Re: Paint Schemes....

Bill and Carol Rogers (milward(at)gte.net)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 19:34:30 -0700


For some reason I am on a mailing list for "Lilliput" model catalog. They have the 1927 Sunbeam LSR car 1:43 model in color on the cover - RED with white lettering and crossed US/UK flags on the front. Price $189.50! 6 3/4" long. Also available are all the other Brit LSR cars up tp '64 Bluebird. Bill Rogers

---------- > From: Steve Laifman <Laifman(at)flash.net>
> To: DrMayf(at)aol.com
> Cc: 'Alpine's Peak' <alpines(at)autox.team.net>; Tiger's Den
<tigers(at)autox.team.net> > Subject: Re: Paint Schemes....
> Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 12:17 AM
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> DrMayf(at)aol.com wrote:
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> > Did the Factory hav a special color scheme for their works cars?
Soemday I > > would like to paint my LSR vehicle that way. No. I'm not even close
yet, but > > getting there slowly and surely. I plan to run BMS (blown modified
sports) D > > class where speed is about 242 mph. Record was set in 1988. Unblown is
222 > > mph. set at the same time.
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> Mayf,
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> When I read about the responses you were getting about the red "Rallye"
cars, I > was dismayed. I wrote you previously about the 200 MPH record holder
Sunbeam at > the National Motoring Museum, and figured that would be a better role
model. > Never got any replies from our correspondents in England, as I forgot the
color. >
> Finally got one. It was from my son Jay, who has the Sunbeam. I gave
him our > photo. He remembers the car being shaped something like a woodruff key,
and was > sure it's color was ---- "RED". We are trying to find where he put the
photo, > after 3 moves, and I'll try to scan it for you.
>
> Steve
> --
> Steve Laifman < One first kiss, >
> B9472289 < one first love, and >
> < one first win, is all >
> < you get in this life. >
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