24th December 2011
The MGCC Z Magnette Register wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
18th December 2011
# 6960 belongs to Bruce Bramhill and is another Magnette that has undergone a complete restoration and is prepared for the next 50 yrs.
# 7846 was bought by David Holland a few days ago and he is going to change her back into original style.
# 25590 will be dismantled this winter by James Frogatt and finally owner of # 17325, Henk Kroese updated his picture.
17th December 2011
The Dates for 2012 are released now. Make your diary and show up at the events!
1st December 2011
New month - new picture of the month. Have a look...
27th November 2011
It's been quiet on the Magnette frontier so far, so here are just a few more updates for the gallery:
First # 9674 which is running in Roma, so accordingly a lhd car. The current owner wants to sell this car. If you are interested, please contact me.
Then we have # 9712, which as completed restoration by Sylvester Earl Harvin
17th November 2011
James Froggatt came across these reviews/ buying guides in smaller classic magazines in the UK:
ClassicCars4sale and ClassicCarMart. Both are very positive reports about our beloved Magnette, although there are some mistakes written.
14th November 2011
The Classic car of the year was voted last weekend at the NEC classic car show. You know that Grant Howlett made it into to top five amoung 20 other classiccs and was invited to present his car at the show. The Magnette was the runner up, the first place went to the E-type Jaguar, which was well deserved, it was a superb car with a great owner. (Well, this could be said for the magnette as well!). So a BIG Congratulation Grant from the Magnette world! You did a superb job and good publicity for the Magnette. Here are some shots:
13th November 2011
Dietrich Krahn informed me about this link, showing a ZA with a Eriba caravan.
10th November 2011
Three new cars on our gallery:
# 13902 of John Doublet, Jersey,
# 14210 of Jorge Lino, Portugal and
# 22026 of Ron Mc Innes, France.
1st November 2011
Again another picture of the month...
and # 16464 a rough car, seen on ebay has been added to the gallery.
24th October 2011
We welcome three new entries to our gallery:
# 8632 Andrew Fuller from Oxon, # 16137 David Harrison and # 33089 Andrew Stevens, Cambridge
17th October 2011
Well done Magnetters! The Magnette is now in the Grand Final of "Classic Car of the Year competition" ! The final 5 cars that will be judged at the International Classic Car Show in November are: MG Magnette, Austin MINI Cooper, Jaguar E-Type, Ford Capri and Jensen Interceptor. last year over 60,000 car enthusiast's went to the 3-day show. Grant, owner of the Magnette, has some free tickets left. Contact the webmaster and I'll forward your email...
11th October 2011
The classic car of the year (see notes of 19th Oct.) voting finishes this thursday the 13th, so thank you all Magnette owners that have voted, if you have not yet, you still have time untill midnight on the 13th-this thursday!
Please give your vote at www.ccoty.co.uk and make the Magnette the Car of the Year!
8th October 2011
The picture of # 22809 has been updated after restoration by Cliff Hughes and # 22856 of Colin Richardson is new on the gallery.
Already a month ago Brian Pollard sent this picture saying: "This is a recent foto of my Magnette getting blessed by the Bishop of Ibiza at the Saint Christopher day celebrations. Shortly after the car lost a core plug and I lost faith!
4th October 2011
Again another nice picture of the month, sent by our chairman Paul Batho.
29th September 2011
Loz Scott send a report and pictures of their "Gathering of the Faithful". While we start to prepare for the long and cold season, they start with a new season...
19th September 2011
Great news for Magnette lovers: Grant Howlett's one family owned ZA has been chosen by Classic Cars, Classic Car Weekly, Practical Classics and their partners Lancaster Insurance as one of their top twenty cars in this year’s Classic Car of the Year competition!
Please give your vote at www.ccoty.co.uk and make the Magnette the Car of the Year! (Don't forget to tick that you don't want any advertising from them, if you don't like! They also don't check the email...)
Two weeks ago I mentioned the Cape to Cairo rally. You can follow the Magnette and other classic cars on their blog at www.afriod.co.za/
Well and another tour and another blog, but a bit more relaxed than an Africa crossing. Some cars, including a Magnette will leave from from Sheffield to drive to Limoges in France to raise money for the Wooden Spoon Charity. Follow them at http://sherlockholmesandwatson.blogspot.com/?spref=fb
14th September 2011
New on the gallery are Adrian Hollington-Sawyer from Canada, who is the new owner of # 17758 and Nigel Younger with # 26173 and
Phil Dean wrote:
It may look like name dropping but we of the EYTCC were invited to take part in the filming of an episode for the latest series of Sarah Beeny's show featuring the restoration of her own home at Rise Hall here in the wilds of the East Riding. In the enclosed shot there are two Magnettes, mine ( ZA RXH 423) and NBW 333 which has just returned to the road after extensive renovation by the current owner Alan Finney. It carries the vin number 32419 and has covered about 100 miles since finishing.
12th September 2011
Robert Schmitz spotted these cars on ebay: # 8278 and # 31830 and Jürgen Rheintal updated the picture on # 22261
James Hamilton sent a scan of a lube chart, which I added to the technic page. It's a good scan and you might print it for your garage if you like. By the way: this is the old technic site. Have you seen our own technical website? Link from technic as well
6th September 2011
Another nice couple with a nice Magnette on the wedding gallery...
Today starts the Cape to Cairo challenge. An event with 11 cars, amoung them Roger Pearce in an MG Magnette
4th September 2011
Here is the picture of the month for September...
26th August 2011
More Magnettes for the gallery. We hit the 750th picture...
First we have an original Italy-Export car, runnibg in Roma. #11739 belongs to Roberto Martinangeli.
Per Malmros found two Magnettes on the net, that are for sale currently in Sweden: # 14938 and # 2747
Then # 22037 of Harald Sonesson in Sweden. This is his scrap car. We had his 3 other cars with the last update.
# 26362 is of Mike Greenwood in Australia and
# 35478 is Tony Smith's Magnette
8th August 2011
Today we'll do an update on the owners gallery. It's interesting that I still get pictures of cars that haven't been on the gallery or register before. Still cars turn up that are unknown! How many beauties are still sleeping around the world?
We start with Harald Sonesson from Sweden, who owns 4 Magnettes! Three of them are now on the gallery:
# 3033, # 4038 and # 17464.
While we are adding early bult cars, here's one from ebay: # 2576
And at least the only remains (VIN plate) of # 32159
And finally Heinrich Koncki finished his one year restoration of # 23521
1st August 2011
I hope you ad a better summer than we had here in Germany. July was a wet and cold month and the summer is nearly gone. But luckily the Magnette has no soft top but a heater. So there was no excuse not to use her!
As always we'll strat the new month with a new picture of the month. Martin O'Brien sent a truly contemporary picture when the world was still fine. Have a look to find out what I mean...
24th July 2011
Rikke Nissen sent spome photos from this year’s European event in Spa, Belgium, June 3rd-June 7th. 3 ZBV Magnettes and 1 ZA Magnette took part, and as you can see they also managed the Spa-Franchorchamp racetrack.
23rd July 2011
Malcolm Eades was clearing out some cupboards and found a nice wedding picture. This car is since several years now mine and parks at least once a year in front of Malcolm's garage!
21th July 2011
Mark Bunce send pictures of this years MG Live! at Silverstone. Thanks Marc!
Talking about events. The date for the Magnette Day 2012 is fixed. It will be on 22. - 24.06.2012. So make your diary now!
19th July 2011
Here is a sales brochure of the brand new MG6 GT Magnette. Not do they only write Magnette like on the Farinas, no, they also feature a Z in it (unfortunately they say ZA and show a ZB).
12th July 2011
Most of you will know the "Living with Alison"-tales of Malcolm Robertson from Australia. In his latest report he muses about using his 1957 MG Magnette as a daily driver…
10th July 2011
We have our 100th Australian Magnette on the gallery! # 7115 belongs to Les hall from Victoria who is doing "a slow restoration" as he says. Next on the gallery is Martin O'Brien's Magnette # 29272 from Ireland.
3rd July 2011
I'm still looking for pictures of MG Live at Silverstone. Nobody been there and taken a few shots of Magnettes? I can't believe.
New month - new picture...
26th June 2012
Last weekend you had the choice to visit MGLive in Silverstone or the Z Magnette Day in Northern Hessia. Here's a first report abou the Z Magnette Day. Once I have pictures of Silverstone this report will follow.
13th June 2012
The first information about the celebrations for Magnette 60 in 2013 are now on our events page.
John and Cynthia have produced a very comprehensive DVD recording of the GP100 weekend last year. The 'trailer' featuring extracts from the DVD is now on youtube. Details how to order will appear later here.
3rd June 2012
The picture of the month June shows a Magnette in the thriller "The Vicious Circle". Thanks Francis!
New on the gallery are :
# 28463 spotted in a Tasmanian museum by Loz Scott and
# 19675 owned by Martyn Robinson from Wales,
# 21246 of Andrew McGee from West Yorkshire, which is our 777th Magnette on the gallery!
31st May 2012
The picture on the right shows the ZB Magnette of Satoshi Ohtsu starting for the 50 years Meeting at Villa Hamanako of the 1100 Club Japan to celebrate ADO 16 (Austin Drawing Office project #16). All 3 faces (incl. dog) watching the flag.
On the other side of the globe Luis Benito Ruiz Bogarin again made some promotion for Magnettes in Mexico. Read his report...
15th May 2012
A bit late this month, but here is the new picture of the month...
As I'm running out of good pictures, please have a look in you photo books, computer directories or wherever you store your photos. We need magnettes in special locations or old pictures when they were new or just used cars...
6th May 2012
Loz Scott sent a report of the Victorian Concours combined with RACV Classic Showcase 2012 held in Melbourne, Australia.
2nd May 2012
Last weekend Lou Shorten, our President and parts supplier for many decades celebrated her 85th birthday. The Magnette register committee went with her to lunch, where she also received this nice cake, which John is cutting away.
26th April 2012
The new events calendar is now available as a PDF-file to print...
Talking about events: Loz Scott sent a full report of the Australian National Meeting in Hobart...
19th April 2012
The season opener in England for 25 years: Magnettes & Steam. Report & pictures here...
Per Malmros found # 2644 for sale in Sweden, which has been added to the gallery.
Do you remember the Magnette Dragster, which also could have been seen at GP100 at Gaydon last year? They now have a new website at www.enigmaracing.co.uk if you are interested to see the progess. I really hope to see this car running sometime!
12th April 2012
Geoff Pollard probably has one of the rarestbadges on his car. It's from Kenyia and really looks nice:
9th April 2012
Tom Baumgardner sent this picture from the start of the 1993 Lap of Lake Michigan, part of the annual John Twist University Motors Summer Party. Jim Pesta, the owner of the Magnette and he ran it and won it, an 800 mile race around the Lake beginning and ending in Grand Rapids, Michigan USA.
Carsten Wivel found a nice Danish dales brochure including Magnette, MGA and Wolseley. You can train your Danish language by downloading and reading this brochure. Just click on the picture:
4th April 2012
It's time to refresh the ever growing online gallery:
# 1117 was found by Carsten Wivel in Denmark
1st April 2012
We start this month with a new picture of the month as usual...
28th March 2012
On Friday 30th March at 9.15 a.m. on BBC1 a programme entitled ‘The 1952 Show’ will be screened. The actress Annette Crosbie will be in conversation with our very own Register President, Lou Shorten, who will be talking about the Magnette she has owned for so long. If you can’t watch it live, record it.
18th March 2012
Rutger Boy found this website with an old Dutch roadtest of a Varitone.
And two more magnettes on the gallery:
First # 15057 , which is Tony Welsh's Varitone "Vera" , and secondly # 15150 owned by Thomas Kim, who still has some work in front of him...
10th March 2012
The MGCC Magnette register president Lou Shorten is set to feature on BBC TV in a programme entitled "The 1952 Show". Lou was has owned her ZA Magnette since the 1950s and was asked to appear on the show which aimed to highlight connections with the Jubilee celebrations. Apart from filming up in Norwich Lou had a trip to London where she was interviewed by Annette Crosby. Annette's father had owned a pre-war Wolseley Hornet which shares an engine with Lou's F-Magna.
The show is set to air between 26-30 March. More detailed timing will be posted on this website in due course.
1st March2012
It was very quiet during February. Seems all Magnettes and owners still hold their winter sleep? Well I awoke and got my engine out to see where all the oil is going...
We start the update with a new picture of the month.
Then we have our 770th Magnette on the gallery: It's # 31027 , a CKD (completely knocked down) car assembled in South Africa. It now belongs to Aroon Sukhnandan. The car has also been added to the CKD-report.
Moving from SA to Australia:
Loz Scott (well known to regular readers) made a nice 86 page book called " Delving into the MG ZA/ZB Magnette". As he said it was by necessity printed in limited numbers; to-date sales have been to individuals and MG club libraries Nationally. IE Club Libraries: Melbourne, Sydney, Geelong and Perth.
'Delving into the MG ZA/ZB Magnette' was put together because of my anxiety that some important documentation, history, reference material and techniques may be lost if not preserved in an old fashion hard copy. The book draws noticeably on material sourced from original documentation while four personal accounts of Magnette restorations add to the reality of being involved.
My feeling is this 86 page book, nicely, compliments existing documents and sits happily in its own niche.
There are still some copies available for purchase; by:
[1] E mailing Loz Scott This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to place an order in Australian Dollars
{a} International Purchase
International Cheque made out to : Laurence Scott; No 8 Mahogany Close. Grovedale. Victoria. Australia. 3216
Book = $A40.00; Pack and Post = $A15.00 Total Cost = $A55.00
{b} National Purchase [ Australia Only]
Cheque or Bank Transfer
Book = $A40.00; Pack and Post = $A5.00 Total Cost = $A45.00
[2] UK Purchase
Please ask the register for copies
10th February 2012
The events calendar 2012 has been updated:
The MG Saloon Day added and sadly the Norwich event has recently been cancelled for this year due to a significant rise in costs for the hire of the showground which were not sustainable. We're llokung for something else in September.
1st February 2012
Minus 10 degree and the forecast says it's getting colder... Maybe the weather is fine for a winter rally, but that's all. Henk Kroese sent pics and report of a running winter rally... (look at the dashboard...)
Rutger Boy found # 14132 for sale on the net, which looks quite nice...
And of course it's time for another picture of the month...
30th January 2012
Please find the information and booking forms for the 16th Z Magnette Day here...
21st January 2012
It's quiet in Magnette world so far - but we have another nice couple (or should I say trio) on the wedding gallery...
9th January 2012
Luis Benito Ruiz Bogarin reports from a Paz, where his Magnette became "Best Exhibition Vehicle " against a strong American competitors. Congratulation!
New on the gallery is # 13084 of Mick Haywood from Staffs.
8th January 2012
2012 starts promising. Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton, himself owner of # 507, spotted another early Magnette on ebay. This tiume it's # 572 which will need a true enthusiast to bring her back to a glory life.
# 36735 is another car that needs some care and was spotted on ebay by Brian Taylor.
1st January 2012
Welcome to 2012 Magneteers all over the world!
We start with a nice picture of the month...
and we add another Magnette to the gallery:
# 24163 found by Brian Taylor on ebay Australia
26th June 2012
Last weekend you had the choice to visit MGLive in Silverstone or the Z Magnette Day in Northern Hessia. Here's a first report abou the Z Magnette Day. Once I have pictures of Silverstone this report will follow.
13th June 2012
The first information about the celebrations for Magnette 60 in 2013 are now on our events page.
John and Cynthia have produced a very comprehensive DVD recording of the GP100 weekend last year. The 'trailer' featuring extracts from the DVD is now on youtube. Details how to order will appear later here.
3rd June 2012
The picture of the month June shows a Magnette in the thriller "The Vicious Circle". Thanks Francis!
New on the gallery are :
# 28463 spotted in a Tasmanian museum by Loz Scott and
# 19675 owned by Martyn Robinson from Wales,
# 21246 of Andrew McGee from West Yorkshire, which is our 777th Magnette on the gallery!
31st May 2012
The picture on the right shows the ZB Magnette of Satoshi Ohtsu starting for the 50 years Meeting at Villa Hamanako of the 1100 Club Japan to celebrate ADO 16 (Austin Drawing Office project #16). All 3 faces (incl. dog) watching the flag.
On the other side of the globe Luis Benito Ruiz Bogarin again made some promotion for Magnettes in Mexico. Read his report...
15th May 2012
A bit late this month, but here is the new picture of the month...
As I'm running out of good pictures, please have a look in you photo books, computer directories or wherever you store your photos. We need magnettes in special locations or old pictures when they were new or just used cars...
6th May 2012
Loz Scott sent a report of the Victorian Concours combined with RACV Classic Showcase 2012 held in Melbourne, Australia.
2nd May 2012
Last weekend Lou Shorten, our President and parts supplier for many decades celebrated her 85th birthday. The Magnette register committee went with her to lunch, where she also received this nice cake, which John is cutting away.
26th April 2012
The new events calendar is now available as a PDF-file to print...
Talking about events: Loz Scott sent a full report of the Australian National Meeting in Hobart...
19th April 2012
The season opener in England for 25 years: Magnettes & Steam. Report & pictures here...
Per Malmros found # 2644 for sale in Sweden, which has been added to the gallery.
Do you remember the Magnette Dragster, which also could have been seen at GP100 at Gaydon last year? They now have a new website at www.enigmaracing.co.uk if you are interested to see the progess. I really hope to see this car running sometime!
12th April 2012
Geoff Pollard probably has one of the rarestbadges on his car. It's from Kenyia and really looks nice:
9th April 2012
Tom Baumgardner sent this picture from the start of the 1993 Lap of Lake Michigan, part of the annual John Twist University Motors Summer Party. Jim Pesta, the owner of the Magnette and he ran it and won it, an 800 mile race around the Lake beginning and ending in Grand Rapids, Michigan USA.
Carsten Wivel found a nice Danish dales brochure including Magnette, MGA and Wolseley. You can train your Danish language by downloading and reading this brochure. Just click on the picture:
4th April 2012
It's time to refresh the ever growing online gallery:
# 1117 was found by Carsten Wivel in Denmark
1st April 2012
We start this month with a new picture of the month as usual...
28th March 2012
On Friday 30th March at 9.15 a.m. on BBC1 a programme entitled ‘The 1952 Show’ will be screened. The actress Annette Crosbie will be in conversation with our very own Register President, Lou Shorten, who will be talking about the Magnette she has owned for so long. If you can’t watch it live, record it.
18th March 2012
Rutger Boy found this website with an old Dutch roadtest of a Varitone.
And two more magnettes on the gallery:
First # 15057 , which is Tony Welsh's Varitone "Vera" , and secondly # 15150 owned by Thomas Kim, who still has some work in front of him...
10th March 2012
The MGCC Magnette register president Lou Shorten is set to feature on BBC TV in a programme entitled "The 1952 Show". Lou was has owned her ZA Magnette since the 1950s and was asked to appear on the show which aimed to highlight connections with the Jubilee celebrations. Apart from filming up in Norwich Lou had a trip to London where she was interviewed by Annette Crosby. Annette's father had owned a pre-war Wolseley Hornet which shares an engine with Lou's F-Magna.
The show is set to air between 26-30 March. More detailed timing will be posted on this website in due course.
1st March2012
It was very quiet during February. Seems all Magnettes and owners still hold their winter sleep? Well I awoke and got my engine out to see where all the oil is going...
We start the update with a new picture of the month.
Then we have our 770th Magnette on the gallery: It's # 31027 , a CKD (completely knocked down) car assembled in South Africa. It now belongs to Aroon Sukhnandan. The car has also been added to the CKD-report.
Moving from SA to Australia:
Loz Scott (well known to regular readers) made a nice 86 page book called " Delving into the MG ZA/ZB Magnette". As he said it was by necessity printed in limited numbers; to-date sales have been to individuals and MG club libraries Nationally. IE Club Libraries: Melbourne, Sydney, Geelong and Perth.
'Delving into the MG ZA/ZB Magnette' was put together because of my anxiety that some important documentation, history, reference material and techniques may be lost if not preserved in an old fashion hard copy. The book draws noticeably on material sourced from original documentation while four personal accounts of Magnette restorations add to the reality of being involved.
My feeling is this 86 page book, nicely, compliments existing documents and sits happily in its own niche.
There are still some copies available for purchase; by:
[1] E mailing Loz Scott This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to place an order in Australian Dollars
{a} International Purchase
International Cheque made out to : Laurence Scott; No 8 Mahogany Close. Grovedale. Victoria. Australia. 3216
Book = $A40.00; Pack and Post = $A15.00 Total Cost = $A55.00
{b} National Purchase [ Australia Only]
Cheque or Bank Transfer
Book = $A40.00; Pack and Post = $A5.00 Total Cost = $A45.00
[2] UK Purchase
Please ask the register for copies
10th February 2012
The events calendar 2012 has been updated:
The MG Saloon Day added and sadly the Norwich event has recently been cancelled for this year due to a significant rise in costs for the hire of the showground which were not sustainable. We're llokung for something else in September.
1st February 2012
Minus 10 degree and the forecast says it's getting colder... Maybe the weather is fine for a winter rally, but that's all. Henk Kroese sent pics and report of a running winter rally... (look at the dashboard...)
Rutger Boy found # 14132 for sale on the net, which looks quite nice...
And of course it's time for another picture of the month...
30th January 2012
Please find the information and booking forms for the 16th Z Magnette Day here...
21st January 2012
It's quiet in Magnette world so far - but we have another nice couple (or should I say trio) on the wedding gallery...
9th January 2012
Luis Benito Ruiz Bogarin reports from a Paz, where his Magnette became "Best Exhibition Vehicle " against a strong American competitors. Congratulation!
New on the gallery is # 13084 of Mick Haywood from Staffs.
8th January 2012
2012 starts promising. Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton, himself owner of # 507, spotted another early Magnette on ebay. This tiume it's # 572 which will need a true enthusiast to bring her back to a glory life.
# 36735 is another car that needs some care and was spotted on ebay by Brian Taylor.
1st January 2012
Welcome to 2012 Magneteers all over the world!
We start with a nice picture of the month...
and we add another Magnette to the gallery:
# 24163 found by Brian Taylor on ebay Australia
9th March 2013
When I relaunched the website some weeks ago, I asked for a picture of a model of Abingdon Classic ZB for the model-page. Within a few hours Steve Hanegan sent me a picture of his model. So there is another scale Magnete model on the Model Cars page.
8th March 2013
We have the first car from Finland on the gallery! #8178 belongs to Marjo Korhonen, who is going to restore her.
Andy Knight from Austrial comes with two Magnettes # 7360 and # 23871.
Wayne and Dee Johnson show their nice # 33043 in a beautiful landscape.
Simply click on "Date" in the galleries headline and the newest cars are on top!
7th March 2013
Peter Tothill, BMC test and development engineer
Magnette enthusiasts will be sad to know that Peter Tothill passed away on 1 January 2013. Those who attended the Register’s GP100 event in 2011 were privileged to hear him speak entertainingly about his involvement with Gerald Palmer and BMC development, and we had hoped to have him as a guest at the Magnette 60th celebrations this year.
Peter joined the Experimental Department at Cowley in November 1950 as a technician, working on prototype and pre-production models of the Wolseley 4/44, Riley Pathfinder, MG Magnette ZA and Wolseley 6/90. He was therefore closely involved with Palmer’s designs as they were prepared for production. Cars were exhaustively tested for performance, economy, structure, suspension and damping, noise, vibration, cooling and braking. Much of this testing was done on public roads, where the infamous axle-tramp problem was discovered (leading to deletion of the rear radius arm), but visits were also made to the MIRA track and to Chalgrove aerodrome. Speaking at GP100 Peter recalled how the Magnette was able to survive a gruelling 1000-mile test on the MIRA Pavé surface, unlike most car designs of that time.
Peter moved to the Cowley factory in 1955, where his various roles included design of the Mini production line and assembling the very first production car in 1959. He also worked on the BMC 1100, and finally left Cowley in 1982 to open a motor supplies shop in Abingdon. He retired from this in 2001 but continued his strong links with MG and motorsport - he attended several Register events with his ZB Varitone, was restoring a ZA with Derrington head, and had been Chairman and President of the Oxford Motor Club.
written by Stephen Tickell
5th March 2013
I've added 30(!) Magnettes to the gallery. Yes you have read right - thirty. And I need your help. These cars are all not identified by their chassis numbers. In some cases I even don't know the country they are driving or rusting. Have a lok at the gallery and choos the categorie "unidntified cars" to see them all. By the way: we have the first Uruguay Magnette amoung them...
Enjoy! More in this categorie to come during the next days,...
Günter
3rd March 2013
I'm still uploading and editing the old stuff from the former website, which you only recognize once you can't find an article you're looking for. Beside some articles of owners, which can be found in the galley, I reloaded the Official Colour Scheme to the History menu. This article includes some Akzo Nobel colour codes. Not sure if these are still helping.