So far this is the best picture of black tulip that I have seen. I had
my 72B painted black tulip and have not yet been able to accurately
capture the color on a picture. If it is bright outside, the picture
tends to show it to be more blue than it is. Not enough light and the
car looks much darker, more black than the dark purple that it really
is.
David Councill
67 BGT
72 B
dcouncill@msubillings.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Paul Hunt
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 7:22 AM
To: Gosling, Richard B
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT
Oh yes. Beautiful, especially with chrome bumpers and chrome wires.
Had a
superb picture taken of it on a run -
http://www.ph012b2086.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/beevee/images/n0201.jpg.
It's a
very difficult colour to photo as it reflects the colour of whatever is
around it. Ironically the aircraft is a Jaguar which entered service
with
the RAF in 1973, the same year as my car was first registered.
It is rare, but not as rare as Aconite which is bluer. But the rarest
of
them all is probably Mirage which is a very pale lilac. I wasn't
looking
for the colour when I bought it and initially was going to paint it red
or
green like everyone else, but soon fell in love with it as it was and
would
never change it. I stripped the body when I restored it and found it
had
been painted about five times, one on top of the other with several
coats of
primer and top-coat each time. Must've weighed a ton.
PaulH.
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