Grey paint code/name?

[Exile]

Charles, I think my light grey (which was badged as mid grey LRC008 from craftmasters) looks closer to your rear lighter shade, the shade on mine is pretty much bang on to the original paint of YAC and 1568 00037 I have, both original light grey cars. I have a sample panel from chassis 37.

I think the craftmasters mid grey I got was more like the original light grey, and the buzzweld mid grey I got recently, is probably near mid grey as it is certainly a darker shade, sounds like you have had a similar story.

Thankfully I bought loads of the craftmasters paint from the same batch so I have been able to finish YAC all in the same shade (I'd only bought buzzweld in a tin for doing a few small B surface panels to save me getting all the spray gear out! but its that far out I wont even use it on B surfaces)

Its hard to get a good picture of the shade in the correct light if that makes sense as it changes a lot on the camera depending on light, but mine is defo a lighter shade than a darker/mid. It will be at the NEC classic car show on the S2 stand, just getting it finished now finally after all these years

Thanks Paul.

The photo of the rear end of YAC does look closer to the lighter shade on the rear of my Wagon - so I'm even happier to stick with my intention to respray the front end!

[Exile]

"PS.  Do those 700x16 tyres look too small?"

Hi Exile,

to me, yes. My SW came with 7.50s and I like its seemingly well proportioned look.

I also preferred the look of the 7.50's I had on before (borrowed from another vehicle) but I believe 7.00's were the original spec for these Station Wagons(?)

These are (NLA) Dunlop Hi Milers, but you can get slightly larger and more modern 7.00's now.

It is tempting to replace the Dunlops (albeit they are hardly used... .)

[William]

I'm slowly restoring my tatty 1962 88" - attached shows bonnet, door and roof in Paintman's mid-grey enamel. Vent is cellulose mid-grey from Craddock's (which is an exact match although it looks different in the photo). The sill is the original 1962 mid-grey.
I now need to find a way of stripping off the rest of the dulux red applied by a PO while protecting the original paint underneath.

I've had success using a weak paint stripper i.e Nitromors, which will remove badly applied PO paint jobs but won't touch the original stove enamel. It take a bit of patience but you can make the relative uselessness of Nitromors work for you.

Thank you, that's great advice, i'll give this a try 

[Craig T]

Never heard of 7.00x16's being used on 109". I think they were an option at some point for the 88" model but not the 109". All the sales brochures I look at here say 7.50 x 16" for the 109" model?
https://autocatalogarchive.com/land-rover/

Craig.

[Old Hywel]

7.00-16 was used on Series 1 LWB models, using 5" rims.

[58paul]

Yes I thought 700 was only on S1 Lwb and the S2 Lwb was always a 750 fit. Like someone has said, I think the 700 stayed as an option for S2 88. Certainly YAC came on 750's. I have managed to get some MK2 Avon rangers for it which look nice and period.

[Exile]

Clearly I have brought my Series One leanings (I have SI LWB's) over to Series Two, and therefore deserve to be re-educated! 

I'll leave the 7.00's on for now - until I can face the prospect of buying five 7.50's.

[JohnR2]

Yes I thought 700 was only on S1 Lwb and the S2 Lwb was always a 750 fit. Like someone has said, I think the 700 stayed as an option for S2 88. Certainly YAC came on 750's. I have managed to get some MK2 Avon rangers for it which look nice and period.

where did you get you Avons? I wanted one to make a set but was told they'd shut down?

[diffwhine]

If you read this edition of B2L, you will see that Avon tyres are now being remade - going through testing and our illustrious editor is providing input into this as I write I believe. The tyres are being made in the EU and will be available as 600x16 and 700x16 Traction Mileage.
Not on sale yet, but getting there...

I'm not sure where we are with Rangemasters (a.k.a. Ditchfinders) though...

I'd be wary about buying any other TMs at the moment as all by definition will be aging stock. The Melksham made ones in my view were not great. Side wall cracking for very early was common. I hope the compound being used now improves things.

I'd love a set for my 88" SW, but fear I need to sell all three children to pay for a set of 5...