Safari Roof Finishes

[p76rangie]

Originally Posted by 01001010

It is a 5-door. everything from the galvanized cappings down has been painted over several times. But the roof and side panels are definitely still the original color.

From your photo, they have been resprayed at least once. But it is not worth arguing about.

[01001010]

:::vitual hand shake:::...lol

Cool.

The interior however is gorgeous...the bronze green is still vibrant under light.

[dav1551]

Like many-a-thing rover paint schemes vary...... But as a general rule on a series "station wagon"

88" swb rear window sides limestone/ matching the top.

109" lwb rear window sides body color/ matching the lower waist line and door tops of the vehicle.

Cheers

Dave

[timh]

My vote!

[pitflea]

Hi all,

This is my first post, so please excuse me if I inadvertently break all the rules or offend everyone!

I'm currently restoring a 1964 S2A 109 safari in the UK. I bought it as a well worn but very original car a few months ago. Apart from the safari roof which was white, the whole car was deep bronze green, including the "normal" roof - even the wheels were green.

For my taste, it was a bit too much of one colour, so I'm going for the original scheme but I'm painting the wheels with Limestone.

Note that the original white safari roof looked "white", but limestone is more beige than white, but I guess that 45 years of sun has bleached it.

There should be a couple of photos uploaded.



The second photo shows the ultra rare transparent version, only available at the start of April each year.

Here's a question for all you rivet counters out there. What colour should the safari roof screws be? - the ones that join safari to the normal. Mine were totally rusted.


TTFN
C

[greenmeanie]

Originally Posted by p76rangie

The white roof is original and I believe looks better.

That is not correct. As someone stated earlier it depends on the market. NADA 6 cyl trucks came with the roof panel painted body colour and the sunsheet painted limestone.

Here's an admittedly poor angle from a review of the time showing the original colour scheme. The roof panel is quite clearly body colour.

Cheers
Gregor