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WONDER IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME. I AM HAVING MY GOLD '65 SCEPTRE RESTORED(NEARLY THERE!). CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT COLOUR THE WHEELS WERE? I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THE OUTER PART OF THE WHEELS WERE OFF WHITE/CREAM. MY RESTORER WANTS TO GET IT RIGHT, AND THINKS THE INNER PART, BEHIND THE HUB CAPS WAS SILVER.
ANY COMMENTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
CHEERS,
BRYAN ELLIS, HUDDERSFIELD (2005 PIC IN THE GALLERY)

As far as i know Rootes used Foam Grey for wheels , they certainly did on all Imps , very light almost white type of grey , i think the paint code is 8 .could be wrong for Sceptres though but deffo on Imps , colour dissapeared as a main body colour around 65 , but continued on wheels thereafter.

The paint I had made up for my wheels was Talbot 'Foaming White', and was used until way into the seventies.
I asked this question way back in an early post hence the answer to it.
The colour looks like a creamy off-white and although it referred to as Grey it certainly looks nothing like it.

Dorsetflyer wrote:The paint I had made up for my wheels was Talbot 'Foaming White', and was used until way into the seventies.
I asked this question way back in an early post hence the answer to it.
The colour looks like a creamy off-white and although it referred to as Grey it certainly looks nothing like it.

Yes thats it , its also called foam white in fact i had an old tin that listed it as foam grey / white . TWO colours in one tin , il get some tartan paint in that case .

THANKS GUYS, SOUNDS RIGHT, I'LL TELL MY RESTORER CHAP THIS WEEK. ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO AND SHE
SHOULD BE READY, CAN'T WAIT! JUST ONE OTHER POINT; WAS THE WHOLE WHEEL PAINTED THE SAME COLOUR?

CHEERS,
BRYAN.

1952bry wrote:THANKS GUYS, SOUNDS RIGHT, I'LL TELL MY RESTORER CHAP THIS WEEK. ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO AND SHE
SHOULD BE READY, CAN'T WAIT! JUST ONE OTHER POINT; WAS THE WHOLE WHEEL PAINTED THE SAME COLOUR?

CHEERS,
BRYAN.

Ive never known them painted in more than one colour from the factory , ive checked the code and its deffo 8 . so asking for talbot or rootes or chrysler " 8 "should get you the right colour.

Rootes only painted the outside (viewing) of the wheel in Foam White, the insides were black as delivered from the wheel supplier.
I found this out when I stripped my wheels to re-do them.