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[Noah]

Really considering Speedwell blue for Mia

Can I have some inspiration?

[Tanya]

Here's our Speedy





And here is the earliest known surviving Countryman


During Speedy's restoration, someone saw her and decided that Speedwell was the colour for them so had their MPi sprayed Speedwell Blue and were pleased with the result.

[Carlos W]

wow, that is all

[Noah]

Thanks Tanya!

definitely going for speedwell, not going for a Mk1 Replica, as Mine is a 94 car, but a Mk2 replica in Speedwell blue with a wavy style mk2 grille :)

[surfblue63]

Some more Speedwell shots for you

[Noah]

jeez, they're nice.

Did any Mk2's come in speedwell? Would it be sacrilegious to put a speedwell front badge on it? And my speedwell replica buckets .

[surfblue63]

Speedwell blue was replaced by Surfblue sometime in 1961 or 1962, so it was never available on the MK2.

[Noah]

Speedwell blue was replaced by Surfblue sometime in 1961 or 1962, so it was never available on the MK2.

Surf Blue In my personal opinion is a bit too bright, thats a shame but I guess it means its a bit like farina grey a really nice colour just not made for that long.

[surfblue63]

Speedwell was used by BMC as early as 1958 on Healey Sprites and was one of the first colours on the Austin Seven in 1959. The Morris Mini Minor was not available in Speedwell, but used Clipper Blue instead.

[Noah]

Okay thats interesting, is it coincidence that speedwell the tuning company or was the paint named after it vice versa

[Webstercon]

I sprayed mine speedwell blue a few weeks ago its not polished yet :)

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[Noah]

Thats gorgeous, want to do mine? I'll pay. Your not too far as well. lol.

[james962]

I knew I shouldn't have opened this thread! Some lovely minis oofffff!

Edited by james962, 26 August 2012 - 11:27 PM.

[Noah]

Exactly how i felt, thats why mines going to be speedwell blue.

[surfblue63]

Okay thats interesting, is it coincidence that speedwell the tuning company or was the paint named after it vice versa

The colour Speedwell blue is named after the blue variety of the Speedwell Flower.

http://home.howstuff...a-speedwell.htm

Speedwell the company is named after a local telephone exchange!

http://mk1-performan....uk/spdhist.htm

Of all the old tuning houses, Speedwell probably has the most star-studded history. The company, Speedwell performance Conversions Ltd. has its origins in a London coffee bar, where fellow racers John Sprinzel, Len Adams and George Hulbert, amongst others, regularly met. At one such session, in 1957, Sprinzel was moaning about the cylinder head of his racing A35: Hulbert offered to rework it for better performance, and consequently Sprinzel won his next race. After the race, Sprinzel was interviewed for television, and mentioned his new cylinder head - the response this created was sufficient to prompt the racers to set up a tuning company, named after the local telephone exchange - Speedwell!