The MGA With An Attitude
PAINT COLORS, FACTORY ISSUE - PT-140A
MGA 1500 and Twin Cam Roadster
Body: Orient Red; Dash: Orient Red; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Red/Red; Panels & Trim Rolls: Red; Spare wheel cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Red; Dash (Twin Cam only): Red
Phil Parmenter: 1957 1500 in Orient Red with red trim (although at 55 years old it is more beige than red).
Bill Haglan - Merry Point VA: Three pictures of an orient red MGA with a red interior. I got these pictures years ago and do not remember who had the car.
Body: Orient Red; Dash: Orient Red; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Black/Red; Panels & Trim Rolls: Black; Spare wheel cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Red; Dash (Twin Cam only): Red
Bayard DeNoie: "My 1957 MGA [owned since 1967] with the original Orient Red Paint [repainted original color in the late 80's]. The interior is black leather with red trim [2006]".
1957 1500. Owner: Steven Lyda, car purchased new by his father. -- Paint and body work by Henry Miller
Body: Glacier Blue; Dash: Glacier Blue; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Grey/Grey; Panels & Trim Rolls: Grey; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Grey
Too bad the top is the wrong color on this one. Im dying to see one in original Ice Blue.
Body: Glacier Blue; Dash: Glacier Blue; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Black/Grey; Panels & Trim Rolls: Black; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Black
But the interior is entirely non-standard. It's a contrast of dark blue and light blue , as you can see the seats are original mga style with headrest added and an mga patterned set style.. -- Kenneth Clay
From David Breneman:
"My car is Glacier Blue with Blue and Gray seats. (The Mk II grille is a relic of the 1960s). My car originally had an Ice Blue top, but I was unable to find any material in that color except on custom order in wholesale quantities ($$$). I included the original Ice Blue tonneau. The color is sort of a pale robins-egg blue, but it photographs terribly".
On 7/11/2022, Mark Wellard in Australia wrote:
You mention that you would like to see a picture of an original ice blue hood. So would I! However, Bob West has had some vinyl paint made up to match the original and I have attached a picture. I have seen a sample and it matches the remnants of my original very well. The second picture shows the Bob West sample overlayed on a NOS sidescreen.
 It's interesting to note that there are some tonneau covers with a more blue/grey colour being represented as ice blue but these are not correct. The original ice blue has a mixture of blue and green that would make it blend with the paint colours of the day (Tyrolite Green and Glacier Blue).
Body: Ash Green; Dash: Ash Green; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Grey/Grey; Panels & Trim Rolls: Grey; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Grey
Body: Ash Green; Dash: Ash Green; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Black/Green; Panels & Trim Rolls: Black; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Black
(with incorrect black top).
Top, side screens and tonneau cover should be Ice Blue, but Ice Blue has been unavailable for many years.
Body: Tyrolite Green; Dash: Tyrolite Green; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Grey/Grey; Panels & Trim Rolls: Grey; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Grey
Many coats of paint were applied to my 57 on top of the original Tyrolite Green. The original green color was still on the inside of the tail light plinths. I took the plinths to our local Dupont paint jobber and they used their "computer" to match the color. The paint can info is: Dupont Chroma One Single Stage Urethane. Spectramaster GS446G. -- Mike Dianna in Spring City, PA
Top, side screens and tonneau cover should be Ice Blue, but Ice Blue has been unavailable for many years.
Body: Tyrolite Green; Dash: Tyrolite Green; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Black/Green; Panels & Trim Rolls: Black; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Black
Body: Old English White; Dash: Old English White; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Red/Red; Panels & Trim Rolls: Red; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Red; Dash (Twin Cam only): Red
Dan Smithers in Surrey, UK: "OEW 1500 Roadster with Red trim and seats, but the seats have been replaced with deluxe ones. Very comfortable"!
Body: Old English White; Dash: Old English White; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Black/Off White; Panels & Trim Rolls: Black; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Black
Body: Black; Dash: Black*; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Red/Red; Panels & Trim Rolls: Red; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue or Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Red; Dash (Twin Cam only): Red, -- *Some Black roadsters with Red seats also have Red Dash.
Body: Black; Dash: Black; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Green/Green; Panels & Trim Rolls: Green; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue or Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Green
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