Argh, colour choice again...

jbcollier · Post by **jbcollier** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:33 pm

Still pulling my hair out over colour choice. Any thoughts on the below?

Carnival Red (the original colour of my car):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertsbit ... /lightbox/

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7314/9489 ... 99c5_b.jpg

French Blue (original colour choice):

http://lotus-europa2.com/vinpics/460202-1/a.jpg

(But Janet doesn’t like it)

A blue that both Janet and I like:

http://thegaragista.files.wordpress.com ... 130502.jpg

http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/albu ... .sized.jpg

CirrusWhite (original colour choice):

http://hooniverse.com/wp-content/galler ... ite-sm.jpg

http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/ ... 20PIC4.jpg

British Racing Green (original colour choice):

http://www.classiccarsltd.com/modules/a ... .php?id=94

(scroll down)

Yarko · Post by **Yarko** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:18 pm

I enjoy the not-French blue. But the one pictured also has stripes, which makes it go like 30 knots faster.

Angelo · Post by **Angelo** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:05 am

New Darker blue is killer!

jbcollier · Post by **jbcollier** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:30 am

Fixed the French Blue link and Cirrus White links.

jbcollier · Post by **jbcollier** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:52 am

While I like how they look, I don't want to fit "pull-me-over-I-must-be-doing-something-illegal" stripes.

redbike · Post by **redbike** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:06 am

If the OEM red is now down the list of favourites, then I like the darker blue the best.

Angelo · Post by **Angelo** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:50 am

The white makes it look to much like a 70's kitchen appliance...

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:33 pm

Angelo, I laughed out loud: the Lotus Mixmaster!

I like the darker Janet-friendly blue. It looks a lot like the original dark blue on the Saab Sonett.

Red is asking for trouble -- and even worse, it makes a man of a certain age look like he wants to be a man of a different age...

That sure was a lot of fun Sunday. Next time, it's my turn to sit on the floor.

jbcollier · Post by **jbcollier** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:52 pm

Here's one in a lightish British Racing Green:

http://thumbsnap.com/f/uptvERdA

http://thumbsnap.com/f/1a3snK5P

jbcollier · Post by **jbcollier** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:55 pm

BTW, the red's not out. Janet likes it. The problem is my being over-exposed to red sports cars.

jbcollier · Post by **jbcollier** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:05 pm

There's also the official Canadian race car colours back when cars raced in national colours before advertising took over:

White with a green stripe:

http://www.speedhunters.com/wp-content/ ... Dzxo_6.jpg

After the new flag, some raced in Red with a white stripe:

http://www.bndlg.de/~mditz/47gt25vsk.jpg

coyoteran · Post by **coyoteran** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 5:39 am

ooooooo....I like the white one with the green stripe. But I could be a bit biased about that as those are also Rider colours.

GO RIDERS!!!!

T

Angelo · Post by **Angelo** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:32 am

coyoteran wrote:ooooooo....I like the white one with the green stripe. But I could be a bit biased about that as those are also Rider colours.

GO RIDERS!!!!

T

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Angelo · Post by **Angelo** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:33 am

Still leaning heavy to the side of Blue, the darker one....

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:09 am

Both the Canadian racing colour versions are boss. The lighter racing green is kind of sober. Good road camo, however!