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1. Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:26:27 -0400; I'm having a struggle here lately. I want to begin stockpiling interior trim for the repaint/restore I'm going to do, so I want to choose what colors I'll be using. This is a 73B roadster which in th; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00855.html (10,440 bytes)
2. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: Kevin Sullivan <kevins@khoral.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:51:38 -0600 (MDT); Oh, yeah, it'll be hot. How about -- do the stripes in black, but over a body color that's black with _just_ enough green in it to be able to tell it's not black, if you're in the right light. That w; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00861.html (9,249 bytes)
3. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:58:20 -0600; Try this site for better details on different colors, all on one page: http://www.teglerizer.com/mgcolors/index.html BRG is a fine color in its natural state. There is also a "dark" BRG. I have to m; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00863.html (11,465 bytes)
4. RE: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:05:59 -0700; I fell in love with the color scheme that Porsche used on the early Turbo Carrara (SP). Dark Blue, with a slightly lighter Blue "Carrara" script flowing over the rear fender flares. As a younger spr; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00865.html (9,628 bytes)
5. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:31:09 -0700 (PDT); Oh no, Kevin, I don't think I'd want any flame paint jobs on my MG - wouldn't want to give it any ideas, ya know.......... == Dan DiBiase Dayton, NJ '76 MGB Tourer (Driver) '65 MGB Tourer (Project) N; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00869.html (8,729 bytes)
6. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:11:15 -0700; Yes, but only on occasion <g>. I agree that the all black interior looks good. I always wonder why tan and biscuit are so popular in restorations even of early models where they weren't original. Bla; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00874.html (9,260 bytes)
7. RE: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: "Cady, Richard H" <richard.cady@eds.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:32:50 -0400; A black body does show bodywork defects more than a lighter color - but looks great if the panels are straight. Since my bodywork is not quite perfect my '70 roadster was repainted in glacier white.; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00878.html (9,268 bytes)
8. Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: "Brinkman, Gerardo V" <GB127167@exchange.DAYTONOH.NCR.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:20:01 -0400; I started out wanting Tartan Red or Flame Red, but going through the picture gallery on http://www.british-cars.org.uk/kimber/, it seems to me that everyone does that. While I like the color, part of; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00880.html (9,543 bytes)
9. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: Nina Barton <ninaba@mindspring.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:24:36 -0700; When I painted my car back in '96, I was planning on going with the original tannish color. My paint guy called me up and told me; "your car is really going to look nice, please don't paint it that u; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00881.html (10,494 bytes)
10. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 18:39:26 -0400; When I wrote that email I expected a certain response from the list. I expected "Who cares if alot of people do Tartan Red, go for it it looks good", a few comments like a friend of mine made "Britis; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00892.html (10,739 bytes)
11. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: "Carl Elliott" <grunt2@adelphia.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:59:16 -0400; I have a BGT ,Its harvest gold with Silver ,red gold Metal flake in clear , Several layered coats over the gold, That's all Micro flake . Then the hood edge and wheel openings are highlighted with a; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00893.html (9,700 bytes)
12. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: "Richard Spurling" <hobbes@senet.com.au>; Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:53:22 +0930; Yeah! You are spot on about the quality of scans on the internet. Mine are an example - my car is a different colour in every picture I've posted. Go to a couple of MG meets and look at the things i; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00894.html (11,033 bytes)
13. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:15:53 -0400; See now, my faith in humanity is restored. I polled my friends last week on this very color question and no less than three said "Oh, you've got to do the Union Jack like the Austin Powers Shaguar".; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00895.html (10,768 bytes)
14. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: "JustBrits" <justbrits@home.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:35:48 -0500; <<I was a bit shocked that in 20 or so emails nobody here had suggested it. >> Actually, I was gonna. I have a gent whom "knows" these cars and IS a PAINTER!! I had asked (a couple of years ago if h; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00896.html (10,015 bytes)
15. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 00:52:56 -0700; Shucks, it's not so hard. Ask your SO what color combo she likes and make it so! Cheers, CR /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// (If they are dupes, this trailer may also catch them.); /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00910.html (9,036 bytes)
16. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:23:45 -0500; Me too -- and about finishing the restoration on the Ferrari and starting the body restoration on the Lancia and rebuilding the MGB-GT dash (almost completed) and whether to sell the '79 B LE and wha; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00919.html (9,457 bytes)
17. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: Kevin Sullivan <kevins@khoral.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:02:57 -0600 (MDT); Let's see some pics! A BGT with a Starsky and Hutch paint job would be different. I know their Torino was later than a 71, but .... -- Kevin Sullivan kevins@khoral.com Khoral Research Inc. Albuquerqu; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00937.html (9,624 bytes)
18. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: "Carl Elliott" <grunt2@adelphia.net>; Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:52:25 -0400; Will have to take some and scan them onto drive will let list know when its done. Its not bad looking small , flat scoop , It is functional as I made and installed a chrome fan shroud that cut down a; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00949.html (8,799 bytes)
19. RE: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: stephen bartley <ragtopday@mediaone.net>; Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 07:40:44 -0400; My 63 B is Olde English White, but not the MG factory color, it is a Jaguar color, at least thats what the PO told me, My car was originally black, I do prefer the white over black, I have never been; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00954.html (9,212 bytes)
20. Re: Why is it so hard to choose a #$!%!^ color? (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 10:37:00 -0400; Charley, It's funny you should say that. My wife despises the car. She calls it 'That leaky piece of sh*t in the garage'. I actually tried to broach the subject with her a few times and she just star; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00958.html (9,144 bytes)

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