Wade Massengil writes >
>My Wife Likes Yellow
Mine doesn't, worse luck. I'd like the original Lotus Yellow #7 on my
Europa, but "teal" (specifically Honda green BP-28P-4) has been selected
by the family. The very mention of yellow causes them all to make gagging
sounds. The blue-green metallic in question is OK by me, but I just
happened to like the original color down there below the OK metallic blue
and rotten black.
> 2. Light colors are more forgiving of amateur bodywork than dark.
> Also cooler to the tender underside of your arm laying
> on top of the door whilst you drive.
Well, you can't rest your arm on the paint whilst you drive a Europa (S2
or Twink, anyway) but the lower temp is a lot nicer to the plastic.
Sailboats and sailplanes are usually white for a good reason. And of
course, bodywork does not GET any more amateur than mine.
> And another opinion...somebody must have liked the original
> color because somebody bought it new from the dealer.
> My MGB was Primrose Yellow from the factory. (Wish I
> had a dollar for every car that used to be yellow) I
> shyed away from it at first, but it grew on me, and the
> folks at Abingdon must have got it right because now
> I'd not have it any other way.
Pale Primrose is nice enough, but Lotus yellow is YELLOW.
> The key to marital bliss may lie in obtaining spousal input in
> this matter...narrow it down to 3 or 4 and ask, 'Honey,
> which of these do you think would look best on the
> MONEYBLAT 6000 ?'
Mine saw teal and said that was it.
> Wade `My wife picks out the colors around here' Massengill
This is not a surprise. Wives tend to think their husbands have no color
sense at all.
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