[Healeys] B/J auction

[rrengineer @dslextreme.com]

No paint whatsoever on my car nor interior to compare to certificate.  As I
am not going to enter this car in any concours shows it will be painted
Toyota Red (decent paint at a reasonable price) and the interior has already
been bought in black with red piping on the seats.
Mike

On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Alan Bromfield
<alan.bromfield at virgin.net>wrote:

> Team.
> My bet is that BMIHT got it wrong.  The build card probably just said Red
> and the archivist 'guessed' the shade to be 'helpful'.
>
> That was my experience with my Longbridge BN4.
> http://freespace.virgin.net/alan.bromfield/BN4-1.jpg
>
> The build card (which I also got a copy of - don't ask) says 'Red'.  The
> first Certificate I received said 'Reno Red' however the paint in an area
> that couldn't have been messed with was clearly Colorado.
> http://freespace.virgin.net/alan.bromfield/BN4-2.jpg
>
> I got suspicious as the build date on the first certificate was also listed
> as 29th February 1957.  Hmmm.....
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Rich C
> Sent: 17 January 2009 20:00
> To: rrengineer @dslextreme.com
> Cc: healeys
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] B/J auction
>
> Mike,
>
> Possible reasons:
> 1. special order
> 2. wrong info from BMIHT
> 3. they found some more Carmine Red and wanted to use it up!! <grin>
>
> Having said that, I show your interior trim colour in the Hundred Registry
> records as being red. Is it an orange and red (which is the trim colour
> scheme
> for pre January '56 Carmine Red cars), or a single tone red, more of a
> blood
> red that usually went into the Reno Red cars??
>
> Rich