What colour is this?

FB wannabe · Post by **FB wannabe** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:17 am

When I went to the fb/ek nats this year I was really taken back by one car in particular, solely due to the colour. Can anyone on here give me some more info on it? I'm guessing it's not a factory fb / ek colour. And I would love to know what it's off.

Thanks

cameradoctor · Post by **cameradoctor** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:18 am

Can't help much except to say that back in the 80's when I had a EK Wagon project, I had a spare set of panels, and they were that colour, albeit faded!
So I think it may well have been a factory colour.

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:27 pm

It looks like Colleen Green Andrew,
or very similar to it.
*Smooths wagon is colleen green.

*(not to be confused with or forum member, Smooth Customs)
Different bloke

FB wannabe · Post by **FB wannabe** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:39 pm

Hey Thommo, I think you may be right! if not it's very close. I googled colleen green fb / ek and came up with Smooths wagon "Frank" which I remember him being on here when I first joined.

Here's frank, what do the masses think? same colour?

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:08 am

Yep.......

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:17 pm

What do the tags say your car colour was originaly?

BTW Green is nice

FB wannabe · Post by **FB wannabe** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:22 pm

Hey Thommo,

Originally I thought my car was the same paint scheme as yours, mainly because the guy I bought it from said it was originally grey and our cars have the same colour interior. Going back a while I posted up asking what a seagull grey fb looked like and you posted pics of yours. I finally got off my arse and checked the plates and it turns out it was originally Morning grey, the same as this one

http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... b68f2c2104

No offence to Mr Jackson but Yuk! what a horribe colour! I had seen little bits of this colour on the car under scratches / chips etc and just thought it was some sh!@ty looking primer. I had considered returning the car to original colour so it would be more original but after seeing that I wouldn't have it painted that colour if someone did the paint job for free!

Thanks to everyone for their help in identifying this colour!

Cal · Post by **Cal** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:56 pm

Wannabe, those pics of the Jacko Morning Grey arent very indicative of what the colour looks like.

I've seen that car in the flesh..............the colour looks a lot better (and different) than in those photos.

I think there's some photo's somewhere here wih outdoor shots of the car. . Looks quite good

FB wannabe · Post by **FB wannabe** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:17 pm

Hi again,

Can anyone tell me what colour white Colleen green came out with? I was thinking Grecian white?

Thanks

CHO576 · Post by **CHO576** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:00 pm

Gday FB wannabe,

Yep, I'm pretty sure it is Colleen Green.

I reckon it's a top colour as well - but I may be biased, cause it's the same colour as my FB sedan

BTW ... another popular combo for Colleen Green is with a 'Reef Green' flash (that's what Ive got).

Here's a pic of a club members FB Sedan in Colleen Green / Reef Green from the NSW Club Judging Day:

Cheers,
Jamie.

FB wannabe · Post by **FB wannabe** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:29 am

Hi CHO576,

Bloody nice FB you've got there! love the colour

although I must admit I do prefer it with the white flash but yours still looks really nice.

So any ideas about what colour the white is

I'll be seeing a very good painter tomorrow night about another project and I would really like to have the paint codes for him.

Thanks

CHO576 · Post by **CHO576** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:57 am

hmm... not sure about codes for the White ...

I do know though, that you can definately get the paint codes for Colleen Green (and Reef Green) in PPG paints - I was checking on this myself just last week.

Cheers
Jamie.

FB wannabe · Post by **FB wannabe** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:12 pm

Thanks alot for that Sunnytim!

Knowing that I will probably just pick a white colour off the 1960 - 1962 chart. From memory there are just 2, Grecian white and snowcrest white.
Not too sure which one would look better with Colleen green

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:50 pm

Gday Andrew
I'd pick Grecian over Snowcrest
Grecian is creamier, snowcrest is bright white compared to Grecian.
That would be my choice if I had to pick

Cheers
Jeff

FB wannabe · Post by **FB wannabe** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:16 pm

Thanks so much to all for their input here! it's hugely appreciated

Grecian it is!

I don't think it will be too much longer before we will need paint, or at least some primer.

What colour is this?

What colour is this?

Colleen Green with a 'Reef Green' flash