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Re: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT

To: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT
From: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:35:32 -0600
See, this is why I keep thinking Black Tulip, that picture
looks wonderful! You wouldn't have a higher res would you?
I'd put it in my Mac as a rotating background, but, stretched
to 1600x1024, it'd look  a little funny.

Paul Hunt wrote:
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> Oh yes.  Beautiful, especially with chrome bumpers and chrome wires.  Had a
> superb picture taken of it on a run -
> http://www.ph012b2086.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/beevee/images/n0201.jpg.  It's a
> very difficult colour to photo as it reflects the colour of whatever is
> around it.  Ironically the aircraft is a Jaguar which entered service with
> the RAF in 1973, the same year as my car was first registered.
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> It is rare, but not as rare as Aconite which is bluer.  But the rarest of
> them all is probably Mirage which is a very pale lilac.  I wasn't looking
> for the colour when I bought it and initially was going to paint it red or
> green like everyone else, but soon fell in love with it as it was and would
> never change it.  I stripped the body when I restored it and found it had
> been painted about five times, one on top of the other with several coats of
> primer and top-coat each time.  Must've weighed a ton.
> 
> PaulH.
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>>I really love the colour.  I reckon MGBs look better in darker colours,
>>suits their relatively simple lines.  The Black Tulip is a different
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> colour
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>>every angle and light you look at it in...
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