Triumph colour

[Grizzly]

A friend of mine is restoring his T100. Thirty years ago he threw out the bikes original mudguards with the original colour still on them. He swears the valences on the rear mudguard had dark blue stripes on them (the bikes colour being blue). Oh how he wishes he had kept them.
When he first restored the bike thirty years ago he made an exact copy of the bikes original colour scheme. People have been telling him ever since that the dark blue on the side of the mudguards is incorrect
Restoration guides appear to show no stripeing on the edges of the mudguards. Also the guides suggest the centre stripeing should be black and not dark blue.
Are there any Triumph experts who can help put this matter to bed please?
Regards
Grizzly

[henry_norton]

Hello Grizzly, Assuming you mean the shell blue (light metallic)  guards with welded valences (on the rear) fitted to T100s in 1954-1955 - according to our friend and adviser Roy Bacon - I happen to have one sitting in my barn and it doesn't have any dark blue stripes on the sides. However the line where the valences are joined to the main mudguard do give the impression of another highlight if you aren't looking too close. Hope this helps. H_N

[Grizzly]

Hi H_N

Thanks for the info.

You assume correctly my friend, the colour is shell blue and the bike was built in 1954. The blue stripes in question are quite pronounced in this case.

I think the edges were painted dark blue by a previous owner in the 50's or 60's. When my mate rebuilt the bike in the 70's he copied what was there believing it to be accurate, as the bike was original this was quite understandable.

Cheers problem solved me thinks.

Grizzly