Russ
The Le Mans car was Seacrest green - a light green with more blue in than
'apple'. There's an article with pictures of the restored car in the Practical
Classics issue that has just hit the newsagents in Canberra (and presumably
Qld).
The website in Scott Christies email has some insight into this - apparently any
green is OK, but Napier green is "preferred". Now, what colour is Napier?
Vic
Russell & Neola wrote:
> There is at least one precedent for light green on British racing cars. The
> factory Talbot racing cars of the 1930s were painted apple green. Come to
> think of it, wasn't the Index of Thermal Efficiency winning Le Mans Alpine
> the same colour?
>
> My Alpine was painted silver in a previous incarnation. Can't say I liked it
> much that way, but then it looked as though it had been applied with a
> brush. :-P
>
> Russ Maddock
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Sunbeams hit the Gold Coast in June 2001 - www.qld.sunbeam.org.au/national
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jeyerman@ix.netcom.com>
> To: "Ian Spencer" <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
> Cc: <RSpontelli@aol.com>; <alpines@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: color
>
> > As a by the way, Germany's color is NOT silver, it is white. They paint
> the cars silver but they are really violating the rules. there was a
> somewhat homurous article in Brit Car magazine some months ago where the
> LeMans inspectors were balking at a British car that was painted light
> green, until the driver remarked that it was the same as the Germans
> painting their cars silver when the national color was white. End of debate,
> the inspectors suddenly decided that light green was OK.
> >
> > Jan
> >
> >
> > Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org> wrote:
> > > Please don't let me spoil your vision... There would be nothing wrong
> with asilver proper Alpine. It would look great.
> >
> > All nationalities had their own racing color. Back in the glory days,
> Britain
> > had green, Germany had silver and Italy had red, etc... That was before
> > corporate sponsorship took over. Now they drive under the colors of the
> > company that pays the most money.
> >
> >
> > RSpontelli@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Oh MAN!
> > >
> > > WHY did you have to tell us that?
> > >
> > > I've had my heart set on a two-stage silver paint job for the proper
> 'pine
> > > for years . . .
> > >
> > > DANG!
> > >
> > > Ramon
> >
> > --
> > Ian Spencer
> > '61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX
> > '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
> > '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
> > '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9116754 OD LRX
> > '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9117497 OD LRX
> >
> >
> >
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