The MGA With An Attitude
PAINT COLORS, FACTORY ISSUE - PT-140A
MGA 1500 and Twin Cam Roadster
Body: Orient Red; Dash: Orient Red; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Red/Red; Panels & Trim Rolls: Red; Spare wheel cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Red; Dash (Twin Cam only): Red
![Orient Red](colors/orient_red_05s.jpg)
Phil Parmenter: 1957 1500 in Orient Red with red trim (although at 55 years old it is more beige than red).
![Orient Red](colors/orient_red_08s.jpg)
Bill Haglan - Merry Point VA: Three pictures of an orient red MGA with a red interior. I got these pictures years ago and do not remember who had the car.
Body: Orient Red; Dash: Orient Red; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Black/Red; Panels & Trim Rolls: Black; Spare wheel cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Red; Dash (Twin Cam only): Red
![Orient Red](colors/orient_red_11s.jpg)
Bayard DeNoie: "My 1957 MGA [owned since 1967] with the original Orient Red Paint [repainted original color in the late 80's]. The interior is black leather with red trim [2006]".
![Orient Red](colors/orient_red_14s.jpg)
1957 1500. Owner: Steven Lyda, car purchased new by his father. -- Paint and body work by Henry Miller
Body: Glacier Blue; Dash: Glacier Blue; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Grey/Grey; Panels & Trim Rolls: Grey; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Grey
Too bad the top is the wrong color on this one. Im dying to see one in original Ice Blue.
Body: Glacier Blue; Dash: Glacier Blue; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Black/Grey; Panels & Trim Rolls: Black; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Black
![Glacier Blue](colors/glacier_blue_07s.jpg)
But the interior is entirely non-standard. It's a contrast of dark blue and light blue , as you can see the seats are original mga style with headrest added and an mga patterned set style.. -- Kenneth Clay
![Glacier Blue](colors/glacier_blue_13s.jpg)
From David Breneman:
"My car is Glacier Blue with Blue and Gray seats. (The Mk II grille is a relic of the 1960s). My car originally had an Ice Blue top, but I was unable to find any material in that color except on custom order in wholesale quantities ($$$). I included the original Ice Blue tonneau. The color is sort of a pale robins-egg blue, but it photographs terribly".
![Glacier Blue](colors/glacier_blue_04s.jpg)
On 7/11/2022, Mark Wellard in Australia wrote:
You mention that you would like to see a picture of an original ice blue hood. So would I! However, Bob West has had some vinyl paint made up to match the original and I have attached a picture. I have seen a sample and it matches the remnants of my original very well. The second picture shows the Bob West sample overlayed on a NOS sidescreen.
It's interesting to note that there are some tonneau covers with a more blue/grey colour being represented as ice blue but these are not correct. The original ice blue has a mixture of blue and green that would make it blend with the paint colours of the day (Tyrolite Green and Glacier Blue).
![Glacier Blue](colors/ice _blue_01s.jpg)
Body: Ash Green; Dash: Ash Green; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Grey/Grey; Panels & Trim Rolls: Grey; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Grey
Body: Ash Green; Dash: Ash Green; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Black/Green; Panels & Trim Rolls: Black; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Black
(with incorrect black top).
Top, side screens and tonneau cover should be Ice Blue, but Ice Blue has been unavailable for many years.
Body: Tyrolite Green; Dash: Tyrolite Green; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Grey/Grey; Panels & Trim Rolls: Grey; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Grey
![Tyrolite Green with Grey interior](colors/tyrolite_green_03s.jpg)
Many coats of paint were applied to my 57 on top of the original Tyrolite Green. The original green color was still on the inside of the tail light plinths. I took the plinths to our local Dupont paint jobber and they used their "computer" to match the color. The paint can info is: Dupont Chroma One Single Stage Urethane. Spectramaster GS446G. -- Mike Dianna in Spring City, PA
Top, side screens and tonneau cover should be Ice Blue, but Ice Blue has been unavailable for many years.
Body: Tyrolite Green; Dash: Tyrolite Green; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Black/Green; Panels & Trim Rolls: Black; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue; Tonneau Cover: Ice Blue or Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Black
Body: Old English White; Dash: Old English White; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Red/Red; Panels & Trim Rolls: Red; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Red; Dash (Twin Cam only): Red
![Old English White](colors/oew_19s.jpg)
Dan Smithers in Surrey, UK: "OEW 1500 Roadster with Red trim and seats, but the seats have been replaced with deluxe ones. Very comfortable"!
Body: Old English White; Dash: Old English White; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Black/Off White; Panels & Trim Rolls: Black; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Black
![Old English White](colors/oew_08s.jpg)
Body: Black; Dash: Black*; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Red/Red; Panels & Trim Rolls: Red; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue or Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Red; Dash (Twin Cam only): Red, -- *Some Black roadsters with Red seats also have Red Dash.
![Black with Red interior](colors/black_13s.jpg)
![Black with Red interior](colors/black_18s.jpg)
Body: Black; Dash: Black; Wheels: Silver; Hardtop: Black;
Seats: Green/Green; Panels & Trim Rolls: Green; Spare Wheel Cover: Grey; Top & Side Screens: Ice Blue or Black; Tonneau Cover: Black; Carpeting: Black; Door Seals: Black; Dash (Twin Cam only): Green
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