Jay,
With all due respect, I believe that Herb was correct in stating that Dark
Green was only available on early AN5's. According to the Austin-Healey
Sprite Service Parts List, Publication Number AKD829, Third Edition. Dark
Green (GN12) was discontinued at Chassis Number AN5/9926. Leaf Green
(GN15) was introduced as a replacement colour at Chassis Number AN5/9927.
According to Terry Horler's book, Original Sprite and Midget, Chassis
number AN5/9926 was manufactured in January 1959. Consequently, this
colour was only available during the first 10 months of AN5 production.
What is the chassis number of your Dark Green Sprite? Did you ever have
British Motor Heritage document the date of manufacture and build
specifications of your car? It would be rather interesting to uncover a
car finished in Dark Green from the works after the BMC "Documented" change
point. Anything is possible!
Brian Thornton
AN5
AN9
>>I believe that dark green appeared only on early '58 cars....
>>herb
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>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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