Haven't seen Limeflower on an MG...but, there is a 74 Jag XKE Roadster for
sale locally that is painted Limeflower. Pretty hideous.
Nick
73B
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of KGROWLER@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 7:49 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: MG Colours
>
>
> For years I thought my MGB GT was Harvest Gold that had been subjected to
> nuclear experiments resulting in a horrible, hideous color
> mutation. When I
> got a Heritage certificate on the car three years ago, I was
> surprised to find
> out it is actually — Limeflower. Yes, one of the really "special"
> BLVC hues.
> Used in 1973 only. Rare—and for a reason. David Knowle's V8 book
> shows there
> were only 2 V8s produced in this color. The MGCC MGB Register
> listed only four
> cars out of the 11000+ they have info on in Limeflower. Anybody
> else out there
> have a '73 GT North American spec in this flavor. Or have even
> seen one? or is
> mine likely to have been still on the lot by itself with the last
> of the MGs
> for sale in '80, 5 years after they stopped selling GTs here? Of
> course after
> I finish the sills, floors and other needed bodywork, I will
> repaint in it's
> original color due to its rarity rather than the mineral blue I originally
> planned on.
>
> Kim Tonry
> Downers Grove, IL
> 59 MGA - Flame Red, originally Orient Red
> 69 Midget - Some kind of Green that looks like it was put on with a roller
> over Pale Primrose
> 73 GT - LIMEFLOWER - the few, the proud...
> 79 Midget - Brooklands Green
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