The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

I was going to spray KDF Mimosa, then I changed my mind to Honeysuckle (the original colour) & now I'm not so sure, as I quite like Inca.

I know we all have our own opinions of which colour is best but this is a poll about just the three colours above.

If you were going to spend a lot of dosh on a Sprint, which colour would get your money?

has to be Honeysuckle - well would you expect me to say anything different would you?

If I was going to spend a lot of dosh restoring a sprint to your standards of workmanship (assuming for a moment I could reach such heights) I would only ever paint it the original colour.

My reasoning is that if I won the lottery tomorrow and were shopping for a totally mint sprint to coddle and polish it would have to be 100% A1 with wads of documentation. Whatever colour I saw would have to be the colour on the heritage certificate and the colour in all the copious historical photographs. If I were seeking the best example I could find I would accept that there is only a 1 in X chance of it being my favourite colour, X being the number of colours Sprints got painted. A car that had had an identity crisis, no matter how well done, would not be the complete package I sought. IMO an absolutely top money car can only ever be original.

Are you making a nice car or a perfect car? Decide that and your choice of colour becomes easier.

Tinweevil

It will be a nice car & not a perfect one (if by perfect you mean original). It should really be an automatic but it's man. o/d & I won't be putting an auto box in that's for sure.

Mad Mart wrote:It will be a nice car & not a perfect one (if by perfect you mean original). It should really be an automatic but it's man. o/d & I won't be putting an auto box in that's for sure.

If you are restoring to sell then the way forward is to do it in the colour that will make most money. I'm not sure honeysuckle will be that colour.

Personally I think hunysuckle is as ugly a colour as you could paint a sprint and would put me off buying one.

honeysuckle isnt my cup of tea and i agree popular colours ie the reds and yellows are more saleable but then again if i was spending money on a car i would want it to be the colour it was from the factory ,original etc.flamenco has to be one of the best colours

if you want to spend lots of money having a car sprayed mimosa, then spend it on the 73 in my car port!

If it has early fittings (Its P isn't it - I forget when the actually changed, so is it post 76 in its makeup or does it have the early fittings) then mimosa, later fittings - inca......but honey suckle is a little more unusual. Inca will make you the money, honeysuckle will add to the variety out there. Having a madmart car is a premium in itself!

Honeysuckle means not having to spray inside , inca/mimosa means stripping absolutely everything (not sure how you do it) if you are going to strip everything - I say mimosa cause I like it, if you are not, then I think honeysuckle has its merits.

I voted Honeysuckle. I know all he colours are rare now, but some are rarer than others...

Keep it Honeysuckle. Nice to keep original colour, but then thats just me!

I would spray it whatever colour suits you best.

The Sprint is going to look an absolute cracker whichever colour you decide upon, and people will flock in their droves to see such a car.

If it was mine, I would spray it Mimosa.

Steve

DavePoth wrote:
If you are restoring to sell then the way forward is to do it in the colour that will make most money. I'm not sure honeysuckle will be that colour.

It's not really about making money per se, as long as it returns a small profit (for all our hard work) which will then get ploughed back in to the next project. I suppose you could say this poll is about how quickly I can sell KDF once I've finished. Both JYD & SFB sold within 3 days of advertising.

honeysuckle for me

I'd say honeysuckle - I'm sure I read somewhere that yellow is the most common colour for the Dollies that are still in existence (I've got one myself)

I agree with the comments about originality.
Colours are down to taste. I dont like catsick or turd brown as is well known. I reckon a mallard sprint would look the dogs....and so would damson.
Reg would like it Topaz...

But there you go. Honeysuckle is rare on a sprint, subtle and less in your face than inca or mimosa.
Mimosa is nicer than Inca, which is too Ford....(looks like daytona) and a bit naff...

Nicer still is Jasmin or that primrose yellow you sometimes get on MGB's and E Types...

I'm waffling...

Honeysuckle...get it quick cos Gary says 2 pack is going soon...

01404 892 811 if you want him to do it.

Jonners