The way I understood it in the thirties green was considered an unlucky colour so it was made as dark as possible, hence the Vanwall racing colours in the sixties - very dark, almost black.
Quentin Mitchell On 16 Jul 2012, at 16:38, Martyn J Culling wrote: > Lorenz > > Read my earlier post - there is no such thing as British Racing Green as a > colour in period. Folk quite literally used what they had at the time > > So yes when the name has cropped up since, other than the paint being green, > the shade could be anything. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green refers > > A web search gives four paint codes (ie different shades and finishes) for > Rover alone since 1988 so does not include the colour some MGBs are painted > in. BMW had one, Jaguar sort of (Jaguar racing green) and I've found > reference to Austin Morris having had at least one too. > > rgds Martyn > > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
