Bill,
Thanks for the lead on the Cotswald Blue. I'm off to my local Jag
dealer with a great excuse to drool over new cars.
Bob Alexander
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Bill Eastman wrote:
> Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 15:11:23 -0600
> From: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
> To: morgans@Autox.Team.Net, ralex@unm.edu
> Subject: Re: The Color Blue -Reply
>
> Robert,
> I would agree that the most likely suspect is Cotswold Blue which is one of
> the nicer '50's Jaguar colors. Here are two snippets from the XK list when
> I asked about it.
>
> "... I would characterize my sprayout of Cotswold Blue (ICI 3318) as a
> medium
> depth navy blue, with a high grey value, much greyer than what one would
> consider navy blue.... Don Pikovnik"
>
> "William Eastman, 835548 was originally Cotswold Blue with Grey trim, so
> the description of the original colour is not good - Cotswold Blue is one
> of the great Jaguar colours, a mid, clean, powder blue. Regards, John
> Elmgreen"
>
> FWIW the ICI 3318 code also appears in another Jaguar source although I
> can't vouch that they are independent.
>
> About me:
> I have been lurking on this list for a while. About 2 years ago I was
> looking for a second British car to keep the Rossa Red 61 MGA Touring
> company. I thought a Morgan would be the answer and was actively pursuing
> such a beast until wife Nancy made it known that any additions must be more
> comfortable than the MGA if she was going to spend much time in the
> passenger seat. This "suggestion" resulted in a Morgan moving one notch
> down the list and a Jaguar XK150 Fixed Head project settling into the
> garage. This car still has a few square inches of its original Cotswold
> Blue paint attached and I can verify that it is a nice shade- very close to
> the Morgan in question. Alas, Nancy does not like the color so the XK will
> probably end up BRG or Mist Grey. Red is too gaudy for such a stately
> lady.
>
> So why am I still on the Morgan list? Because the traffic is fairly light
> and the discussions are to good to give up. I will probably go back to
> lurking now but I do enjoy what I read.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Eastman
> Maple Grove, MN
> 61 MGA 3k miles per year minimum pleasure cruiser
> 58 XK150 fhc 3k $ per year minimum money eater
>
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