This picture was taken from a restored MGA coupe at University Motors Summer Party in August 2004. Hard to say if it is perfectly original, but it is very close to correct. My old digital camera tends to make the image slightly darker in limited light, or when the background is very bright (like sunlight through the windscreen). I have lightened the image slightly to be as near as I can get to what I actually saw. Click for larger image.

Be careful about calling the color tan or light tan. Apparently the correct color is "off white" or cream color, which might be thought of as a VERY light tan. With age and sun fading the color commonly goes a little darker, sort of like being dirty gray. When the trim caps are removed from an old headliner the covered areas being exposed will show the correct color. The headliner should be off white and textured or perforated. The sun visors would be matching in color, off white not tan.

The varnished wood trim in the picture above is not original. This was origially covered with the same cloth material as the headliner.

At 10:30 AM 12/15/04 +0000, Dave.Shattock wrote:
"My local trim guru, who has rallied a Coupe in the past, tells me the visors are the same as an Austin A35. May or may not be true but at least it's feasible. They may well be cheaper under the Austin label."

On 17 November 2006 at 15:54:40 UK time, Robert Maupin wrote:
"Does anyone know what the original color was for coupe sunvisors? Moss listed them in white or black. The photo on Barney's web site shows it a light tan color. ...."

On 21 November 2006 at 17:37:09 UK time, Robert Maupin wrote:
"Actually my coupe had a a large section of original headliner still attached and in the box of parts that came with the car was an NOS headliner. Both are/were a light tan in color. I feel certain headliners never came in white or black."

On 21 November 2006 at 17:55:53 UK time, J H Cole wrote:
"I have an original headliner on my coupe and like Robert says its a cream/tan colour in a textured vinyl. The sun visors I have seen are similiar to this and not black or white."

On 22 April 2009 Andy Preston in California wrote:
"I purchased the sun visors about one year ago on Ebay/UK. They arrived in the origianl paper BMC sleeve. They are attached to the face of the trim above the front window".

These are darker gray with a couple of screws in the center and different style hinge, apparently origianlly intended for a differnet model car. [Barney]