Primrose Yellow was another one.Carol.
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From: TYPE79@ix.netcom.com <TYPE79@ix.netcom.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>;
Healeys@autox.team.net <Healeys@autox.team.net>; Editorgary@aol.com
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Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: Classic Motorbooks (sprite color, etc.)
>On 03/12/99 12:02:27 you wrote:
>>
>>
>>In a message dated 3/12/99 7:22:07 AM, WilKo@aol.com wrote:
>>
>><<I just found the old copy of British Car Magazine (oct, '93) with the
story
>>of
>>Rob Garofalo's Sprite.
>>The color is listed Leaf Green (the least common color for a sprite)
>>Geoffrey Healey reportedly said of the 98 point gold level winner, "If I
did
>>not know better, I would say it just came off the production line.">>
>>
>>Just to sort out the colors, for the edification of big Healey owners and
>>satisfaction of Sprite owners, the bug-eye Sprite type AN-5 was available
in
>>six colors: Cherry Red (rd4), Leaf Green (gn16), Old English White
(wt3-which
>>is the same Abingdon code number as for Ivory White), Iris Blue (bu12),
Nevada
>>Beige (bg4), and black (no code listed). With the introduction of the
AN6,
>>the colors were changed radically, and those available were: Signal Red,
>>Speedwell Blue, Highway Yellow, and Deep Pink (!!!), as well as Old
English
>>White, and black.
>>
>>That information is from the "Paint and Trim Color Chart for Austin Healey
>>Sprite – MG Car Company, Abingdon, Berkshire." And more definitive than
that,
>>I don't think you get.
>>
>>Just thought you all would want to know that before the weekend.
>>Cheers
>>Gary
>>
>>
>>
>
>Gary,
>I'm on vacation and obviously am away from my materials, but your list is
not accurate.
>Black was not available on the AN-5
>You are missing one blue.
>Yellow was available
>Dark Green was offerred on AN-5's until Jnuary 1959
>I know you ar meticulous in your research, but this time the information
posted in incorrect.
>
>I would love to see this publication. If you would fax a copy of it to me I
would be happy to review it.
>
>Jay Fishbein, CT
>AN-5
>HAN-6
>Innocenti-S
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