My damask red 73 roadster came with a navy
interior (seats and panels were navy; carpet/top
were black.
I thought the sun had just faded them badly,
but the BMIHT certificate confirmed it.
--Scott
Scott Hower -> howersl@mailexcite.com
73 MGB
77 Midget
> One of the 130 or so outstanding cars at yesterday's "Marques on the
>Green" show in Louisville (great show, btw) was a '73 Blaze roadster - exact
>duplicate of my car except no luggage rack and it looked like it had just
>rolled off the showroom floor.
> The owner showed me the original laminated sales slip after I asked him
>if he had a BMHT certificate, I'm taking pictures like a madman, and he
>asks, "Is your interior Navy or black?" Hmmm...."Black", just like yours," I
>respond. (Thinking smugly, mine is original, tears and all) "No, mine's
>Navy, see here, says so right on the document, look close at this angle and
>you can see..." Uhh...sure as hell looked black to me!
> Ok, folks, I'm not color-blind (government tested and approved, hehe)
>but is "Navy" THAT close to black to where I have to look at the perfect
>angle to tell? This is bugging me, my pseudo-ratty original interior has a
>bluish tinge, but I just chalked that up to weathering of the black vinyl.
>This guy was adamant about it, and I wasn't going to argue with a guy with a
>bone-stock car worthy of a photo in "Original MGB"!
> A heritage certificate will tell me the color of the interior, won't it?
> Personally, I think the paper was wrong and this guy was crazy, albeit a
>good kinda crazy -- that was a beautiful car! I could never take it off the
>road long enough to get it in that state, nor do I want to.
>Dan
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