Somewhat OT: There were two similar shade of yellow - Gelb (yellow) and a lighter colored Helliosgelb (sun yellow). Here's how I know:
One of my MBCA colleagues purchased a very nice yellow 1974 450SE sedan that he wanted to show in a Concours d'Elegance. He detailed the car nicely and then as the final touch decided to paint the engine bay. One weekend he removed everything he could under the hood, detached and masked the wiring harness (took him all day), scrubbed and degreased all surfaces, purchased a quart of Glasurit Helios Gelb paint according to the code on the chassis VIN plate, got up early the next morning and rolled up his sleeves. He sprayed everything religiously and carefully, noticing that it seemed to be a lighter colored yellow than the rest of the car, but figured that when it dried completely the color would of course DARKEN and match up perfectly. Once the paint had dried sufficiently, he removed all the masking tape and reattached the wires to admire the fruits of his labor. To his horror, he realized that the yellow paint he had sprayed on truly was indeed a DIFFERENT shade of yellow!! It turns out the the PO had repainted the car GELB rather than HELIOS GELB, presumably because he liked the darker yellow more! Talk about an unhappy camper... He had to pull everything out and redo the whole job the day before the show... On 6/23/05, Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > did they come in that color???? > > On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:38:00 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6338&item=4557171341&rd=1 > > > > -- > Luther KB5QHU > Alma, Ark > '83 300SD (happily running WVO/diesel mix) > '82 300CD Slate grey, black MBTex, 152,xxx mi > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
