Help me pick a Pig Colour

[Sixty's Guy]

I have pretty much decided to have my pig painted. Currently it is completely white. I was set to just have it painted white again, but the guy who is painting it for me said there would be no extra charge for a 2 tone paint job.

I have narrowed down the colours to; all white, brown/white (not sure of the exact paint colour) and red/white. Most 55's that came out in Aus were brown/white. I was thinking that I would keep this pig standard looking. I already have a preference, but thought I would throw it out there...........

 

[fjdaveinoz]

Such a nice stock pig should have a nice stock colour.
I personally think the brown looks awesome all polished up.

Dave

 

[cruiser_guy]

Piggies need to be two tone.

 

[OinkOinker]

go the brown! it fuggin ugly! just like out beautiful pigs.........

 

[animaldevictor]

will be nice on red-white, but the hardest thing, I think in the interiors colors thats the key to a good resto

have nice weekend
victor

 

[cruiser_guy]

will be nice on red-white, but the hardest thing, I think in the interiors colors thats the key to a good resto

have nice weekend
victor

Victor you should be telling him that green and white is the way to go!!

I agree that the interior is tough.

 

[toddslater]

What is the paint code off the fender well tag ??? Never can go wrong with original color.

 

[Sixty's Guy]

What is the paint code off the fender well tag ??? Never can go wrong with original color.

You know I never even thought of that. I just checked here; https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/96585-fj55-color-spec-chart.html#post4953926 - awesome info!

My paint code is 012 - Cygnus white. It does make sense to me to keep it original.

Up until recently I beleived that all pigs in Aus were brown and white. I picked up a pig brochure from the 70's on Ebay and had pics of different coloured pigs. The thread I found confirms this.

 

[OinkOinker]

haha i may have been bidding against you on the brochure... about 3 or 4 months ago?? with the cruiser running thru the creek??

 

[fjdaveinoz]

I know things can be a bit back-to-front in Tasmania. The pic of your pig proves it. Look at where the steering wheel is!!

An all white pig, thats pretty rare!

 

[Sixty's Guy]

I know things can be a bit back-to-front in Tasmania.

 

[cruisernerd]

some p.o. repainted mine white as well. i'm thinking about going back to the original white blue scheme.
the first picture shows a truck with dark grey stock steelies. are those wheels a stock colour? my pig had stock steel wheels when i got it they looked to be the same colour.

 

[40Flipper]

Do it in all white since it's original. If you ever sell it, it'll be easy for someone to paint the bottom and roof whatever color they want

 

[Sixty's Guy]

the first picture shows a truck with dark grey stock steelies. are those wheels a stock colour? my pig had stock steel wheels when i got it they looked to be the same colour.

Not exactly. I repainted them with an off the shelf pressure pack. But Aus pigs came with grey steel (16x6 or 16x5.5?) wheels and 7.50R16 tyres.