I have searched using google and this sites tool, but haven’t found a definitive answer. Does anyone know if Triumph french blue is the same as Lotus french blue?
The following are listed as cross references I pulled from this thread. It notes that Lotus french blue was a triumph color, but doesn’t say it was Triumph french blue viewtopic.php?f=50&t=48696&start=0
PJ 6170Z1280
A036B6316V
ICI P0307210 7210 LOT0046
The wiki on this site lists:
Pinchin Johnson: 6170X5105 (different from above)
ICI: P0307210
PPG: LOT.0046
I was told mine was French Blue, but it is much darker. I asked the seller for the previous owners contact. Finally got in touch with the “body shop”.
Their claim is a Ford from the 70’s.
So I was at a loss. Had 3 different body shops optical paint analyzer, and tried the 3 results. Nope.
Lotus French Blue is the same as Triumph French Blue.
Early colours are often Triumph based.
h20hamelan
Your colour is definitely not French Blue nor a Lotus colour, from what I can see. It looks like the Ford claim is true, Escorts of the late 70s had a similar looking colour.
Photo of Lotus French Blue rear, Wedgewood Blue front, attached for comparison.
Actually, that looks like Wedgewood Blue and a press car too. However, D is a 1966 plate, whereas Wedgewood Blue was not introduced until mid 67. So it could be Medici Blue which was also a Standard Triumph colour.
Tim - you have unlocked a brain cell and I remember when I bought it in 1966 it was Medici blue. Gosh I loved that car but children, Cortina Estates and black bumpers beckoned…