My '63 Spit still has original paint, and is black with red interior.
Just another data point.
Date sent: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:53:53 -0500
From: Tom Shirley <tshirley@VoyagerOnline.net>
To: jonmac <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
Copies to: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Gunmetal Grey on Triumphs
Send reply to: Tom Shirley <tshirley@VoyagerOnline.net>
> 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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