At the weekend I purchased my first classic. It’s a 93 built and 94 registered V8 from the Coventry factory.

I drove it home 70 miles and it drove really well. It’s pretty solid and the engine and gearbox are great.

The paint is pretty rough, so I am thinking of a respray. It’s got stacks of history and is a factory original with proof.

Do you know approx how much a respray would cost and if I changed the colour, would it greatly affect the originality?
It’s currently Portofino red, but I would like to change it to Ardennes.

Thanks

Best guess would be £2-3k if staying same colour, £3-4k if colour change.

Yes changing colour will affect originality and value.

My view is only change the colour if its a really unpopular colour OR you will keep it for a long time in which case make it how you want it.

The only way to get any idea is to get a quote from someone who has seen it and understands exactly what you want, a respray means many different things to different people.
Are you talking about a cheap (ish) coat of paint to tidy it up? how bad is the current paint? how much prep will it need?. If you want to change the colour how far are you willing to go? will this be a bare shell strip? (personally I think anything less will never look right).
These are big cars that need a lot of time and paint, a decent job will likely run into many thousands and a cheap job will likely look like a cheap job.

Stick with Portofino red and post plenty of pictures .
A trip down memory lane for me, my Classic was Portofino and I loved it
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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I’m really not a fan of red, but maybe because it’s very faded and scabby.
I would be keen to see what a good example of red looks like.

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That looks a lot darker than mine.
Here is a pic of it a few years back, from a distance.

They did other shades of red over the years, but mine was 100% definitely Portofino Red.
Sorry I can’t remember the other red names, but I agree yours doesn’t look anything like the colour of my 1989/ 90 version.
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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Its weird, I've just had a look at some old colour charts, they did a Trocadero Red (Met) and Portofino Red (Solid), Trocadero looks closer to Mikes car but isn't, Portofino looks closer to the OP's car and Ardennes Green on the colour chart looks nothing like it, my LSE's is Ardennes Green.

I'd have a good look at the car first, it may be that you start off with a waft over, but it then becomes a full colour change and that's a pain to do properly, rear windows out, prep, isolating coat, paint and lacquer.

I had a quote of £2.5k assuming I stripped down the car (taking off lights trims grilles bumper etc - all very easy to do).

That price included prepping back and primer.

I had a go DIY and have orange peel. I'll probably have another go this Summer and get the garage temperature and humidity right.

Why not have a go yourself? The only challenging panel is the bonnet. If you don't change the colour do you need to do the roof? 405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
93 RR Classic efi

Remember it's easier to get forgiveness than permission!

Gone in order:
4.4 TDV8 SE - gone to a good home
93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

is Portofino red clear over base or 2k solid paint new vehicle purchase
2007 supercharged 4.2 java black .sand leather vogue se trim
previous cars .
range rover classic 200 tdi
discovery 1 200 tdi
freelander 2 2008 hse
discovery 1 300 tdi
p38 4.0 ltr man r380 ex royal support vehicle on v5c
discovery td5 man off roader

This was in the brochure that came with my 92 lse. Says portofino is a solid and trocadero is micatalic
Paul

`if your looking for a top class paint job? You could easily spend £10K as paint & materials prices have quadrupled over the passed 24 months!