What colour should front Caliper on an S be?

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What colour should front Caliper on an S be?

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1966 Morris Cooper S. Just refurbing the calipers and wondered what colour or finish they should have. Many thanks
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the nos pair i had recently that dated mid 1970's where a satin black colour
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Brill. Cheers Rich
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Here's a NOS one, it's somewhere in between satin and flat :

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i have one in same box but a burnished gold finish... :|
for my sins,i own a 1957 wolsleley 1500
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Re: What colour should front Caliper on an S be?

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Some was painted in black as on photo. some was painted in silver....
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Natural or satin black, I would say.
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The whole lot, drive shaft etc, were painted in "chassis black" like the subframes
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I've seen both silver and black on cars of that period.

My 67 are silver
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pdaykin wrote:I've seen both silver and black on cars of that period.

My 67 are silver

Correct..... ;)
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pdaykin wrote:I've seen both silver and black on cars of that period.

My 67 are silver
So, did you buy the car new in 67 and they were that colour?
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No I didnt buy it new.

However, I'm pretty sure that they were original.

It was 20 years old when I got that one. But only had 10k on the clock with the dust shields etc intact.

Eveything was pretty muck fecked and butchered apart from the brakes.
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