Would there be a paint colour code / brand name for the primer paint that was used on the MK 1 and MK 2 Australian Cooper S inner rims?
Can anyone help with information or has anybody done a colour match?

Jamie at http://www.allmarquesbody.com.au/ colormatched the primer on an original set I sold him that he restored a few months ago.

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Don't listen to what I am saying... just understand what I mean.

There is no way you could accurately colour match the red oxide etch primer they used. The colour (as with all paint) changes over time and it has definitely gotten darker. I had one NOS wheel and the prime was lighter than on all the other wheels I had. How much lighter the original was I don't know. I found a can at Bunnings that was quite similar to the NOS wheel I had, which I used on the wheels on Paddy. Nobody is going to argue with you over the oxide colour. The fact that you are going to the extent of painting the wheels correctly is credit enough.
G

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1970 Cooper S ex-Bathurst & ATCC
1964 Austin Cooper S ex-Group C race car
1967 Morris Cooper S ex-Group B
1962 Mini Speed sports sedan
1968-71 ex-Peter Manton Shell car

I have an original one in grey...maybe a UK thing. But one does wonder that, if they didn't bother to paint the inner side of the wheel, would they have gone to the trouble of changing the primer colour???

Cheers, Ian

Back in the 60s I bought 4 S wheels from BMC Australia, they were red oxide primer all over.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Hi Greg
Thanks for your thoughts and kind comments.
Just thought I'd put it out there to see if anybody had looked into the colour.
Can you give me any details from the can you purchased at Bunnings?
Cheers

Thanks Tim I, 1071s and drmini in aust for the reply's
Cheers

Could be this one - https://www.bunnings.co.nz/white-knight ... _p01568413

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

I thought the can was white, so will look and see if it is still in the cupboard. I tried a couple of different ones before I chose the one I thought was suitable.

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1970 Cooper S ex-Bathurst & ATCC
1964 Austin Cooper S ex-Group C race car
1967 Morris Cooper S ex-Group B
1962 Mini Speed sports sedan
1968-71 ex-Peter Manton Shell car

Cheers Greg. That would be great. Would you have a photo of your finished wheels - inner side.

Like a lot of paints used by manufacturers, they probably just bought in anything that met the specifications at the time. From different suppliers there would be different shades of specified colour.
When i was an apprentice, 500 years ago, you would get two front guards for a car, one might be grey, the other black.