The mention of Austin Healey metallic blue sounds really good to me. I think the colour would suit the Plus 2. I personally prefer the roof in body colour, particularly with a metallic main colour.
I was searching around to find some AH pictures to refresh my memory, and came across this forum thread that discusses some modern equivalent paints.
https://www.ahexp.com/forum/the-3000-fo ... ic.170236/There seem to be various shades of Austin Healey Ice Blue Metallic on the ?net. How different the paint is from one car to another is hard to tell. I have a Salmon Silver BMW (code 203, Lachssilber), which is a similar metallic blue/gray and it is very difficult to represent fully in online pictures. The paint changes character a lot depending on the light, which is very cool on the car.
Regarding the gold colour suggestion, sometimes one is better off with everyone?s second choice.
All the best on your final choice.
Stu
PS After spending weeks discussing various shades of red with my partner, we landed on GM Bright Red that our experienced Corvette painter suggested. He liked using a common Corvette colour as he could formulate for fibreglass easily. I really like that I can get touch up paint very easily from any auto parts supplier.