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mgtommm
USA
499 Posts |
 Posted - 12/01/2021 : 23:50:47
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Hi Folks,
For J2 experts, what do you make of this color code?
tommm in c-c-c-cold Ohio
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6023 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2021 : 23:54:09
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If it’s J3333 it was originally cream and red, so sort of orange 
Simon J
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mgtommm
USA
499 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2021 : 23:58:59
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Yuck. Not sure how O I becomes cream and red, Simon, but as you likely have the records and I don't, I'll take your word for it.... thanks. Rare colors, yes, but not the most pleasing J2 combination to my eyes. 
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6023 Posts |
Posted - 13/01/2021 : 00:19:03
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Cream and red wasn’t a standard duotone colour scheme I don’t think so it must presumably have been a special order. I think with the right shades of colour it could look rather nice. YMMV
Simon J
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mjb
United Kingdom
248 Posts |
Posted - 13/01/2021 : 04:42:27
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OI suggests Old Ivory?? . Old Ivory / Light Fawn was a duo tone combination on offer where the main colour was cream. I guess originally you could order any colour combination you wanted for an extra cost.
Maybe only the predominant colour code was stamped on the bonnet hinge hence O I.
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JMH
United Kingdom
911 Posts |
Posted - 13/01/2021 : 14:13:37
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MBH records say Cream/Red/cream (presumably straight from the build records, so maybe even more complicated)?
JH
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KevinA
New Zealand
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Posted - 13/01/2021 : 18:41:25
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Many years ago they liked their practical jokes at Abingdon and they they used to wind each other up.
One day, an order came in to the paint shop for a horrendous sounding cream and red J2. Recognizing that this was clearly a wind up old Fred (the foreman) rolled his eyes and said to himself "Oh Aye"
The rest, as they say, is history.
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