But British Racing Green just sounds so cool, it's hard to resist!
PS - The Hawaiian team from Ewa Beach just won the Little League World
Series for the US against Curacao in a come-from-behind, extra inning game.
Geev um, Brah!
Jeff
Hickam AFB, Hawaii
'74 CF13816U
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
To: "Jerry C Shaw" <slowtoaccept@yahoo.com>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: British Racing Green Paint Color? (Late reply)
> Jerry Shaw wrote:
>> Then there are Laurel Green (no Dupont code), which Piggott claims was
>> BRG
>> for awhile in '70-'72 , and then Emerald Green.
>
> Then, with respect, Piggott of all people should know there is no true
> colour for British Racing Green - and there never has been.
>
> BRG has been oft mis-called BRG when it is just dark green.
>
> A week ago, I attended the Centenary of Shelsley Walsh hillclimb in the UK
> near my home and had plenty of opportunity to see racing and competition
> cars of the pre-war period in various shades of BRG. Bentleys, ERA's and
> many other machines - mostly all insured for nearly US$2 million a piece.
> All of them sported BRG and all were different and this is simply because
> in
> the pre-war days, no-one actually specified BRG pigment and hue. Mostly,
> it
> was just dark green with an olive drab mixed into it. If Triumph or any
> other manufacturer claimed its cars were painted in BRG, they misled the
> customer because to this day, no-one knows exactly what it is.
>
> Jonmac
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