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Re: Gunmetal Grey on Triumphs

To: jonmac <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Gunmetal Grey on Triumphs
From: Tom Shirley <tshirley@VoyagerOnline.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:53:53 -0500
jonmac wrote:
> As an additional example, at a time when Black was not an
> available colour
> on the colour charts, the customer could still order that colour
> provided he/she accepted
> a limited production run and a possible longer wait for delivery. This
> is because Black
> (and I jest not) was painted only on Friday afternoons and was the last
> colour to go through
> the paint lines before they were purged and the paintshop cleaned down
> over each weekend.
> 
> John Mac


Now I know when my brother's 65 was built. It was the first Spit I ever
saw/drove and he gave it to me in 67. It was Black with a Red interior.
The only one I ever saw with that combination of colors. He didn't order
it, just bought it from the dealer here in Chattanooga.

Tom Shirley  Sale Creek, TN (just north of Chattanooga)
http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1080


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