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#1 Reproduction or reissue....
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I'd be interested to learn more about the 5 speed gear box if nothing else!
I'd be interested to learn more about the 5 speed gear box if nothing else!
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#2 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
Fantastic. Hope they sell every one for the asking prices.
I want to know what "flat out grey " is. It looks just like Jaguar Battleship grey to me which is a Jaguar color of the period, non metallic, but was never an official E type color. Bit like Porsche Slate Grey.
Is this a flat color ? Anyone know?
I want to know what "flat out grey " is. It looks just like Jaguar Battleship grey to me which is a Jaguar color of the period, non metallic, but was never an official E type color. Bit like Porsche Slate Grey.
Is this a flat color ? Anyone know?
Its true, but Enzo never said it
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#3 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
Its true, but Enzo never said it
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#4 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
The only picture which really looks like gunmetal is the one with a bag in the rear of an FHC. All the other pics look greyer and blacker than the original which had a very faint pinkish tinge to it
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#5 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
I have some rectangular spray out cards somewhere with Jaguar OPG,OSG,Battleship and Sherwood green, all done recently.
If I can find them I will try and post a comparative photo for opinions.
The problem is I think I put then in a book case with well over 600 books in it!
Maybe I will ask a friend to pop up the road to Ryton and ask them.
If I can find them I will try and post a comparative photo for opinions.
The problem is I think I put then in a book case with well over 600 books in it!
Maybe I will ask a friend to pop up the road to Ryton and ask them.
Its true, but Enzo never said it
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Too many E types
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#6 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
They do look lovely and I'm sure they have already been sold to people with pockets far deeper than mine.
What interests me most though is those tailor made covers. I wonder who made them?
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What interests me most though is those tailor made covers. I wonder who made them?
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Stuart
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If you can't make it work, make it complicated!
'62 FHC - Nearing completion
'69 Daimler 420 Sovereign
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#7 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
The cover looks very much like a Classic Additions product. Their quality of product is second to none and I would certainly recommend them if you are in the market for a cover.
https://www.classicadditions.com
https://www.classicadditions.com
Paul.
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1972 Saab 96 V4
A number of Nortons.
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1971 S2 FHC (Opalescent Blue)
1990 Mercedes Benz 260E
1972 Saab 96 V4
A number of Nortons.
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#8 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
I painted a gearbox cover I had lying around. Couldn't find the cards.
Gunmetal on the left as you look at it, Battleship on the right.
Battleship is really dark.
Gunmetal on the left as you look at it, Battleship on the right.
Battleship is really dark.
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#9 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
That's it, James, to a T : it is the pinkish tinge which is so distinctive . the darker shades, redolent of modern Audi in particular, are in fact quite dangerous because the car merges into the tarmac and can be very difficult to see
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#10 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
So Christopher, do you think Battleship is close to flat out grey?
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#11 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
James : unfortunately, I don't remember Battleship Grey which I think was a colour which dropped out with the end of the Mark VII in about 1956. The Greys which I remember from the era we are talking about were
Cornish - a mid grey with a slightly greenish tinge ; often coupled in the mark VIII/IX cars with ( on the lower half of the car )
Mist - a pale grey whose name accurately describes it ( no German jokes please ! )
Pearl - a rich pale grey often seen on mark 2s
and later from about 1967 on Warwick grey - a beige grey which I absolutely hated on the 420G I inherited from my Father
None of them really suited the E type IMHO - indeed I always thought that the metallics were much to be preferred on Es and Mark 10s
Cornish - a mid grey with a slightly greenish tinge ; often coupled in the mark VIII/IX cars with ( on the lower half of the car )
Mist - a pale grey whose name accurately describes it ( no German jokes please ! )
Pearl - a rich pale grey often seen on mark 2s
and later from about 1967 on Warwick grey - a beige grey which I absolutely hated on the 420G I inherited from my Father
None of them really suited the E type IMHO - indeed I always thought that the metallics were much to be preferred on Es and Mark 10s
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#12 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
Do we know if these are actual Outside Bonnet Lock cars that have been restored or slightly later cars made up to look like OBL cars? The reported price of c. £650K for each pair would, I believe, leave little room to source two OBL cars and then do ground-up restorations.Marcus2571 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:37 pmhttps://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-bri ... ars/43865
I'd be interested to learn more about the 5 speed gear box if nothing else!
Phil
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1964 S1 3.8 OTS
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#13 Re: Reproduction or reissue....
6 OBL FHC? Each of them would eat up almost if not all of the total budget. And I assume you won't e able to source 6 FHC OBLs for sale anywayPhilk wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:32 amDo we know if these are actual Outside Bonnet Lock cars that have been restored or slightly later cars made up to look like OBL cars? The reported price of c. £650K for each pair would, I believe, leave little room to source two OBL cars and then do ground-up restorations.Marcus2571 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:37 pmhttps://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-bri ... ars/43865
I'd be interested to learn more about the 5 speed gear box if nothing else!
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