original colour

[gorann24]

Hi all,
After having my TR7 ( MoJO) for 18 months its finally being worked on. We are getting to the point where the primer will be going on in the next week or so. When I bought the car it was painted black ( BADLY), and I knew this wasn't the original colour. When we were sanding the body down it was showing green everywhere.It looks like it could be Poseidon Green Metallic, but not sure as comm plates states black and v5 has black.
Can any body help in getting me the correct colour on here.
Thanks
Gordon

[rugbyref1]

Hi Gordon

If it is the car I am thinking about (VIN ends in - - -365) then it came off the line in Triton Green (HAG) with a Navy Check interior (RAH)

[FI Spyder]

There's a big difference between Poseidon Green and Triton. as a colour I would favour Triton green because I have never seen one (here in N/A, seems to be a UK colour) whereas I've seen a lot of Poseidon Green cars, probably the most common colour in this neck of the woods. If truth be told I'm not impressed with most of the Triumph colour compared to what is available today. That may be the state of the art of paint back in the day or the preference of colours back in the day. My personal feeling is, if you are modifying the car (making it ineligible for collector plates and insurance) paint it your favourite colour. If you are keeping it stock it has to have a stock colour (original colour even better). Here you can change the shade slightly so long as it "looks" like the original colour, sometimes all it needs.

[gorann24]

Hi Christopher,
Thanks for your help, you are correct with the vin number, so it is Trinton Green with navy check interior.
At this time its black with red check interior.
I am in the process of getting a heritage certificate but that can take up to a month to process, and I am not sure if it will just state the colour green , not a specific shade of green. I had a mgb with a heritage certificate and I am nearly sure that it just stated "Red" not the specific shade.

F1 Spyder,
I have always thought that the "shape of things to come" always suited the green, before I bought mine I was watching a video on you tube that featured a green drop head and really liked it. I am tickled pink!! (sorry no pun intended) that my car was originally Triton Green.
I intend keeping my car as original as I can, I am not against modifying,originality is my thing.
Thanks to you both for the quick replies.

[rugbyref1]

Heritage use the same info as i have ... so it will say Triton Green

[Beans]

Triton is a brilliant colour, especially in bright sunlight



Good luck with the car ...

[Tamas Petrunin]

I am in the process of getting a heritage certificate

Pardon my ignorance but what use is a heritage cert ? Do you need it to get classic insurance etc ?

The reason I'm asking is no matter what colour car I eventually end up with, it will get a full respray to Inca Yellow and damn the purists, it's my car and it will be a genuine Triumph colour so where's the harm?

[saabfast]

The Heritage Certificate gives details of how the car was when it was born. You don't need one to get classic insurance.

[gorann24]

Hi Christopher,
I couldnt remember what was on my old mgb certificate, but it will be good to have full colour on it.
Beans,
thanks for that , I hope mine shines like yours, it really does look a great colour.
Tamas
As Saabfast says the certificate is just something nice to have, a little bit of history and its all about your specific car.
Gordon

[FI Spyder]

No harm. Classic status (plates and/or insurance) will vary from country to country down to State or Province (which in the case of N/A) issues such things. Typically they don't like a colour that blatantly wasn't available at the time although you can get by with similar hues (doesn't have to be the colour it left the factory with. Modifications are generally allowed for safety reasons (usually applies to light brightness and brakes) but not those that are obviously visible. Example is headers unless it was an option (dealer or otherwise) at the time, alloys (if they are of a type that was available at the time and no bigger than 1" larger than stock. Your area's rules may vary and if it makes a difference to plates/insurance best get a clarification ahead of time.

Examples:
A friend's Spitfire had UK dual valve springs; OK because you can't see them.

He also had SU's installed instead of Zeniths, normally not allowed but he had a dealer sheet stating they were available as an opts in the TR3, allowed because they were the seats that Triumph ran on their Lemans TRS cars.

There is also the situation that the person approving the car may not be as familiar as on others.

That is some of the local situations. tion (in Canada) so they were allowed.

60 spoke wheels on a TR3. Initially disallowed but on appeal allowed under the safety exemption.

Different sea

[XSeries]

You may well need a Heritage certificate when you wish to claim the Historic status on a UK car that is 40 years and 3 months old (plus perhaps a week in a January car) as the age is based on the build date rather than when it was first registered. See the next edition of the TRDC magazine for a full explanation.

Triton Green was the colour of the press drophead TR8 used in the USA - see some of the original press articles from eg Car and Driver - the famous quote - nothing less than the reinvention of the sports car.

[gorann24]

Hi XSeries,
Another good reason to have the Heritage certificate then.
Thanks,
Gordon

[rugbyref1]

I'm guessing i'm one of the first to go through the 'historic status' change with the DVLA ... an extremely painless process with 4 of my 1975 cars .... i'm going to put through another few next month and will then write a 'how to' article.

Heritage Cert will only be needed if your car was hanging around a while before it was registered (or crossed from one year to another) ... i have one of those so will again report on how easy it is!

[gorann24]

That would be good because by the time mine is ready to go through that I would like to think the process would be up and running well.
MoJO was first registered on 02-02-1981, so as Christopher was telling me when I first gave him my cars details, it could have been build up to one year before registration.
Thanks,
Gordon

[gorann24]

One more thing,just noticed when I was looking at my V5, the Taxation class says "DISABLED", I have to assume that I will have to change this and the colour when I send the v5 back?