Restored II-a color??

[LRover]

Yeah, I've seen it on a couple of early trucks as well. I thought it might be a respray or maybe it was for export vehicles or special order. The Pastel Green was pretty common I think. I have owned several that color.

[rovertrader]

First off, thanks to Will for coming by this w/e, and bringing his blue II-a- very nice truck!!

I have a '67 109 parts truck, from the original owner, and it is Poppey Red.

Leaning towards Pastel Green right now....

[jac04]

I really liked my old pastel green 63. It looked awesome with the light tan Badger top:

[rovertrader]

Beautiful!! Told the painter today Pastel Green it is!

[Daddymow]

Great choice!

[cgalpin]

For some reason I have been considering a color change for my 109" project, but this seals the deal for me. It's staying pastel green for sure!

[kevincdoyle]

Originally Posted by jac04

I really liked my old pastel green 63. It looked awesome with the light tan Badger top:

that's reltney material!!!!

[The Dro]

Dale,

Saw these two at Expo. Same color on my ex-109"

P

[Ray_G]

Originally Posted by The Dro

Dale, Saw these two at Expo. Same color on my ex-109" P

Without YOLO written on the side?

[The Dro]

Originally Posted by Ray_G

Without YOLO written on the side?

[Willh]

Posting progress pics up for Dale. Enjoy!

[WBSurfer]

IMO best color on a Series. Lookin' Good

[rovertrader]

Thanks William, appreciate it.

Thanks Chris, very glad we went with the Pastel Green.

[Contractor]

That looks fantastic Dale!

Have you decided if you are keeping it?

[JackW]

The first Land Rover I ever saw was a Marine Blue 109 wagon - I still love that color.

My first Land Rover was a 1961 Mid-Grey Series II - another great color along with the desert tan of the early SII's



My second Land Rover was a 1967 SIIA that was ordered by the State of Florida DOT in AA Yellow



but pastel green is vary hard to beat - a great choice for any IIA.

[revtor]

Corvette Chrome Yellow?

[JackW]

Originally Posted by revtor

Corvette Chrome Yellow?

You nailed it exactly - Corvette Chrome Yellow

It was the closest color match I could find to the patches of original yellow paint that was buried under the dark metallic green that someone had hosed on the Rover a couple of owners before me. I've seen several other Florida DOT trucks - all pickups with a PTO and all originally painted bright yellow. Somebody told me that Florida bought around 200 of them in 1967 and used them to tow mowing decks on the Florida Turnpike.

[rovertrader]

Thanks Will- been fun actually. They are just different enough to be.... interesting ;-) I wish I could persuade you to come back for a reference day. I have bits I have no idea where they go. Give me a ring if you would entertain a trip up.

Jack, Marine Blue was my second choice, then Poppy Red. Already did a tan Defender which came out nice, and was also a consideration for this Series, but the Pastel Green seemed the best fit.
Would love one of the FDOT trucks if you ever see another pop up.

[JackW]

Yeah post up pics - old Series owners who have had multiple Land Rovers over 40 years are hard to stump. iI can't think of a single component of a Series truck that I haven't disassembled and rebuilt at least once. I even proved Sandy Grice wrong once...

Poppy Red isn't that attractive - I've owned three -a 1967 NADA six and two 1971 models.

[rovertrader]

I am close to that with Defenders, but not near as much experience with Series. A meeting with George (RDS) many years ago he interogated me with identifying hardware from a Defender...

I will post a few pics of some mystery parts soon.