[xk] 1950 Metallic Silver Paint Code

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I am considering having my 1950 120 OTS painted as near to the
original metallic silver as possible. It doesn�t need to be exact,
just quite close. Does anyone have a paint code which my paint man
can cross reference here in the UK? I have spent some time looking
through the archives, lots of stuff about metallic particle sizes
and USA samples etc. but nothing specific. Perhaps I missed it.–
XK140 FHC XK120 OTS
Cleveland, United Kingdom
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In reply to a message from bobxlb sent Thu 24 Nov 2011:

The original paint was British Dolomac Zofelac cellulose enamel and
the color code was D.3124; I have in my notes that PPG code MEL4B
is supposed to be equivalent, though I have not heard from anybody
who has tried it.–
XK120 FHC, Mark V saloon, XJ12L Series II, S-Type 3.0
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In reply to a message from bobxlb sent Thu 24 Nov 2011:

Bob

I’ve tried to send you a copy of the original formula but email
comes back ‘’ client host rejected , access denied’'–
The original message included these comments:

I am considering having my 1950 120 OTS painted as near to the
original metallic silver as possible. It doesn�t need to be exact,
just quite close. Does anyone have a paint code which my paint man
can cross reference here in the UK? I have spent some time looking
through the archives, lots of stuff about metallic particle sizes
and USA samples etc. but nothing specific. Perhaps I missed it.

–
Ed Nantes SS
Melbourne, Australia
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Ed, your picture came through to me ok. What was the source book? Was it
Jaguar specific? What year published?
Here is what Ed sent.

Silver Met
203-06153
Tinter------Setting
01059-----121
01058-----344
00328-----346
01019-----363
00300-----378
01059-----500

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In reply to a message from R_and_J_Reilly sent Sun 27 Nov 2011:

Rob, from memory an English standard colours book

Very old one that one of the spray painters had kept.

I just took pics of the colours that lined up with Jaguar names.

I’ve just now sent you the lot that I have.
Remember the settings given are cumulative up to 500 units.–
Ed Nantes SS
Melbourne, Australia
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