on 8/30/04 6:26 AM, Dan DiBiase at d_dibiase@yahoo.com wrote:
> Ah, good point, Max, I had not considered that. My personal favorite Mark I
> color is Iris Blue, BTW..... With gangster white wall tires and wire
> wheels...! Oh well, my '65 B project is going to be Tartan Red since that is
> how it left the factory back on October of '64...
>
> I wonder what the most popular Mk I color was? Too bad Clausager makes no
> comment on this. I would still bet on Tartan Red, since it was available from
> day one through the end of the 1969 model year.....
I agree that would be a good guess. Or Primrose, or Old English White. Not
BRG, at least not in the US at that time -- green was not very popular until
the late 60s and 70s. Iris Blue was pretty rare even then, I think, or at
least was only popular on the very early cars.
Since the factory records include color information, as shown on the
Heritage Certificates, it should be possible to compile the statistics from
year to year. Anyone volunteer to go to Longbridge or Gaydon or wherever
they are kept now to ferret this out? <g>
>
>
> Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com> wrote:
> That's because they have been REPAINTED in BRG or Tartan Red, both of which
> are more popular today ... You're in the rust belt, remember? Out here in
> CA, there are still a lot in their original paint, and it seems that a large
> percentage of them are Pale Primrose. Still, I know of several cars that
> have been color changed from PP to BRG.
>
> on 8/29/04 2:02 PM, Dan DiBiase at d_dibiase@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> Oh I don't know, Max, seems like most of the ones I see are Tartan Red or
>> BRG... I haven't really seen that many Mk I's in PP..... Which I like,
>> BTW....
>>
>>
>>
>> Max Heim wrote:
>> Hmmph. Every MG'er should know that Primrose is a pale yellow... It's one of
>> the (if not THE) most common colors on Mk. I Bs.
>>
>
>
> Dan
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