Subject: [Tigers] British Racing Green

From: Jay Laifman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 08:07:53 -0800

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As everyone knows, there was no Rootes BRG for the Alpine or Tiger.  The
closest was "Forest Green" - which my car actually is.  My dad used to say
it was not true BRG, because in his mind BRG was from the racing Bentleys
and Jaguar C and Ds that he loved.  However, interestingly, the first
British car to win the European Grand Prix was a Sunbeam in 1912, and it
was in =E2=80=9CBritish Racing Green.=E2=80=9D  However, it was decidedly a=
 lighter green.
It was also the last British car to win the British Grand Prix for decades.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">As everyone knows, there was no Rootes BRG for the Alpine =
or Tiger.=C2=A0 The closest was &quot;Forest Green&quot; - which my car act=
ually is.=C2=A0 My dad used to say it was not true BRG, because in his mind=
 BRG was from the racing Bentleys and Jaguar C and Ds that he loved.=C2=A0 =
However, interestingly,=C2=A0the first British car to win the European Gran=
d Prix was a Sunbeam in 1912, and it was in =E2=80=9CBritish Racing Green.=
=E2=80=9D =C2=A0However, it was decidedly=C2=A0a lighter green.=C2=A0 It wa=
s also the last British car to win the British Grand Prix for decades.<div>=
<br></div><div><img src=3D"cid:ii_lthf52cx0" alt=3D"IMG_6975.png" width=3D"=
562" height=3D"335"><br></div></div>

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