On 3/18/99 8:03 AM, Gary McCormick wrote:
>This reminds me - has anyone ever seen (or maybe done this themselves) a
>Roadster painted in aircarft markings? Triumph had an ad years back
>showing a Spitfire painted in the RAF Standard Camouflage scheme, with
>light blue rocker panels and RAF roundels on the doors. I wanted to get
>a Spitfire just so I could paint it like that! A friend of mine had an
>Opel painted like a Stuka (sans Swastikas - he didn't want to offend the
>neighbors) and I saw a VW Bug with a US naval aviation scheme and
>markings from the USS Ranger.
About 15 years ago, the Alessi brothers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had a
510 and a roadster - both painted beige with huge red "rising suns" on
the doors, like the Japanese flag. Both of these cars were built for
auto-crossing ans would go like stink!
Leigh Brooks
San Francisco
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