Squire's voitures

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The colours that spring to mind are Ford Royal blue circa 1977 or possibly BMC Island blue.
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Good work
How about Rover Midnight Blue
Or Austin Nautilus blue
I think It needs to be a dark blue of some kind
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mercrocker wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 7:22 pm that looks an interesting read....
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I have the "Secrets" book which of course came out much later but sometimes it is good to read what was actually written nearer the time....Must look out for a copy.
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DodgeRover wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:26 pm I'm in agreement with Ben and the Reverend here although it was 2&3 that caught my eye, give it all a really good clean up, try wrapping the wet and dry round a piece of glass or a mirror to give a nice large flat surface, don't spend too long in any one spot - like between 1&2 as it looks like that had had quite a clean up already.
Yeah, that 1-2 gap looks interesting*.
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mercrocker wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 9:01 pm This Ebay seller begs to differ...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Humber- ... SwzJpeQGWu


He even quotes the colour as Ambassador Blue....!
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Visible rust, flat paint, scratched chrome, no carpets, shagged doorcards.
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The difference in appearance of the gap twixt 1 and 2 could just be due to vigorous cleaning removing the witness marks of the gasket.
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Post by fried onions »

A shame about that one, it's been doing the rounds for some time now. I think £500-£1000 is more like it. Also not a Series I, more like a III with the disc brakes.
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Things to do when home after a night shift: paint an engine.

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Looks much better for it, still not happy about the colour match but fuck it, this is all I can do with the paints I have. Will give it a second coat with the remainder and do the bits I inevitably missed. Top tip: use a good brush, not cheapo like me where you have to keep pulling bristles out of the paint.
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Looks great. The exact shade won't matter when it's all bolted back together.
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That looks awesome.
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