Matt Liggett wrote:
>
> Aron Travis <atravis@spacey.net> writes:
> > BRG! All lbc's will perform better if painted BRG, it's a known
> > fact. You'll even save money by having to do less maintenance.;o)
>
> No. By the millenium, 90% of all LBCs will be BRG or red. I want to
> avoid those. I think. Green does look verrrrry nice. My best friend
> recommends green/yellow a la Team Lotus livery.
>
> > Second choice yellow.
>
> I like bright yellow, sort of. A yellow car got me into lots of
> trouble when I was younger because of its visibility. Drag racing a
> BROWN car, guess who gets pulled over. Grrr... Not that I drag race
> on the streets anymore or anything.
>
> > A red sports car has become cliche',
>
> Agree.
>
> > white is to hide body work,
>
> I never new. White spridgets look horrible, anyway.
>
> > black only if you're a male under 20 (age or bad ass attitude).
>
> Hmm.. I'm 24, so close. Black is a BEAR to take care of. My SAAB is
> black and I hate it. But, I wouldn't mind fussing over a black
> spridget because it's alot smaller and . . . well, I fuss over it
> anyway!
>
> I've alse heard of a colour called ... Black Violet? Supposedly a BMC
> colour. Does anyone know this colour and/or have an image of it on
> the web? I have a pretty good monitor calibrated to 6500K, so the
> colours should look pretty accurate.
>
> Cheers!
>
> --
> Matt Liggett <mliggett@pobox.com> | Bloomington, IN, USA | '60 Mini
> <URL:http://pobox.com/~mliggett/> | '89 SAAB 900t SPG | '70 MG Midget
Matt,
Make that Black "Tulip" and you've got it. A very rare, but very real
MGB color. Clausager's book, "Original MGB" has a very nice picture of
one, but I suspect it doesn't do it justice.
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