- 1. Motorbooks & Bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 99 16:50:46 EST
- The 'Classic Motorbooks' catalog that showed up today had a picture of a really nice, restored, Bugeye on the cover. Some kinda green that was -not- BRG. Didn't say who it belonged to, but it has app
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00423.html (7,476 bytes)
- 2. Re: Motorbooks & Bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: type79@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 16:41:42 -0600 (CST)
- That would be Leaf Green and probably Rob Garofalo's car. I don't have my books with me here in the office but I believe Leaf Green superceded Dark Green in 1960. Jay Fishbein, CT
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00426.html (7,937 bytes)
- 3. Re: Motorbooks & Bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:24:10 -0700
- I believe that dark green appeared only on early '58 cars. Leaf green was available 59 and later. I saw one that was perfect and unrestored in England a few years ago. It won a best of category in t
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00435.html (7,716 bytes)
- 4. Re: Motorbooks & Bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: type79@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 18:44:45 -0600 (CST)
- Herb, With all due respect, this is false. For some reason, the Puddlejumper website has chosen to perpetuate this myth despite the fact that I brought this to Les Myer's attention early on. For any
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00436.html (8,059 bytes)
- 5. Re: Motorbooks & Bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: "Biff Jones" <biffjones@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 21:23:03 -0500
- You are correct. According to Horler the change from Dark green to Leaf green occurred during January 1959 with AN5-9420. Biff, AN5, 'Kermit' & HAN6, 'Ole Gray' Puddlejumper I entirely mats, etc. ma
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00439.html (8,709 bytes)
- 6. Re: Motorbooks & Bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:59:34 -0600
- To all, Perhaps the favorite Healey I own (and I've owned my BN6 since 1974) is my unrestored Leaf Green Stage V Bugeye. The story can be found at http://www.thicko.com/bishop.htm WST Flounder Team T
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00462.html (8,673 bytes)
- 7. Re: Motorbooks & Bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:50:16 -0700
- I'm basing my statement (Dark green/Leaf green) on personal observation and the production documentation in the "Original Sprite and Midget" book which is usually very accurate. I don't doubt that t
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00474.html (7,694 bytes)
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