[Tigers] Forest green

[Jay Laifman]

My dad always preferred the Jaguar XK BRG, which he described as so dark
you'd almost think it was black.  Of course, he had a black XK120.  So I
guess he'd know.

On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 2:18 PM Darrell Mountjoy <dsmtjoy at cox.net> wrote:

> BTW, Another thing I learned from the Brits, there is no standard for
> “British Racing Green” (BRG) in the period of our cars… probably the same
> today.  Look at Aston Martin’s BRG. It is a relatively light, metallic
> green with a hint of blue.  Then the Lister BRG, Lotus’ BRG, Morgan’s BRG
> (a color match for John Deere tractor green), and Rootes Group’s Forest
> Green. They are all very different greens.
>
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> *From:* Jay Laifman [mailto:jay.laifman at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 26, 2019 1:55 PM
> *To:* Darrell Mountjoy <dsmtjoy at cox.net>
> *Cc:* Tiger's Den <tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Forest green
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> I think Darrell nailed it!  I think my dad's/my Tiger is that color, with
> some, but not all of the milk removed.
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> On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 1:34 PM Darrell Mountjoy via Tigers <
> tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> FWIW, to me, the color code *86 Foirest Green looks like someone took a
> nice
> "forest green" and dumped some milk in it.  Not pretty.
> I much prefer the 1971-1972 Jaguar Racing Green.  To me it embodies the
> true
> spirit of a British Racing Green.  As it happens my street Tiger is this
> color.  Also, all three Sunbeam Lister Tigers are just about spot-on to
> this
> color.
> Darrell
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. Re: Forest Green (Jay Laifman)
>    2. Re: Forest Green (Stu)
>    3. Re: Forest Green (Allan Ballard)
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