>Can anyone tell me where the term "British Racing Green" comes from. To =
my knowledge green was never a racing colour, was it? The early racing =
T's were called "cream crackers," and I thought the later teams were =
white. My TD is what is called British racing green, but that's a =
misnomer, isn't it? Tom Britt
My belief, based on some unknown source from the past, is that the BRG first ap
eared on any sponsored cars on the 4 factory "A" coupes prepared for the '55 or
<'56 Sebring race. Can anyone correct me.
I have a model formula 1 BRM in BRG, dating from the sixties. BRG was,
indeed, a racing color.
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