melos colours

[Brian (up north) Morris]

does any one know what the stock colours of the dutton melos body were.?

and whats the rarest colour..?

thanks

[rob saul]

Dutton used old none cadmium based pigments
That's why Dutton's faded a lot faster than other cars !
Don't think you can get an exact match with todays Llewellyn Ryland
Pigments but they wouldn't be far off
In Greece at the moment so haven't got any paperwork to hand but from the top of my head
British racing green
Yellow
Red
Black
Brown
Kaki/tan
The kakl/tan probably be the rarest ?
Not seen many of them at all but there are a few out there

[Brian (up north) Morris]

thanks...not that many colours then. never seen a brown or tan one yet.

personaly i think the b.r.g does nothing for the melos...looks crap...imo

[rob saul]

Its a funny thing
In my opinion the phaeton looks best in BRG
Melos in Red
Sierra in Brown
Those were the colours Dutton mainly used on their demonstrators and what most customers saw "in the flesh" as it were and the option most people went for
When the sierra s3 an legerra came out and blue and white were added
Tend to see mostly blue s3,s and there were quite a few white legerras but quite a few have since been painted other colours

[Adrian Southgate]

I have seen a couple. Shite brown and baby poo brown or musturd (yes it's spelt wrong deliberately)

Feel free to send me one of yours for inclusion on the flickr Melos Gallery.

[Brian (up north) Morris]

ew not nice....