Is this Petrol Blue?

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Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by MisterH » Sun May 02, 2021 5:20 pm

https://pics.imcdb.org/25109/152.12.jpg

There is a new entry on IMCDB for a pre facelift early car, colour looks like Paris Blue, but I am wondering if it is the elusive Petrol Blue of which James' old one and R3 are the only examples I have seen
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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by jamescarruthers » Sun May 02, 2021 5:56 pm

I would say that isn’t petrol blue. In real life, it is very grey and heading towards the green.
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by edie_fox » Sun May 02, 2021 6:30 pm

I'd say definitely Paris blue.

This was my first 480. Registered 9 Oct 1991. Facelift but not far in.

That image also looks to have the smaller 'post' wing mirrors.

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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by MisterH » Sun May 02, 2021 6:40 pm

edie_fox wrote:
Sun May 02, 2021 6:30 pm
I'd say definitely Paris blue.

This was my first 480. Registered 9 Oct 1991. Facelift but not far in.

That image also looks to have the smaller 'post' wing mirrors.

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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by edie_fox » Sun May 02, 2021 6:55 pm

Sold for less than £350 I think in 2007. Never mot’d again :(

But, looking at the history, it looked to have the dreaded corrosion. Pretty on the outside!

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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by Martin63 » Sun May 02, 2021 7:01 pm

edie_fox wrote:
Sun May 02, 2021 6:30 pm
I'd say definitely Paris blue.

This was my first 480. Registered 9 Oct 1991. Facelift but not far in.

That image also looks to have the smaller 'post' wing mirrors.

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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by dcwalker » Sun May 02, 2021 7:14 pm

I'm with Edie on this - the car in the picture in your first post, Ben, has 1991 onwards door mirrors.

Given the black bumpers I'd say it is a Paris Blue 480S.

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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by dragonflyjewels » Sun May 02, 2021 11:07 pm

Well, the drivers door and front wing look like Paris Blue but the rear quarter and the bonnet look more like Petrol Blue to me.
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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by MisterH » Mon May 03, 2021 9:42 am

dragonflyjewels wrote:
Sun May 02, 2021 11:07 pm
Well, the drivers door and front wing look like Paris Blue but the rear quarter and the bonnet look more like Petrol Blue to me.
I think it has been sprayed at some point, looks like mine did when it came out of the barn:
https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1 ... 40x360.jpg
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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by MisterH » Mon May 03, 2021 9:45 am

dcwalker wrote:
Sun May 02, 2021 7:14 pm
I'm with Edie on this - the car in the picture in your first post, Ben, has 1991 onwards door mirrors.

Given the black bumpers I'd say it is a Paris Blue 480S.

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Yes it would seem that way, the Pollux alloys are a bit odd to see that far late, but would seem to be from the age of confusion as I call it, where the spec was sort of all over the place
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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by jamescarruthers » Mon May 03, 2021 9:58 am

Those are the later similarly styled Atlas wheels which are standard at this age.
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by MisterH » Mon May 03, 2021 10:37 am

jamescarruthers wrote:
Mon May 03, 2021 9:58 am
Those are the later similarly styled Atlas wheels which are standard at this age.
I am afraid I must diasagree here, the difference in the picture is subtle, but if you look closely you can see they have the thicker, chamfered profile of the pollux, as opposed to the thinner, smoother cut Atlas

Pollux from a small distance:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy ... 0TjZ0=s0-d
Atlas from a small distance:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/1lkAAOSw ... -l1600.jpg

Compare those to the movie image
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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by jamescarruthers » Mon May 03, 2021 10:39 am

I also disagree! The Atlas has the spokes slightly proud, unlike the Pollux. The J-reg car has Atlas on it I’d say.
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: Is this Petrol Blue?

Post by MisterH » Mon May 03, 2021 11:03 am

jamescarruthers wrote:
Mon May 03, 2021 10:39 am
I also disagree! The Atlas has the spokes slightly proud, unlike the Pollux. The J-reg car has Atlas on it I’d say.
Yes that I would agree, but with the movie car it has the chunkier profile of the Pollux + the rim notch:
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If you look at the shadow you can see a fainter shape behind the main spoke, and the spoke itself tapers in at the top, whereas the Atlas stays pretty much straight from hub to Rim.
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