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This web page is about the luxury in the cars: woodwork, the interior trimming and the exterior body paint colours.
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This article was published as a "Tech Note" by Ciba-Geigy, manufacturers of the wood glues used in Jaguar's woodmill department. The publication dates from 1981, which is shortly after the limo production was transfered to Coventry. Most parts on the photos are easily identified as limo woodwork. |
Then we have various colour & trim charts that were published for the DS420 limousine. All except one were meant as additions to sales brochures, and resemble the style of the brochure they came with. However, the colour & trim chart was probably updated more frequent than the corresponding brochure. Therefore, and also because there are so many years missing in the list below, the collection shown here is probably not very complete.
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Right: primer paint dip at the Vandenplas works in Kingsbury
(click to enlarge). Showing colour & trim charts is a tricky thing to do:
Every single one of the above points introduces some form of deviation from the "real" colour as it was on the car (when new), and you are looking at the cumulation of all four effects. The reason that the charts are shown is therefore much more for curiosity, and to show how the different choices and possibilities evolved during the life time of the DS420. |
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The pictures to the left were also taken at
the VandenPlas works in Kingsbury.
One of them shows a landaulette body, so this must have been in 1973. The photo below is from Jaguar in Coventry, early 1981. It was part of a press release where Jaguar presented the "group assembly" system for the limousine production. See these magazine articles. |
It must be noted that these charts speak about leather and cloth. It is carefully avoided to admit that most of a "leather" interior was actually made of vinyl. E.g. in my 1972 limo all door panels are made of vinyl. The large bench in the passenger compartment is all leather, as are the occasional seats. But on the driver's bench only the striped panels (i.e. the parts that actually touch the back and the bottom of the driver) are made of leather. Where a Rolls at that time "consumed" over half a dozen hides, the DS420 did with only one. However, the colour matching between the leather and the vinyl is perfect.
The much used "West of England" cloth was made by H.E. Box and Co, of Weymouth (formerly of Bristol), and can still be bought from Boyriven in Weyhill, Andover (Hamps).
For new carpet, you might check the website of BAS International in Cwmbran, Gwents (www.bas-international.com). Especially their "Heritage Carpet" line is really close to the orginal carpets in my 1971 limo.
Most colour chart illustrations are available upon request in medium or in large size. Clicking on a medium-size picture shows it in large size. On the small pictures you have two choices: click on the left half for a medium size view, and click on the right half for a large size view.
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| The first colour & trim chart was included with the first edition of the colour brochures of 1969. This chart has no publication number. The reverse side (small picture) lists the optional accessories that were available in this early stage. Later, this listing of options moved to the sales brochures, and finally to the price lists shown elsewhere on this site. |
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Quite soon after the above colour & trim chart, the design was changed
to match the brochure more closely. You may notice how the curly writing
of the word Limousine became the same as on the front
page of the brochure. The three different printings shown here
(October 1970, May 1972, April 1973; the dates are mentioned on the
text page), illustrate how the update frequency of the chart was higher
than the reprinting frequency of the brochure.
The front page, which did not change, is only shown here once.
The October 1970 chart has publication nr. 5M 9/70, the May 1972 chart has publication nr. 17/3(43638) 572/5M DCC, and the April 1973 chart has nr. 17/3(84679) 10m ADA51. |
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This colour & trim chart is the only chart published as
an independent piece of sales literature. It is a combined publication
for Jaguar and Daimler models, which is quite rare by itself.
It has publication number 3379, but no publication date. From the similarity of the publication number with the number on a 1979 sales brochure, I estimate that this chart was published in 1979 also. |
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The last chart in the collection came with the
1988 sales brochure
which has the same front cover printing.
The chart has publication number JAG 88/53.
It was also used in combination with the later (JAG89/L1, 1989) sales brochure. |
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