Jay,
Your books are wrong... Lake blue is a S2 color and never appeared on a S1. I
own a lake blue Series 2 and there was one at the Invasion this weekend. I
also know of a lake blue Harrington LeMans.
I have also been wrong about calling the Bond car Wedgewood Blue. It was Lake
Blue and it was a Series II. It has tall doorposts.
Ian
Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com wrote:
> A couple people have told me that not only was the Bond Alpine not black,
> it was not Wedgewood Blue, but Lake Blue. However, my books all say that
> Lake Blue was a S1 color only. Wedgewood Blue is a S2 and on color. The
> Bond Alpine was a S2. Thus, the Bond Alpine cannot be a Lake Blue color.
> The only way it could be is (1) Lake Blue was not a S2 color only, (2) it
> was a special order color on that car, or (3) the Bond Alpine was a S1.
> Given the dramatic change in colors on film, new and old, not to mention
> how personal TV sets are adjusted, I would not accept that the
> determination of the color is based upon viewing the movie.
>
> I do recall this was grandly discussed in previous Alpine list e-mails,
> with no good conclusion.
>
> Oddly enough, this same issue exists with another famous Alpine in the
> movies. Ever see "To Catch a Thief" and the Alpine on it? There is a
> equally contentious dispute about the color of that car. The early
> Alpines only came in 4 colors, and each of the 4 only came with a certain
> interior. There is no doubt many people believe that the Thief Alpine is
> "Alpine Mist," a light silvery blue. However, the Alpine Mist cars did
> not come with Fawn (light tan) interiors, only Red interiors. The blue
> car that came with Fawn was "Sapphire Blue." This is not even a year
> thing. So, similar to above, unless special order, which also has been
> called unlikely, it is Sapphire Blue and it's just another instance of the
> color not coming through true on film.
>
> Jay
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