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Number: 1556
From: "negusm" <negusm@y...>
Date: Sun Oct 27, 2002  2:12 pm
Subject: Re: C O L O R S

Body:
Just remember you posted this under message 1555 and you can tell
anyone else who asks to go to that message. Yahoo has kept all
messages in the group thus far.

Btw, did you forget the coupes? :-)

-Mike



--- In ascmclaren@y..., "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...> wrote:
> 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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