So Black really had a little bit of every other color?<G>.
Ken Gano
kengano@advant.com
jonmac wrote:
>
> > So, anyone else out there with a U.S. or North American-spec. GT6 or
> > other Triumph originally with #18 Gunmetal Grey paint? I vaguely
> remember
> > seeing a 2000 sedan years ago in that color; that's about it.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any input. BTW, it's a pretty color from what I
> can
> > see of it -- pretty much what you'd expect from the name.
>
> Andy,
>
> >From what I remember, Gunmetal was an available colour for early Mk 1
> GT6's.
> That said, it was later restricted to Triumph Saloons and Estate cars
> of all types.
> I think it was withdrawn in about 1968 and replaced with Slate Grey.
>
> It's worth mentioning that Gunmetal was not really all that popular.
> Some liked it
> - many didn't. It was a dark grey with green overtones.
> However, a little known fact about the production scheduling at Triumph
> was that a customer was able to order a car in quote "a non-standard
> combination of
> standard colours" unquote. This was not really effectively communicated
> to the global
> network as a whole for Coventry built cars. Most dealers interpreted it
> as a non standard
> combo within a specific model range and relayed this to their
> customers.
> In reality, it meant that you could order a non-standard combination of
> standard colours
> for ANY car. 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
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