<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Didn’t your father say it was original paint?<div>Rootes did change 86 over the years.</div><div>My MK1 was originally a little darker than the</div><div>later Simca(Chrysler) code 86 (at least the</div><div>Dupont replacement ). Both are real close</div><div>though, Paul Reisentz used to call it</div><div> “muddy”. I call it a complex Euro color. </div><div> I much prefer it to a pure green</div><div>like Jaguar. To each his own ....</div><div>Gary</div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 26, 2019, at 1:55 PM, Jay Laifman via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I think Darrell nailed it! I think my dad's/my Tiger is that color, with some, but not all of the milk removed.<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 1:34 PM Darrell Mountjoy via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">FWIW, to me, the color code *86 Foirest Green looks like someone took a nice<br>
"forest green" and dumped some milk in it. Not pretty.<br>
I much prefer the 1971-1972 Jaguar Racing Green. To me it embodies the true<br>
spirit of a British Racing Green. As it happens my street Tiger is this<br>
color. Also, all three Sunbeam Lister Tigers are just about spot-on to this<br>
color.<br>
Darrell <br>
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