i think I'll just brush paint mine with black underseal
greg
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From: <jeyerman@ix.netcom.com>
To: J Arzt <humber_snipe@hotmail.com>
Cc: <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>; <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, 18 October 2000 02:40
Subject: color
> From 40+ years of Rootes ownership, I would suggest rust brown would be a
good choice. The cars seem to have a particular love for that color and it
would save you a lot of money up front and again in 5-10 years! (some people
might say a lot sooner, but I am assuming that you garage your car).
>
> Jan
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> J Arzt <humber_snipe@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Of course, there are exceptions. A certain Mr.. Bond would argue
that silver is a perfectly suitable color for a British car, such as an
Aston
> Martin.
>
> And for a particularly foul mental image, just imagine the DB6 in
Orchid
> Green.(shudder)
>
> Jon
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> >From: Ian Spencer
> >Reply-To: Ian Spencer
> >To: Victor Hughes
> >CC: Christopher Albers ,
> >bmounce@impop.bellatlantic.net, alpines@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: color
> >Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:58:03 -0400
> >
> >Not that there is anything wrong with silver, because I like it a lot.
But,
> >silver was the traditional color for the German racing teams. If I had an
> >old
> >Porsche or BMW, I would paint it silver in a heartbeat, but I could never
> >paint
> >a British sports car silver. But, that's just me...and everyone knows
that
> >I'm a
> >few cards from a full deck. Heck, I like Orchid Green... remember! :-)
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