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Re: BRITISH Racing Green?

To: Trmgafun@aol.com
Subject: Re: BRITISH Racing Green?
From: Gregory Petrolati <gpetrola@prairienet.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 07:37:07 -0600 (CST)
Cc: sweisman@gis.net, Triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 Trmgafun@aol.com wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 98-12-07 22:07:28 EST, you write:
> 
> << To answer the recent question, "How do I get the authentic British Racing
>  Green paint?"
>  
>  It's simple.  Just look up the color number of the Miata BRG version.  I'm
>  sure that in doing their knock-off of an English sports car, painted
>  BRITISH Racing Green, they researched the color pretty thoroughly.  Why
>  re-invent the wheel (pun intended)?  
>  
>  Is it entirely coincidental that this note is written on December 7th? 
>  Naaaaahh.
>  
>  Sumner Weisman
>  62 TR3B
>   >>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not quite sure there is a REAL British racing green, but a collection
> greens that various manufacture's have interpreteted what they feel it should
> look like.  Triumph has it's green, just like Miata, Jaguar, Bentley, and so
> on.....  They're all different.
> 
> Scott Helms
> 
        Hmmm, You guys interested in seeing the article I wrote about BRG 
        for my local Triumph club? I think I still have it in a file 
        somewhere... I can Dig it up and post it to the list...

        Greg

gpetrola@prairienet.org                         1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
        "That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois


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