Colour

Does anyone know what shade of Red the Gold Leaf Red was?Or modern equivalent thereof. (Note colour with a U).
Kenb
S1 Elan

Lotus ?L? prefix codes indicate nitro-cellulose paint used on the Elan. There were two suppliers to the factory, Pinchin, Johnson and ICI. Pinchin, Johnson was taken over by Courtaulds and merged into their paints division when they bought International Paint. ICI was taken over by Nexa Autocolor.

The colour you want is Carnival Red, Lotus code L05. The Pinchin, Johnson Paint reference with Lotus part number was PJ 6170X5350 and A036B6319V. The ICI Paint reference with Lotus part number was ICI P0308385 and B036B6319V. The Nexa Autocolor code is 8385.

Hope this helps.

Tim