Countryman Petrol tank paint ?

[jl46]

Hello all,

Just wondering how the original external 1962 Countryman petrol tank left the factory !
Were they painted? Body color, black or just unpainted steel ?
Thanks,
Jim

[Fanfaniracing]

I restored a very original 62 countryman years ago and the Tank was Grey. Don't know if the Tank was ever changed in all these years trough...

I painted it the Same color

[Peter Laidler]

Personally, I would say that just like the saloon tanks, they were painted, un-primed, with a wishy-washy semi matt finish. I think that they were pressed and welded at Marston Radiators just off the Woodstock Road in Oxford. Memory again, but if it was at the old Osburton radiators plant, the same applies

[Old English White]

As far as I recall, they were all finished in a semi-gloss black on the van, pick-up and estate models.