Damask Red was the second most popular color for the MGB GT V8 model
"Damask Red" was the second most popular color for the MGB GT V8 model.

Factory MGB GT V8 Paint and Trim Color Options

as published in BritishV8 Magazine, Volume XVI Issue 2, October 2008

Body Color					Interior Upholstery/Trim Color ¹
Official Name	Description	Code	# Built ²	Years	Navy	Ochre	Black	AutumnLeaf

Aconite	dark purple	BLVC 95	98	74-75				Stnd.
Black	black	BK 1	79	74-76			Opt.	Opt.
Black Tulip ³	very deep purple	BLVC 25	5	73 only		Stnd.		Stnd.
Blaze	orange	BLVC 16	147	73-75	Stnd.		Stnd.
Bracken	brownish orange	BLVC 93	154	73-76				Stnd.
BRG + Gold ⁴	dark racing green	BLVC 25	1	75 only			Stnd.
Bronze Yellow	yellow ochre	BLVC 15	26	73 only	Stnd.
Brooklands Green	very dark racing green	BLVC 169	17	74-76				Stnd.
Chartreuse	pale yellow	BLVC 167	19	75-76			Stnd.
Citron	greenish yellow	BLVC 73	267	73-74			Stnd.
Damask Red	light burgandy	BLVC 99	472	73-76	Stnd.		Stnd.
Ermine White	purest white	BLVC 243	1	75-76			Stnd.
Flame Red	bright red	BLVC 61	1	73 only	Stnd.
Flamenco Red	scarlet	BLVC 133	147	75-76			Stnd.
Glacier White	bluish white	BLVC 59	513	73-76	Stnd.		Opt.	Opt.
Green Mallard	dark green	BLVC 22	15	73-74		Stnd.		Stnd.
Harvest Gold	golden beige	BLVC 19	183	73-74	Stnd.		Stnd.
Limeflower	yellowish green	BLVC 20	2	73 only	Stnd.
Mirage	greyish mauve	BLVC 11	17	74 only			Stnd.
Police White	off white	BLVC 1024	2	73-74	Stnd.		Stnd.
Sandglow	goldish caramel	BLVC 63	8	75-76				Stnd.
Tahiti Blue	bright blue	BLVC 65	90	75-76			Opt.	Opt.
Teal Blue	med/dark blue	BLVC 18	244	73-74		Stnd.		Stnd.
Tundra	olive green	BLVC 94	92	74-76				Stnd.
Unknown ⁵	?	?	1	75-76			?	?

Total Built ⁶			2601		(383)	(12)	(1195)	(1010)

Notes:
1) Only navy and ochre trim colors were offered in '73. Only black and autumn leaf trim were offered from '74-'76.
2) Number of cars built in each color was calculated by former MG employee and V8 enthusiast Geoff Allen from MG logs.
   Line-built prototypes and show cars are included in the "# Built" column. Development-shop built prototypes apparently
   aren't, except for chassis number GD2D2D100G (which is the one flame red car with navy blue interior listed above.)
   Geoff also noted that factory employees confused tahiti and teal blue in some cases.
3) Apparently the only paint color that was listed at a premium price was Black Tulip.
4) One special 1975 V8 was built with a two-color paint job, consisting of "New Racing Green" and gold, with black interior.
5) Per Geoff Allen, the factory's "Despatch" office failed to note the color of exactly one rubber-bumper MGB GT V8.
6) The total number of MGB GT V8's is generally reckoned as: "chrome bumper" = 1862 cars, "rubber bumper" = 739 cars.

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MGB GT V8 colors: Blaze, Flamenco Red, and Glacier White
Other MGB GT V8 colors included Blaze (147 cars) and Flamenco Red (146 cars),
but Glacier White was most popular (513 cars).

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Only about three percent of MGB GT V8's were black.

Limeflower MGB GT V8
Limeflower wasn't a very popular color (only two sold!) but it photographed well in black-and-white.
This particular car appeared in many of the original black-and-white MGB GT V8 publicity photos.
Variants of "British Racing Green" (Brooklands & Mallard) weren't popular either - just 33 total -
but this number would have been much higher if the MGB GT V8 had been sold in North America!

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