Just remember... The factory was never concerned about "originality".
Regards,
Lew Palmer
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From: CIAG6@aol.com [mailto:CIAG6@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 11:03 AM
To: floydinman@compuserve.com; spook01@home.com; wkring@home.com;
mg-t@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Question for the T-List
In a message dated 10/31/99 8:14:04 AM Mountain Standard Time,
floydinman@compuserve.com writes:
<< When you ask what the original red was you must accept that there is no
original any color from Abington.
Think of these guys mixing paint in the late 40's and early 50's. The war
has just ended and these guys just want to make a living.
They mix a batch of paint, use it; mix another, use it.
Moral: No two batches were mixed exactly the same.
>>
Yes, and not just paint. It was "use what's available, quick, and
inexpensive". I bet those guys would get a real chuckle out of the
gyrations
some people go through these days to try to fool themselves into recreating
something "original".
Ray G
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