PAINT COLORS, NON-STANDARD for MGA - PT-150S
STRIPES
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Bob Agar in Green Valley, Arizona, USA was contemplating adding some stripes to his MGA Coupe (above).
Bryan Frazier in North Carolina, USA did a quick Photoshop of the picture (at right) to add some stripes.
Photos below from Chuck Schaefer in West Chicago, Illinois, USA are real.
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This wasn't looking too bad, until it came to the checkers. A listing from ClassicCars.com. The thin side stripe is in keeping with the proper impression for a light weight roadster. The painted bumpers are a novel idea, about 15 years ahead of its time. Looks like the broad strips on the bonnet continue onto top of the grille.
A serious cooling problem, and no budget for chrome? Looks hungry. I was almost convinced that an MGA could be yellow, but yellow accent brake drums and knock-off nuts rub me the wrong way. It will be trouble keeping paint on the KO nuts. The one-piece body can be a future service problem if it ever needs repair. I wonder how they ever assembled the front frame extension. Are those sea horses on the front irons?
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![Old English White](colors/oew_03a.jpg)
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Pinstripes. Very subtle.
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Lower body stripes draw your eyes away from the upper body curves.
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![Black in the night](stripes/black_07m.jpg)
Black in the night, from the galleries of www.tangcla.com
![White with black stripes](stripes/stripes10s.jpg)
Seen in Vietnam. Grille and bumpers painted black with a variety of black, stripes.
There is a YouTube video for this one. Mark Hester copied the video from an old VHS-C tape originally shot by his parents in 1993 when they lived in Vietnam.
![1MTW and 2MTW](stripes/stripes12.jpg)
A well known pair in the UK
Ron Page in Canada sends best wishes with French flag stripes on his bonnet (temporarily) at a 14 of July picnic to commemorate "La république de France".
![Kenny Howard, better known as Von Dutch](../history/pics/vondutch_s.jpg)
Kenny Howard, better known as Von Dutch,
pin striping an MGA in 1959.
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![pin stripes on an MGA](stripes/stripes14s.jpg)
Pin stripes on an MGA,
courtesy of William Bussler
Montoursville, PA, USA
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The next two were found at NAMGAR GT-40 in Frankenmuth, Michigan, in June 2015. On left, tastefully done complimentary Brown on Old English White. On right, high contrast Yellow on British Racing Green. With a slight knee-jerk reaction, on further reflection, I believe I have seen some Triumph TR4 or TR-250 with similar stripes (or maybe this style stripe just makes it look a bit like a TR).
![Green with yellow stripes](stripes/stripes16s.jpg)
Right, seen on MG-Experience.com
![Yellow with black stripe](stripes/stripes17s.jpg)
Above, Tom G in Rosemont, PA, USA
1958 MG MGA 1500 ![](../space_t.gif)
Below seen on eBay 1/5/2016.
![Light blue with dark blue stripe](stripes/stripes19s.jpg)
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