If you had a mini re-painted what colour would you have it?

If you had a mini re-painted what colour would you have it?

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mungols23

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2 posts

118 months

Saturday 10th January 2015
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Im having my 1986 mini mayfair restored and I don't know what colour I should have it.... any suggestions

Banana Boy

467 posts

120 months

Sunday 11th January 2015
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mungols23 said:
Im having my 1986 mini mayfair restored and I don't know what colour I should have it.... any suggestions
I guess it's largely down to what you want from your Mini and what you intend to do with it in the future...

We have two Minis in the queue awaiting restoration, the 68 Morris Cooper is going to be restored to it's original 1979 spec (it has lots of custom made stainless steel bracketry made by the previous owner) which includes it's original Tartan red with black roof.

Our little 1981 Austin Morris City is a different kettle of fish, it was originally white with red, white and blue stripes and a black and white hounds tooth interiour. It's been Fiat Lord blue with a cowprint interior. It's been ratted (fairly unintentionally smile ) with a mixed interiour before finally ending up white again with pink wheels and flowers on it (I'm outnumbered 3-1 by girls) and a tartan interior... while it sits patiently waiting to be loved again we've discussed lots of colours from yellow with a black roof to match my 78 Allegro estate, through bright green, orange and now down to a toss up between white again or baby blue? Only time will tell!... smile

MathieuGT

39 posts

120 months

Sunday 11th January 2015
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If I was going for a complete colour change then it'd have to be almond green with an old English white roof on a mk1/2 looky likey but otherwise it's got to be tartan red with a black roof.

Nezquick

1,522 posts

133 months

Tuesday 13th January 2015
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If you're going to heavily modify it with wide arches and a tasty engine, I always think they suit mad bright colours like bright orange or lime green.

GingerWizard

4,721 posts

205 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Yukon grey with black roof in cellulose paint

FWDRacer

3,564 posts

231 months

Thursday 15th January 2015
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Applejack

wolf1

3,083 posts

257 months

Thursday 15th January 2015
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I always thought minis looked good in that off white borderline cream colour.

FWDRacer

3,564 posts

231 months

Thursday 15th January 2015
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OEW (Old English White) is a classic colour for any mini

Furyblade_Lee

4,112 posts

231 months

Saturday 17th January 2015
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If it is a MK3 and you don't want it as it left the factory, then my voice would be Java Green all over and drop it down on some cool 10" minilites. OR I would do a MK3 Cooper S replica but paint it and obscure original S colour which real ones are long gone. Easy to do too, for me making a MK3 look like a MK1 has been done enough already.

welshjohn

1,215 posts

188 months

Sunday 1st February 2015
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Tartan red with a snowberry white roof

welshjohn

1,215 posts

188 months

Sunday 1st February 2015
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Tartan red with a snowberry white roof

Jack777

6 posts

117 months

Saturday 14th February 2015
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Would like to have something unusual biggrin

guru_1071

2,768 posts

241 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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black with a gold roof and wheels

looks awesome

UKAuto

534 posts

284 months

Saturday 7th March 2015
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This one...


KingyB1994

3 posts

116 months

Sunday 8th March 2015
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Bright Yellow - black/carbon arches and roof. Stand out

KingyB1994

3 posts

116 months

Sunday 8th March 2015
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Bright Yellow - black/carbon arches and roof. Stand out

KingyB1994

3 posts

116 months

Sunday 8th March 2015
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Bright Yellow - black/carbon arches and roof. Stand out

Farlig

632 posts

159 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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mungols23 said:
Im having my 1986 mini mayfair restored and I don't know what colour I should have it.... any suggestions
I know it´s over 2 months ago now so maybe you´ve already painted it but...

Speedwell blue/Old English white roof or, Old English white/black roof wink

FWDRacer

3,564 posts

231 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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Tweed grey/Black Roof. Classic but rare as hell.

papple

155 posts

163 months

Sunday 22nd March 2015
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MathieuGT said:
If I was going for a complete colour change then it'd have to be almond green with an old English white roof on a mk1/2 looky likey but otherwise it's got to be tartan red with a black roof.
....much like this one?