coupe-style brushed aluminum bits on the C-pillars (oh no he didn't!).
Any thoughts, chaps??
Agree | Disagree | No Preference
There are plenty of P5's from the mid sixties in 'navy' (forget the name off hand), but it looks like they didn't carry it forward.
That's a shame because I think a dark blue would be one of the few colours that would look equally good on both S1 and 2 cars. Obviously, it would set all the chrome off nicely on a S1 and make it look all swish and 60s, like all those lovely deep greens and greys did. But I never thought S2 cars looked all that great with darker colours. Call me wrong, but bar Mexico Brown (which works because its a 70s colour), the black plastic grille, sills and C-pillars just get lost in all the darkness- you need a bit of contrast to set the S2 trim off!
Maybe that's why Rover replaced the absolutely beautiful Arden Green with that lighter yellowey Cameron colour, and why all of the other colours got a bit lighter and, dare I say it, plainer..? :?
That said though, I reckon a S2 P6 would look a treat in a really deep, glossy navy blue. It's a colour that doesn't date (although I accept that's missing the point with a 70s car), it's all dark and mysterious, and as long as the black grille was properly highlighted in silver, it would set the front of the car off royally!
Not that I'm one to comment. My S2 2000TC is in 1987 Ford Fiesta red! You know the one, it goes pink if it's out sunbathing too long! (More T-cut for Christmas please, love...)
But I have been thinking about a respray. Maybe not next year, and maybe not even the year after that, but one day! And I'm thinking a glossy navy blue would look gorgeous. Probably with colour-coded sills to get rid of that 'undershield look' and make the flanks appear taller, and maybe even with P5 coupe-style brushed aluminum bits on the C-pillars (oh no he didn't!).
Any thoughts, chaps??
Agree | Disagree | No Preference
The Rovering Member
Well-Known Member
Somebody said it was Admiralty blue, though I'm still not sure. It does look superb though & if it is Admiralty I'm almost tempted to say it looks better on the P6 than the P5B, where I think it's really only a coupe' colour as it needs the white roof to set it off.
redrover
Well-Known Member
FrazzleTC said:
I agree, FrazzleTC.
In fact, I may even (sacriligeously) fit a S1 grille to my S2 if I respray it navy. But i'll be keeping the chrome strips on the flanks for the full-chrome effect. Not that many people seem to be properly anal about purism with the P6. In fact, it seems to be one of the few classic cars that most enthusiasts enjoy seeing modified.
Don't get me wrong, I don't go all in for the Xenon headlamps/lowered suspension business, but mixing and matching various bits of stock equipment and trim can yield some very interesting and appealing results that don't look completely out of keeping with the original design. (Although I must confess to completely failing to understand NADA air scoops.... Sorry all!)
dmcsweeney
Active Member
Hi all,
must say I'm a huge fan of Lunar grey, Paprika and scarab blue, all combined with black vinyl. Would love to own one of each some time! Being very biased for a moment though, have really fallen in love with the as yet unidentified colour on my red car
. Hope I can match it when respray time comes around.
Regards,
Dave
must say I'm a huge fan of Lunar grey, Paprika and scarab blue, all combined with black vinyl. Would love to own one of each some time! Being very biased for a moment though, have really fallen in love with the as yet unidentified colour on my red car
. Hope I can match it when respray time comes around.
Regards,
Dave
dmcsweeney
Active Member
tonys said:
Definately SD1 bumber, but I don't know what model it came off, it was fitted when I bought the car, along with Vitesse alloys.
tonys said:
Don't think it is Richeilieu, even though it was one of the closest matches I could find, along with BMC cherry and Carmine red, but another member on here (Stan) painted his in richelieu and it looks far lighter. It's not original, the car was Almond when new, then dark green, and then this colour.
Regards,
Dave