B LE Paint codes

[Liskeard BLE]

Good evening one and all.

I'm having a bit of paint work done on my B LE.

Does anyone have any up to date codes or information please????

Many thanks Nigel

[Ian Fozzard]

Nigel, have a look at this site, from the US MG Experience forum:

http://www.teglerizer.com/mgcolors/index.html

It may or may not provide the information you require!!

Ian F

[Michael Barclay]

Hello Nigel
On Le cars the original paint codes should be shown on the chassis plate.
You don’t say whether your car is a roadster or GT.
Try the following
Gt Pewter Metalic Paint code BLVC377 or MMD
Roadster Bronze metallic Paint code BLVC370 or BMC
Best regards
Mike Barclay

[Peter Cresswell]

You have to be very careful with BMC/BL paint codes particularly if you are only painting some of the panels. There are often several shades of the same colour. Tartan Red is notorious and is known to have at least 3 shades. Reds also fade and most car sprayers almost run away if you want a wing painting for example, as they know it will be almost impossible to get an exact match. Late colours are not immune particularly the LE Bronze, as this picture (taken on the MGB 50 Anniversary Tour to Silverstone) shows 3 LE Roadsters in different shades of Bronze:

The pewter colour of LE GTs may be slightly better. The paints were sourced from several different suppliers by BMC and BL and Clausager lists these along with the paint codes. If you want a uniform shade of a colour the only way to get it is a full respray.
Pete

[Ian Fozzard]

Absolutely right Peter! My BGT is "Blaze", and even in the 1970's the cellulose I bought could be obtained in two shades - "clean" and "dirty" (from Ault and Wiborg, Blaze No 1 and Blaze No 2).
Presumably because this orange shade changes very quickly as it weathers.
The shades available now in cellulose do not make any similar distinctions, but each one from each source is subtlety different. They also look quite different under fluorescent light and under daylight as I have discovered!
Ian F

[Liskeard BLE]

Thank you to all that have posted. Your help and advice has been much appreciated.