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Austin 'Putty' 1929 colour - JonE - 11-01-2018
Anyone got an image of a car painted in this colour please?
Can't seem to find it in the catalogues although its referred to in Rinsey Mills as being a 1929 colour.
RE: Austin 'Putty' 1929 colour - Austin in the Shed - 11-01-2018
Don't know if you would call this putty?
1930 RK
RE: Austin 'Putty' 1929 colour - Mike Costigan - 11-01-2018
It was usually duo-toned with brown upper half on the saloon.
RE: Austin 'Putty' 1929 colour - Ruairidh Dunford - 11-01-2018
There are quite a few interpritations of this Jon - this one belongs to Malcolm Watts in Cornwall:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/4019714470_ca642f541b.jpg
RE: Austin 'Putty' 1929 colour - Mike Costigan - 11-01-2018
Ruairidh's link looks pretty close to my memory of my RK saloon, which was in this duo-tone scheme; unfortunately I didn't discover the original paint (under the lime green distemper!) until I had already retrimmed the interior in green, so I didn't return it to original.
RE: Austin 'Putty' 1929 colour - JonE - 11-01-2018
thanks all for wonderful cars identified.
I guess this is another 'Atlantic Green' scenario (still not solved) that will eventually be identified conclusively by the 1932 Belco colour charts coming out of a safe somewhere!
I wonder quite where Rinsey Mills had the information from, but interesting that factory dual/combos for saloons listed include both 'Brown and cream' (1930) and 'Light brown and Grey' (1928)...
'Putty' def listed as 1929 Tourer monotone... although I realise that you could have anything you liked, whenever you liked. I'm going to get some putty out to see what colour it is!
RE: Austin 'Putty' 1929 colour - Austin in the Shed - 11-01-2018
Mine above is the original paint with the top of the bonnet the dark brown as the top.Were the wings black ?
RE: Austin 'Putty' 1929 colour - Mike Costigan - 11-01-2018
I believe the standard 'ex-stock' finish would have black wings, but since yours must have been a special order, it's possible the wings could have been in brown.