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Looks like Coniston Green - which would you right for the year. But as Western says it could be anything. Assuming it is an LR colour then I would say either Coniston or the later Belize Green.

You say it has had a respray - were the body panels replaced? - it is likely the original colour will still be on the inside of wings or underside of tub etc etc

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If you take the car along to a profesional automotive paint supplier, we have one locally called Wessex Auto Colours, they will be able to match the paint colour for you - probably even accounting for the age of the paint and fading which has already occurred - and mix up the paint there and then into an aerosol can.

With the best will in the world, trying to take a picture in unknown light conditions and then hoping that my monitor shows it as the same shade as your's, Mo's, Western's etc. is never going to establish what the shade actually is.

Chris

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Yes - agree about finding a local auto paint person - I know my landy is Epsom Green but I had an old escort many years ago and they did a great job in matching a colour that our favourite orange coloured retail park supplier didn't carry.

Let us know where you are located roughly and I'm sure people can direct you in the right direction.

Also worth a crawl around under panels - also worth a peek under the bonnet (literally before someone starts a discussion about the various colours of engines! :-)

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IF it is a LR colour I would say Belize Green - see this http://fourbyfours.com/assets/images/2001_LHD_110_td5_belize_green_8.jpg

Be aware though that a lot of those colours vary a lot batch to batch and just because it says that on the can does not mean it will be a good match! In the last job we had a blue 130 came, new from LR, which had three completely different shades of paint on it from the factory, to the extent you could see the difference from 10 yards away as the wing was one colour, the door pillar was another and the door was different again.

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