colour schemes

[nige and Jody]

G'day all,

Just been reading a couple of posts about colour schemes and was after, if there is one, a definitive answer to my car's colours.

The tag reads:

FC 225 - 14298M
Trim - 310 - 630
Paint - 256 - 7770
RPO - 253 - 9751

(chassis and engine numbers have been published before but can't find them at the moment)

I have already established that the '9751' should read '9741' must have been a bad day at the stampers.

So it should be a mid 59 colour scheme of Fountain blue over India ivory with a Viscount blue and black interior. 

I take it that 'mid' colour scheme is where the roof and main body colour would be India ivory and the flash and boot would be fountain blue.  I think it was Geoff K (years ago now) estimated that the car was built between 17 - 20 Aug 59.  On the paint decoder the colour schemes are indicated as changing around jun 59 in Vic to the final colour and RET was mentioning that the interiors changed as well.  So based on that rambling are my colours correct and should I be hunting for a blue/black interior?

Cheers

Nige

[RET]

Nige,

What you've said about the colours of the car appears spot-on. And your description of style 2 is exactly right - there's a small piece of stainless across the width of the C pillar to separate the colours.

The second half of the trim number refers to the interior colours, and 630 = Viscount Blue & Black.

The switch to style 3 for Melbourne manufactured cars occurred in June 1959, at body no 22271-M. (Second time I've written that today!) There's no way your car could be as late as August, 8000 Melbourne-made FC-225s before the change-over.

More like April, I would think.

cheers
RET

[59fcholden]

Hi,
This is the same colour sheme as mine, with the small stainless piece on the c pillar. I havent seen many cars around with this, none in the flesh. Is this style uncommon ?
Ken

[nige and Jody]

Ken (59fcholden)

Nah, I don't think it's uncommon, I have seen plenty of pics on the forum of series two cars.  There is a couple of pics on the forum from a Phillip Island trip that appears to be the same colour combo as mine, ie India Ivory and Fountain Blue looks great from the rear with the blue boot and the white sides just visible.

Thanks RET for the confirmation.

Hey while I think of it the Army Museum at Bandiana is restoring their FC standard staff car (the one with the FE bonnet) and I am donating my time and some bits to give them a hand.  It's that dark green colour with the saddle brown interior.  I guess Robin or Ken Mc would know whether it would have had a brown floor mat or the black, and if it had the black what colour speckle would it have?

Cheers

Nige

[mcl1959]

Black mat - no speckle. 

Comment of the day:-

Only specials had speckles

Ken

ps - colour is Deep Bronze green and Cordon Brown interior

[nige and Jody]

Thanks Ken,

I will pass on your expertise to the guys at the museum.  I will also point them towards this site.

Nige

[mcl1959]

I passed on all this info to the Major at the museum and offered help with parts and advice but no interest shown

Ken