On Fri, 28 Jul 1995, I wrote:
> > WELL, Will, black was NOT an original bugeye color. There has been a lot
> > of confusion about it, because there was a brochure that is reproduced in
> > many bugeye books and which was apparently used a lot by dealers, which
> > featured an artist's rendition of a black bugeye. There may have been
> > black prototypes, but during production black wasn't available.
and Hans Huber replied:
> black (with red interior) is listed as a bugeye color option in one
> those books i conveniently don't have to hand just now (i think it's
> Porter's _Guide to Purchase and DIY Restoration_). don't know if any
I think you're mistaken, Hans.
> actually got made. i'll check the _Original Sprite & Midget_ book,
> see what it says. We may have conflicting references here (how unusual!).
>
Original Sprite and Midget says no black bugeyes. I can't find my copy
of Porter, but I considered black because it *is* pretty, and I am pretty
sure he did not say it was original.
Let us, or at least me, know what you find.
>
Ray
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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