Favorite 1970/80s automotive colours

[Morgan84]

BL Reynard

 

http://www.freeyabb.com/leylandprincess ... ndprincess

[Morgan84]

BL Reynard

 

http://www.freeyabb.com/leylandprincess ... ndprincess

[dollywobbler]

Citroen knew a thing or two about colours in the 1970s. Check this lot out! From Prescott Hillclimb this weekend just gone.

[dollywobbler]

Citroen knew a thing or two about colours in the 1970s. Check this lot out! From Prescott Hillclimb this weekend just gone.

[alfetta]

this grey a fave of mine on an '87 T16S, quite a modern shade...

 

 

now saab did some real 'interesting' colours back then, but 'emerald green' isn't too bad.

 

[alfetta]

this grey a fave of mine on an '87 T16S, quite a modern shade...

 

 

now saab did some real 'interesting' colours back then, but 'emerald green' isn't too bad.

 

[cheguava]

Vauxhall Jamaica Yellow.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggersca ... 081066767/

 

My dad had a mk1 Carlton in that custard yellow colour - looked hilarious on a big car!

[cheguava]

Vauxhall Jamaica Yellow.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggersca ... 081066767/

 

My dad had a mk1 Carlton in that custard yellow colour - looked hilarious on a big car!

[Morgan84]

Vauxhall Jamaica Yellow.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggersca ... 081066767/

 

My dad had a mk1 Carlton in that custard yellow colour - looked hilarious on a big car!

 

Your little Renault 5 there looks really nice in that colour;I had a couple of them many years ago I used to drive in a straw field - had a red TL and a beautifull metallic blue Automatic with the deeper front bumper

[Morgan84]

Vauxhall Jamaica Yellow.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggersca ... 081066767/

 

My dad had a mk1 Carlton in that custard yellow colour - looked hilarious on a big car!

 

Your little Renault 5 there looks really nice in that colour;I had a couple of them many years ago I used to drive in a straw field - had a red TL and a beautifull metallic blue Automatic with the deeper front bumper

[cheguava]

Your little Renault 5 there looks really nice in that colour;I had a couple of them many years ago I used to drive in a straw field - had a red TL and a beautifull metallic blue Automatic with the deeper front bumper

 

*Ahem* I thought so, but my daughter, who will be learning to drive in it, did not. It didn't help that the DVLA interpreted Champgane metallic as "beige"

 

So along with the (fairly minor, 2 wings and a couple of sill repair sections) bodywork repairs, it's being resprayed.....black. Gloss rather than matt, but I shall of course post pictures of myself stood in front of it, looking moody and gangsta.

 

The beige dashboard, headlining, seats and door cards are being retained though, ditto the povvo spec rubber mats. Really want to get it on the road - it had been laid up for 10 years when I bought it.

[cheguava]

Your little Renault 5 there looks really nice in that colour;I had a couple of them many years ago I used to drive in a straw field - had a red TL and a beautifull metallic blue Automatic with the deeper front bumper

 

*Ahem* I thought so, but my daughter, who will be learning to drive in it, did not. It didn't help that the DVLA interpreted Champgane metallic as "beige"

 

So along with the (fairly minor, 2 wings and a couple of sill repair sections) bodywork repairs, it's being resprayed.....black. Gloss rather than matt, but I shall of course post pictures of myself stood in front of it, looking moody and gangsta.

 

The beige dashboard, headlining, seats and door cards are being retained though, ditto the povvo spec rubber mats. Really want to get it on the road - it had been laid up for 10 years when I bought it.

[Morgan84]

Yes,the TL had rubber mats,and the GTL then had front carpets,and the automatic went mad and had full carpets all round !

[Morgan84]

Yes,the TL had rubber mats,and the GTL then had front carpets,and the automatic went mad and had full carpets all round !

[stormee]

Audi/Porsche 'Saturn-metallic'!

[Skizzer]

The Renault 14 had some ace launch colours:

 

Our second one was a GTL in this colour, Marron Glacé, with brown crushed velour seats and Serck plates for the win. Rest in peace WTH 882T, you were loved.

[forddeliveryboy]

Rover P6s in Almond or Tobacco Leaf always looked great to me.

 

[Guest]

 

Row 3 Black Tulip

[Spiny Norman]

Lovely orange Audi 80 from 1975.

 

 

The lurid green interiors that often accompanied these cars was a bit hard on the eyes, but I loved the green Opel Monzas.