Derek,
I have one of the last 74's CF25768UO...it's a rubber
bumper, but the bumper is lower AND the turn
indicators are on the valence rather than on the
bumpers like the 74.5 which started at CF27XXX
One thing I'm not sure of is when the TRiumph badge
was moved to the bumper...on the 74.5 or the 75?
Todd
--- Derek Graham <saffrontr@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Obviously my email didn't read properly as I did say
> 74.5 model which is
> recognised as the start of the rubber bumpers and
> this started at CF27002.
> The CR series never got beyond CR6701.
>
> Regards from the other side of the pond
>
> Derek Graham
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:lang@isis.mit.edu]
> Sent: 25 August 2005 13:26
> To: Derek Graham
> Cc: Jerry Shaw; 6pack (6pack)
> Subject: Re: British racing Green
>
> On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Derek Graham wrote:
>
> > Jerry,
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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