Hi Scott,
I don't know how common the colour Valencia Blue is outside of the UK.
This colour reputedly has (had) the highest Lead content of all Triumph
colours. Cars in this colour are said to rust less than other colours
due to the protective qualities of the lead. Well it works on valve
seats anyway :-)
Bill.
Trmgafun@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Part of the reason the color red is so expensive to mix is the cost of
> the
> dyes that have been used to replace the original formulas that
> contained lead
> which was outlawed. Some say that duplicating the original colors
> suffered a
> little bit because of this.
>
> Scott
>
>
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