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MG MGA - Bardiman Grey

hi MGA owners,
if someone could help me, i am ready to paint my A but i cannot find the original paint colour. I have tried most major auto paint suppliers, eg., PPG, Motorspray, etc, but cannot find a match, although they have the name of the colour...Bardiman Grey. Even the code is correct 02338. PPG mixed a sample for me and it turned a light peppermint colour. I believe the colour is a dark shade of white?
regards,

andrew.
andrew sorouni

Bardiman Grey was a CKD MGA colour for cars made in Australia.
Did you try the formula attached?
Note the colour code is different from what you quote.
It is a distinctive grey, not a dark white.

Mick

M F Anderson

Always difficult to tell colours from photographs and also whether or not it is correct anyway, but here is a picture.

http://mga.mgcc.info/MGA%20REGISTER/Forms/63262.html

Looks very nice IMHO!
N McGurk

Do not know much about Bardiman (Bardman?) Grey but late Australian MGA 1600's were painted Katoomba Grey (I had one once), a sort of mid-grey which I thought looked very plain! I think that the off-white (in Australian parlance Nurburg White) looks good on roadsters.
Barry Bahnisch

That car listed as Bardiman Grey is certainly a very light colour.
Is it correct?

Mick

M F Anderson

A larger image.

Mick

M F Anderson

Thanks MIck.
I would like to see what the colour looks like. I saw one for sale on eBay a few months ago and it was white, but not a bright white like the photo attached earlier. The eBay 'A' made the red trim stand out. I actually liked the colour.
This formula is not reconsider by eg, PPG
Anyhow, Greg is searching for me.

Regards,

Andrew.
andrew sorouni

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