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Galileo
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Re: Re spray

#16 Post by Galileo »

Always had a soft spot for Ford Ambassador Blue, not that I have owned a Ford but that was the colour of my Dad's Anglia he had in a wild departure from years of Austin Cambridge's.
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#17 Post by tamtrucks »

heres my old cortina in aquatic jade vinyl roof
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Dolomite 1300,1980`V`reg in british racing brown(russet),3.63 diff with 21t speedo pinion,95%poly`d,HL clocks,standard wheels with SE covers wrapt in 175 70 13,mot`d 19-09-2014,been off the since 1990,(july2017) stainless steel exhaust 3-piece,(xmas2018) wooden mountney steering wheel,(june2020) new monroe shock(radial front,gas-matic rears) with -1" lower`d springs all round.
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#18 Post by TZbaz »

Thanks for all the comments , I haven't seen the car in the flesh yet so not sure how bad the paint is . Will hopefully post photos later.

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#19 Post by cleverusername »

Galileo wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:41 pm Plenty of brown modern cars about these last few years, everything from the likes Porches and Lexus to little Fiats that have reversed this insane dislike of brown some hold.
To be fair the modern browns don't have the same ability to make a car look like a giant turd, which BL managed with their colour choices.
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#20 Post by Carledo »

How about a drop of Ford Roman Bronze with a matching (contrasting?) Biscuit Vinyl roof?

Can't GET more 70s than that and a lot more exciting than Russet!

My Gunmetal Picasso was built in 2006 so a bit ahead of trend, but it actually looks surprisingly cool on a Dolomite (not my pic, this is a Italian export car) So much so that this colour made the short list of choices for my own Sprint. Only some circs I won't go into here and the availability of 5 litres of buckshee Vermillion paint made the final decision in favour of a more orthodox choice!


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#21 Post by xvivalve »

If it is Russet, paint it Maple; problem solved.
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