Jay,
You are correct. According to Horler the change from Dark green
to Leaf green occurred during January 1959 with AN5-9420.
Biff, AN5, 'Kermit' & HAN6, 'Ole Gray'
-----Original Message-----
From: type79@ix.netcom.com <type79@ix.netcom.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>;
Herb_Goede@amsinc.com <Herb_Goede@amsinc.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: Motorbooks & Bugeye
>On 03/09/99 17:24:10 you wrote:
>>I believe that dark green appeared only on early '58 cars....
>>herb
>
>Herb,
>With all due respect, this is false. For some reason, the
Puddlejumper
>website has chosen to perpetuate this myth despite the fact that
I
>brought this to Les Myer's attention early on.
>
>For any doubters in the audience, I invite you to CT to view an
entirely
>original dark green 1959 complete with original rubber floor
mats, etc.
>etc.
>
>I am still at work and don't have access to my reference
materials but I
>will check those later upon my return to the ranch.
>
>Let's at least keep the basic facts straight and not rewrite
history.
>
>Jay Fishbein, CT
>AN-5
>HAN-6
>Innocenti-S
>
>
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