My TR6 is allegedly Damson (according to the paint code), but it does
appear burgundy. However, an underlying layer of paint looks purple. I
don't think this is the original primer, since there are a layer of pink
and a layer of gray under the purple, both of which look like primer.
Jim Ruwaldt
'72 TR6 CC79338U
Corvallis, OR OR, IN
On Thu, 7 May 1998, Ken Streeter wrote:
>
> ewcorco@erenj.com wrote:
>
> > Dumb question, I know, but is the color Damson closer to purple
> > or burgundy? I've seen several TR6s recently which are definitely
> > not Signal Red, but are more of a wine color and was curious, since
> > nothing matching that description is listed in the catalogs (other
> > than maybe Damson).
>
> Burgundy is a pretty good description of the TR6 color Damson.
> The actual perceived color varies a lot according to lighting
> conditions. For a collection of pictures of a Damson TR6,
> take a look at the pictures in my VTR '97 Convention trek
> story at
> http://www.vtr.org/people/streeter/lbc/stories/vtr-97/there-and-back.html
>
> --ken
> '70 & '74 TR6 Daily Drivers
> VTR WWW Maintainer -- http://www.vtr.org
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