The Heritage certificate just says "Red" for the interior. I have no way of
knowing for sure since the car was just a frame with a front and rear
shroud, two doors and most of the suspension when I bought it.
Mike
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Rich C <richchrysler@quickclic.net> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Possible reasons:
> 1. special order
> 2. wrong info from BMIHT
> 3. they found some more Carmine Red and wanted to use it up!! <grin>
>
> Having said that, I show your interior trim colour in the Hundred Registry
> records as being red. Is it an orange and red (which is the trim colour
> scheme for pre January '56 Carmine Red cars), or a single tone red, more of
> a blood red that usually went into the Reno Red cars??
>
> Rich
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* rrengineer @dslextreme.com <rrengineer@dslextreme.com>
> *To:* Rich C <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
> *Cc:* gary brierton <gbrierton@hotmail.com> ; steve byers<sbyers@ec.rr.com>;
> healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 17, 2009 2:49 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] B/J auction
>
> Rich,
> My BN2 dated 11 May 1956, according to the Heritage certificate, was
> Carmine Red, not Reno Red. Special Order?
> Mike MacLean
>
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Rich C <richchrysler@quickclic.net>wrote:
>
>
>> While speaking of Hundreds,
>
>
>
>>
>> there was a change of available colours (interior colours too) that took
>> place
>> at the beginning of 1956, half way through BN2 production. Out went
>> Carmine
>> Red, which was replaced by Reno Red, which was a darker richer red, with
>> less
>> orange to it.
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