Johnny Storm: International racing car driver wrote:
>
> On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, NICOLAS FOURNIER wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Does anyone know the proportion of each color of the Spitfires when they
> > were sold as new cars ?
> > I wonder if 50% or more where red...
> >
>
> Nope but 99% are restored that way.......
>
> Johnny
> '77 spit RED (was yellow NOT my doing!!)
Johnny,
Not exactly right! But very good guess.
According to the limited data I have collected so far. the breakdown
goes like this:
RED(all types) 32.37%
Blues (all types) 16.76%
Greens (all types) 16.18%
White (all types) 9.83%
Maroon/Purple etc 8.09%
Yellow (all types) 6.94%
Browns (all Types) 5.78%
Black 1.73%
Silver & Gray 1.16%
Orange 1.16%
These are current colors of vehicles as reported.
Data is far from complete, but covers a wide variety of input.
Assuming that it is a represenative cross section of the remaing Spits,
one might draw ones own conclusions. If the Purples, magentas and
burgandy's were mixed with the reds, a much higher overall percentage
would be reached.
I am going to retabulate the results periodically to see how the mix
changes.
Regards,
Joe Curry
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