In addition to Daniel's evidence, check Horler page 47, Dark Green paint
code GN12, which was replaced by Leaf Green from AN5/9927 in Jan 1959.
Seats, piping and floor coverings were also Green, while the hood was black.
I got my car as a work in progress, with the bodywork and paint complete. It
is a beautiful Triumph BRG, but I would have done the original Dark Green.
Doug Ingram
Victoria BC
1958 Bugeye
AN5L/636
>O.K George, I'm going to let you have it with both barrels..... 8 )
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>Seriously, in the first year of bugeye production there did exist dark
green cars. Three ways to prove it:
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>1. I have a BMHT certificate on my car that says "dark green".
>2. Some of the early advertising literature shows dark green bugeyes (in
color!)
>3. After stripping down my car (before sandblasting away the red paint), I
clearly found several hidden panels that still had the original dark green
paint on them. I have a few pieces of it hanging on the wall of my garage,
planning to use it for color matching. It is a very dark green, tending more
towards dark bottle green than British Racing Green.
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>Anyway, the car is going to be returned to that exact color!
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>Thanks for the help,
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>Daniel
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>Anyway, I don't think
>the bugeyes came in a dark green. Most likely your refering to the British
>Racing Green. From memory, the bugeyes came in: Nevada beige, Old English
>White, Lite Blue, ?red, Leaf Green and maybe one or two others. I am positive
>though that BR Green was not an original color for the bugeye. Later
>cars...yes, and yes I probably have the BR Green paint sample..
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>george <snip>
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