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February 16, 2004
Colin
No that statement "Bugeye's never came with British Racing Green as a colour
option." is not 'incorrect'.
As far as I am concerned Bug/Frogeyes made in England at the factory either
for export or home market use did not come with British Racing Green as an
OE factory painted colour option.
Neither did the Bug/Frogeye's that were sent to Australia leave this country
painted as British Racing Green.
If you look at the factory colour schemes for Bug/Frogeye's you will not see
British Racing Green as a colour option.
Now, whatever the Australians did to the cars when they arrived in Australia
is specific only to Australia, and is not applicable elsewhere in the world,
neither were the cars actually 'assembled' at the factory but 'shipped out as
kits of parts', in that sense very similar to the Innocenti's that were shipped
out as a 'kit of parts' to Italy and assembled there with different bodies and
totally different trim and paint schemes.
You'll be telling me next that the Innocenti trim/paint colour schemes are the
same as the Sprite MkII, Midget MkIII colour schemes.
To conclude, Terry Horler in his excellent book 'Original Sprite and Midget'
states on page 47 -
'CKD kits assembled in Australia were painted locally in 'international racing
circuit colours' Nurburg White, Monza Red, Le Mans Blue and Goodwood
Green'.
If you still beleive that Frog/Bugeyes came with British Racing Green as a
colour option - please take it up with Terry Horler.
Nigel
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Posted on February 16, 2004 04:30 PM
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