[TR] Shoal green

[Andrew Mace]

I just checked again, and Bill Piggott doesn't seem to mention Shoal
Green as a sidescreen car color. However, it was a Standard-Triumph
color, seen somewhat commonly on the Triumph 10 / Standard 10 sedans,
for example. About the closest thing to a picture of a car I can find
is in this scanned article about a Doretti:

<http://www.doretti.no/pdf/TopGear.pdf>

Here it is on a (slightly darkly scanned) ACME paint chart:

<http://www.vtr.org/maintain/paint-charts/acme2.jpg>

My Standard Pennant is Shoal Green and Litchfield Green, but the only
pictures I have of it make it look blue. :-(

Personally, I think it might just be a great color on a TR3A!

--Andy Mace

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-----Original Message-----
From: Foster, Stan (HP IT) <stan.foster at hp.com>
To: triumphs at autox.team.net <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sat, Nov 6, 2010 5:30 pm
Subject: [TR] Shoal green


Our recently acquired 1960 TRA had been repainted at some point in its
past to
a powder blue-ish color but on further investigation (spare tire cubby
hole
and cover) I'm starting to think that it was originally shoal green. I'm
waiting for the heritage certificate which will hopefully confirm that
but I
wonder if anyone has a shoal green TR3A or failing that a shoal green
anything
so we can see what a whole car looks like in that color.

Thanks,

Stan
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