"Steve Towle told me once that his yellow Tiger (one of two + a V6
Alpine) was painted the same color as his early Mercury Cougar ('68?)
It is a nice color. The "pea-green" Tiger, I think, was a stock color,
at least for the Tiger II, and was known as Orchid Green. Others have
referred to it as "baby-sh** green". Graham Vickery's Tiger II, thought
to be the last one off the assembly line was painted (and remains) that
color.
Tod
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Hi,
As I've already told Peter as well as Ron Fraser, I've been around this car
for 20 years, I knew the color wasn't stock, but still stunning, and yet didn't
have the presence of mind to ask Steve what car the color came from.
Again as I told them, I had a '56 Ford Ranch Wagon repainted in a very similar
color used on the '66 Mustang called Yellow (code 8)and supposedly a carryover
color from the 64 1/2 and '65 Mustang, then called Sunshine Yellow (code V).
Kudos to Tod for learning where the color was used before. According to a sales
folder, this color used on the 1968 Cougar was called Saxony (Yellow)(their
parenthesis), but I don't have the code.
Also, as I mentioned to others, Steve told me at the United in Maine that this
car was made a wedding gift to his daughter. In addition to the unique color,
it's a 302 with a Cruise-O-Matic, and it's a sweet ride.
RB
B382000048LRXFE
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