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by Peter C
Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:57 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Opalescent Silver Blue
Replies: 21
Views: 25078

Opalescent Silver Blue

Andrew, I have just had my car painted. I wanted to use contemporary water borne paint. I searched the net for a reference & looked through colour charts (which is hopeless). I had a spray bomb made from the remnants of laquer inventory to the original spec DuPont #8316L laquer, but it was not quite...
by Peter C
Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:16 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: Metric Speedometer?
Replies: 2
Views: 3335

Metric Speedometer?

Thanks David. I was not aware of the ordering flexibility. The US serviceman was not the initial owner. According to the Heritage Certificate my car was "dispatched" to the Belgian Motor Company and sold to a name that suggests a local. The diff is a 3.07, so I will now comfortably conclude that by ...
by Peter C
Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:59 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: Metric Speedometer?
Replies: 2
Views: 3335

Metric Speedometer?

My first post to this forum so bear with me. - My car, a Series 1, 4.2L, FHC was dispatched to a Belgium distributor in 1965. Would it have had a metric speedometer? - The car was bought by a US serviceman and brought to the US where I acquired it in 1976. The speedometer at that point was imperial ...