Dormobile roof colour

[Gromit]

Was the Dormobile roof always white ? Gelcoat rather than painted ?
On a mid 60's IIa you would end up with a Limestone roof with a white Dormobile top, is that correct ?

At some point the fibreglass on mine has had a paintover (with a yard broom by the look of things) so I need to strip it back and maybe repaint the fibreglass.


Colin

[AlexB]

I have taken a more pragmatic approach with my current, limestone, Dormobile, in that I have painted it all limestone.
Also, rather than gelcoat, the sills, under the wheel on teh bonnet , the roof and other areas have been painted in anti stone chip, prior to paint.

Looks great (imho) but perhaps not factory finish

[jerryd]

Not sure what colour my roof was originally, although the canopy looked like the australian sun had destroyed it over the years
I didn't like the colour ''limestone'' so I got the paint suppliers to mix the paint to a shade that suited the marine blue.
On page 5 in this section is an article about my roof restoration, it took quite a while to do but was worth the effort.My only complaint about doing it was that the new canopy material didn't / wouldn't fit so I refitted the old one.

[Gromit]

Thanks Jerry & Alex,

I'd like to keep it fairly original so I'll stay with the limestone roof on the Land Rover, just trying to decide whether to eventually paint the Dormobile roof white or limestone. I'm guessing they weren't painted originally just left in the gelcoat which was probably white to suit any colour LR roof.....

Not looking forward to stripping the roof off but that is some time off yet. jerry, I remember reading about the problems with your new canopy. Fortunately mine just has a couple of holes on the corners.


Colin