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Number: 1555
From: "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
Date: Sun Oct 27, 2002 1:43 pm
Subject: C O L O R S
Body:
PLEASE, EVERYONE, PLEASE -- PRINT THIS & SAVE IT. I HAVE DONE IT ON
HERE THREE TIMES. PLEASE, PRINT & SAVE !!
MUSCAT RED - (Not muscRat) 1984/1985/1986
ASC WHITE - 1984/1985/1986
JET BLACK - ALL YEARS, 1984 THRU 1990
JUBBU BLUE - 1984 ONLY
KEWEENAU WHITE - 1987 THRU 1990
ascMCLAREN RED - 1987 THRU 1990
ATLANTIC BLUE METALLIC - 1986/1987/1988
STERLING SILVER METALLIC - 1986 THRU 1990
PARIS BLUE METALLIC - 1986 ONLY
HOT YELLOW - 1987 & 1988
MEDIUM REGATTA BLUE METALLIC - 1987 & 1988
AZURA BLUE PEARLESCENT - 1988/1989/1990
BLACK~CHERRY PEARL - 1988 ONLY
GUNMETAL GREY METALLIC - 1987 & 1988
REGAL RED~FOX METALLIC - 1987 & 1988
RED SNAPPER - 1987 & 1988
ROYAL GOLD METALLIC - 1989 & 1990
CANDY RED METALLIC - 1989 ONLY
PARIS BLUE METALLIC - 1989 ONLY (A Different Color than 1986 with
same name).
BRITISH RACING GREEN METALLIC - 1989 ONLY
SUMMER'S TAN - 1989 ONLY
SEA FOAM AQUAMARINE - 1990 ONLY
DINO YELLOW - 1990 ONLY
CORAL RED PEARLESCENT - 1990 ONLY (On Some ascMcLaren Paperwork,
this color was referred to as "COTTON~CANDY PINK PEARL")
THERE WAS ONE CAR, A 1989 I BELIEVE, MADE IN TWO-TONE OF A BLACK
ROOF, SCARLET INTERIOR, ascMcLAREN RED HOOD, TRUNK AND UPPER BODY
SIDES, AND THE REMAINDER OF THE SIDES IN JET BLACK.
THERE WAS ONE CAR MADE FOR MGM MOVIE STUDIOS IN HOLLYWOOD, A 1986
CAPRI VERSION, IN STERLING SILVER METALLIC WITH SAND BEIGE INTERIOR &
SAND BEIGE ROOF, NORMALLY A TABOO COMBINATION.
THERE WAS NEVER ANY ORDERS RECEIVED, AND THUSLY NONE EVER BUILT FOR
1990 IN ROYAL GOLD METALLIC, LIKEWISE THE SAME FOR SUMMER'S TAN IN
1989, (making SUMMER'S TAN the only color ever offered of which not
even one was ever made) !!
SEVERAL COLORS SAW ONLY 1 MADE, INCLUDING:
CORAL RED PEARLESCENT; BRITISH RACING GREEN METALLIC and REGAL
RED~FOX METALLIC.
NEW COLORS DESTINED FOR 1991, WHICH OF COURSE NEVER HAPPENED, WERE:
BIMINI BLUE METALLIC REPLACING AZURA BLUE PEARLESCENT
WEINSBURG SILVER PEARL REPLACING STERLING SILVER METALLIC
AND
CINNAMON BROWN PEARLESCENT REPLACING ROYAL GOLD METALLIC
IN ADDITION.....
FOR 1991, THE ONLY CONVERTIBLE TOPS THAT WERE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE
WERE TO BE: OXFORD WHITE; BLACK OR ATLANTIC BLUE
INTERIORS FOR 1991 WERE TO LOSE SCARLET AND TITANIUM GREY AS CHOICES.
1991 INTERIORS WERE TO BE: OXFORD WHITE; EBONY BLACK OR DUO TONE OF
CRYSTAL BLUE AND DARK REGATTA BLUE.
MUSCAT RED WAS NAMED FOR PETER MUSCAT, THE CAR'S DESIGNER
JUBBU BLUE WAS NAMED FOR THE METAL FORMATION AND PROTOTYPE COMPANY
THAT METAL POUNDED THE FIRST PROTOTYPE TOGETHER, JUBBU INDUSTRIES IN
MICHIGAN.
ALL CARS USED SIKKENS BRAND PAINT PROCESS, THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE
INDUSTRY. NO CARS PRIOR TO 1988 WERE CLEARCOATED. CLEARCOATING
BEGAN IN 1988 WITH ascMcLAREN CARS ONLY. TOTAL CLEARCOATING BEGAN
WITH JOB 1 OF 1989.
THEREWAS A SHORTAGE OF ascMcLAREN RED AT THE BEGINNING OF 1988 AND A
DELAY IN ITS DELIVERY, THEREFORE THE FIRST DOZEN CARS MADE IN RED
WERE DONE IN A VERY, VERY, VERY SIMILIAR COLOR, CALLED RED SNAPPER.
YOU'D HAVE TO REPAINT A PANEL OF ONE, IN THE OTHER'S PAINT TO
VISUALLY 'SEE' THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RED SNAPPER & ascMcLAREN RED.
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