what was the original color? if it was my car i'd try
and go with either the original color combo, or use a
paint color that was offered in the production year.
also, do you want to keep the tan interior? burgundy
and pale yellow (i'm thinking damson and jasmine TR6
colors) look good with that color. i think any shade
of blue looks better with a black interior.
if you don't care about any of that crap, bring a
sample of your tan interior to a paint shop and find a
color that looks good with it and that grabs you and
go with it.
ryan 71 TR6
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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 21:58:05 -0500
From: "oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [TR] colors
OK, list. i need some opinions.
i know, that will be hard for you guys!
the story - in about 2000, i picked up this basket
case 57 tr3 that
should
have been left to the elements. i had a great time
taking it
completely
apart, had it dipped/derusted, and it went to the
paint shop. i was
really
committed to powder blue and loved the color as the
car came together.
the
light tan interior looked great with it.
the body/paint guy was a complete hack, and besides
leaving it out in
the
rain, overdid teh bondo, didn't line things up, didn't
get joints
right,
etc, etc, etc.
i took it to another shop, who initially said they
could fix it, then
said
no way - i'd have to have it stripped again. which i
did. back to
bare
metal and no bondo.
finally, i found a body shop i was comfortable with,
and left it with
them
last july. didn't call or stop by for a few months
(like six), and no
surprise, nothing happened. so for the past 5 months
i have been
driving 45
minutes each way once a week, and he's made great
progress. the guy is
an
artist; the car will be great when its done. he
completeley
disassembled
the tail because the car had been hit in an earlier
life, and never
really
done right. he's putting it back together, and wants
to paint the
inside of
the spare tire compartment before he welds it back up.
my problem: i now hate powder blue; my wife thinks
its an emotional
thing
tied up with the disaster. i totally agree with the
comment that "what
the
world doesn't need is another red tr3." i'm not too
fond of black,
especially in texas, nor white. i also think there
are too many brg
cars as
well.
with the tan interior i could go almost any direction.
i saw some dark
blue
(roayl blue) tr4a's at TRA, and really liked them.
royal blue was a
tr4a
color, NOT tr3. the car is pretty original (although
it came from the
factory in white with black leather).
i'm looking at salvador blue and even winchester blue.
i'm not sure
what
winchester blue really looks like, but i have a nice
picture of a small
mouth tr3 with the salvador blue and the same tan
interior.
i'm struggling. so how about some opinions? who
thinks what color
looks
best? other than "its your car; do what you want"
what should i
do???????
what would you do? is my quest for originality
overdone? i'm not
going to
try to win nationals; heck i've never even been to
one! (we've had a
tr6 for
4 years). but i'm not sure i can step over that line
- wrong color!
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