has anyone listed , or does anyone know , good colour matches for ALL grifter models ? mk1 and mk2 ?

hopefully some of you out there have found good matches !!!

happy grifting !

i have searched some posts - but could do with your thoughts/help.

not sure how relevant but all i could find

http://www.bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Retro-Raleighs/colorkeys.PDF

The best mk1 blue colour is ford azura blue. The early red mk1s had a gold undercoat followed by a candy red (honda oriental red) but its tricky getting this one right. The later red mk1s seemed to have less candy giving it a more bronze look (although not as bronze as the chopper)

Heres a picture of 2 restored and 2 original mk1s. Ads you can see the colour is spot on.





and heres the two i painted



this is the early red mk1 colour





The mk2 stars i had powder coated and the match was near perfect so if you take it to the powdercoaters they would be able to match it easy.

 

--Last edited by 4737carling on 2009-08-05 10:33:33 --

thanks chaps !

very useful info.

The blue is straight forward as its an etch primer, followed by a normal primer them the ford azura blue and laquer. I got one litre of paint and did 6 frames! So if you are doing one or 2 frames the half a litre will do. (that should cost no more than £20) i think 1 litre was £29. Any good paint shop will stock the paint.  

whats the mk2 prizzie colour