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Number: 1558
From: "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
Date: Sun Oct 27, 2002  4:34 pm
Subject: Re: C O L O R S

Body:
Sorry people, I omitted one !

Alpine Green Metallic - 1987 ONLY



--- 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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