On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Derek Graham wrote:
> Jerry,
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> The theory is that BRG came in at CF27002, ie at the start of the 74= model.
> Have a look at the following website
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rhodes/paint.html this is probably the most
> comprehensive site for Conifer and British Racing green and give paint codes
> from most manufacturers. Hope that this helps.
Point of information - the '74 model year starts with CF12500 (or
CR12500), not CF/CR25000 as your message implies.
As for the color "british racing green", the line goes something like
this: England's country color was green. Not dark green, not light green.
Just green. To consider the range, look at the colour (!) of the AH
Sprites that ran at LeMans the same year as the LeMans Spitfires ('63 or
'64, I think). Those cars were a light green color while the Spitfires
were dark green. But both teams were driving for Britain and hence wore
the British country colour.
So, technically, any green could be called British Racing Green.
What any owner needs to do when considering a color change is to look
around at the cars out there and pick one. If you "custom blend" the
paint, you'll spend a lot of time trying to get the right balance between
the pigments. This is true of green and any other colours that are mixed
(and they are all mixed). For some of this is a problem because we are
"pigment challenged". Look at my "silver" car some time if you need a
point of reference. :-)
> Derek Graham
>
> CP54529-O
regards,
rml
CF14111U ('74) carmine red
CR1871UO (ooops, that's a '73) silver-ish (some think it's "lilac")
Me, apparently colour-blind
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