- 1. color (score: 1)
- Author: bmounce@impop.bellatlantic.net
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 19:45:53 -0400
- Hello again: I will be painting my SV in November, and know what the original color was; the question has come up, do I want to paint it this color? I have a pretty original car, matching S/Ns, what
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00200.html (7,285 bytes)
- 2. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: GSTROM99@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 20:01:03 EDT
- Paint it any 'ol color that strikes your, or your lady(s) fancy. Gary
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00201.html (7,179 bytes)
- 3. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: "jumpin'jan" <servaij@cris.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 20:07:39 -0700
- If I was going to change the color, on an Alpine, I would choose one of the colors that was unique to that series. For the series V, I would consider the #127 Turquoise Metallic or #130 Gunmetal met
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00202.html (8,217 bytes)
- 4. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: <ellis838@concentric.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 20:21:00 -0400
- I personally lean toward the color a car was originally painted, however after attending the Corsa Rossa European Festival saturday I guess my thoughts on the subject are not worth much. There was a
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00203.html (8,352 bytes)
- 5. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: Victor Hughes <v.hughes@student.canberra.edu.au>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:30:31 +1000
- The one thing I have noticed about changing the colour of a car is that unless you pick a colour from the same era it never seems to look quite right. I've seen a few 1960s cars painted in colours p
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00204.html (8,485 bytes)
- 6. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: "jumpin'jan" <servaij@cris.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 20:48:14 -0700
- I think it is an accepted fact now that Porsche "Guards Red" or later "Indian Red" formula be used for mixing Carnival Red. Jan ______ ______ _______ / ____/ / ____/ / ___ / / /___ / /___ / /__/ / _|
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00205.html (8,458 bytes)
- 7. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: Victor Hughes <v.hughes@student.canberra.edu.au>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:05:42 +1000
- Thanks Jan. I just wish I had known that 2 years back when they painted my car. Still it's closer now than it was (it was a Chrysler Aust. colour called "Little Hood Riding Red") when I got it. And i
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00206.html (8,256 bytes)
- 8. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: CANISDOG@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 21:46:30 EDT
- I tend to lean toward the original color. If you are going to change, just do it right, ie.. Trunk, Jams, and every other crack and crevice you can get to. I agree if there is a change, do it in a S
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00207.html (7,840 bytes)
- 9. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: "Patrick" <pLaske@bigfoot.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 21:16:56 -0500
- Of course folks are free to paint their car any color they want and most people seem to have some sort of opinion on this topic. What I wonder is whether a car that is painted a color that does not a
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00208.html (8,891 bytes)
- 10. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 23:07:03 -0400
- Okay...here's my 2 cents. I guess for me it depends on the car. My '61 Harrington is a good example. When I first began the restoration, I wanted to paint it Seacrest Green instead of it's original W
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00209.html (10,316 bytes)
- 11. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:07:43 -0400
- A suggestion.... I had my Minx repainted in light blue and dark gray (the original color combination) but instead of the vintage Rootes colors I had them use a modern Ford Tempo light blue and a mod
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00214.html (8,613 bytes)
- 12. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu (Christopher Albers)
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:41:30 -0700
- I definitely agree with this statement, but there are some colors that look good. for instance, I saw a SV at San Diego Brit Car Day that was painted in a metallic silver. 70's color for sure, but it
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00217.html (9,564 bytes)
- 13. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: CANISDOG@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:49:30 EDT
- My son's car is "86". I call it BRG but really it is Forest green. Whatever, I still don't like it. But I like original paint color more. So that's what won out. paul
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00222.html (8,335 bytes)
- 14. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu (Christopher Albers)
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:06:29 -0700
- I don't like that color either. It's really an olive drab. It has more yellow than BRG. BRG has more blue and is a darker, richer color. Green is my favorite color, so I am biased. CNA
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00223.html (8,306 bytes)
- 15. color (score: 1)
- Author: "Almjeld, Paul" <PaAlmjel@dwu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:57:06 -0500
- Just to quickly jump in regarding the "green". The original color of my series V was # 109 Orchid Green. I doublt if there is a more disgusting shade of green anywhere. I repainted it Midnight Blue.
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00224.html (8,206 bytes)
- 16. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:12:31 -0400
- Awww.....I kinda like Orchid Green. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! :-) -- Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org> '61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO '62
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00225.html (8,644 bytes)
- 17. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: AlpineDriver@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:02:25 EDT
- "Its hard to be green" (Kermit the Frog) FWIW I would vote for the Series I color, Glen Green. Dave and Sue Green's beautiful car SI of that color was parked next to my SV at SUNI. Darn hard to get p
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00228.html (8,324 bytes)
- 18. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:33:08 -0400
- Yes, my brother has a Glen Green Series 1 just like it...Great color! -- Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org> '61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO '62 Harrington Le
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00230.html (8,841 bytes)
- 19. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: Victor Hughes <v.hughes@student.canberra.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:50:17 +1000
- Hmmm I'm trying to picture a silver Alpine......... Maybe silver, like basic black and basic white is one of those classic colours that fits in any era. There were silver Porsches and Mercedes in the
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00233.html (8,583 bytes)
- 20. Re: color (score: 1)
- Author: Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:58:03 -0400
- Not that there is anything wrong with silver, because I like it a lot. But, silver was the traditional color for the German racing teams. If I had an old Porsche or BMW, I would paint it silver in a
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00238.html (9,329 bytes)
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