mike99101

Anyone seen this color before?
think it could be stock?

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst...560351401.html

TyFc3s

I have never seen it before(i have seen a lot of fds), idk why but i want to say its a Chevy color....

caredden

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OP,

Are you serious about it being a stock color?

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6757184

If you have not done so already, please read this thread...

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/faq-3rd-gen-other-useful-links-68640/

Prôdigy2nd

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With that color combo, to me it looks like it belongs on a golf course.... Lol


J.

hkp

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yeah no ****, ezgo green with tan bench seat, youre supposed to make your cart match your car, not the other way around.

moosejaw

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For the young ones out there
it seems this guy was trying to recreate his own version of the Jaquar E Type.
Back in the early 90's this was the "in color combo". Any english sports car (Lotus Esprit or TVR Cerbera) was favored in this color combo.
In fact there was a Miata special edition with this set up. that sold well

The color is referred to British Racing Green among the traditionalists.

Natey

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Looks like the color of my mom's BRG Jag.

oyvindjs

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moosejaw beat me to it!

Narfle

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An automatic FD with 132k miles for $12k? get real.

DaleClark

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I can dig British racing green, but that's too light. Just looks terrible.

Also, BRG is best on a proper car, like a British roadster. Not a Japanese sports car.

Dale

potatochobit

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I dont want to sound racist, but that car could be the spokes-model for Jarrito's lemon-lime soda...
though I do normally enjoy a tropical theme, just not on cars

Nik da Greek

Or a V8 Vantage?


Or an Allard


BRG dates from the days before sponsorship when each nation had a colour so as to be instantly recognisable, the Italians red (obviously) Germans silver, Japanese white etc, and it's a distinct dark green not that rather sickly one on the car in the OP. It's too pastelly for BRG

jkstill

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A bit of trivia - when watching the Goodwood Festival of Speed there was an automotive historian being interviewed.

In discussing BRG, he told the story of it actually being French in origin.

I think this is the bit here:

British Racing Green was started by the Panhard Race Car Co (French company) at the 1901 Paris - Berlin race Charles Jarratt(spl?) was awarded the number #13 for his Panhard race car. The factory tried to calm him down by giving the car a French lucky colour: GREEN - it then became BRG with it's own British Standard Colour #BS 381 C. The first "Official BRG" car was the 1903 Gordon Bennett Napier reg; DW 214.

If I can recall the fellow's name, I will see if I can find his rendition of it.

Nik da Greek

This is kinda true-ish. Or certain bits of it are. At the time of the Gordon Bennet cup Count Zborowski suggested the national livery colours, in 1902. The Napiers already rode in a green corporate livery, and for 1903 adpoted a shamrock green that was a fair bit lighter than what eventually became BRG. This was largely in honour of the fact that the "British" round of the Cup was actually held in Ireland since motor racing or any sort of timed trial was illegal on the roads in England, and this was a few years before the creation of the world's first permanent racing circuit at Brooklands.

So, yes, the Napiers ran an embryonic version of BRG in 1903 but it was in honour of Ireland, nowt to do with the French *spits* lol

jkstill

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You sir may be somewhat biased.

I remembered who the historian is: Doug Nye.

BRG does indeed seem to have been chosen by the French.

French car, French color, French race, British driver.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...in-combat.html

mkiv98

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but it's got 100k on the new engine!

Nik da Greek

LOL, guilty as charged I was perverted to profound hatred of the French automotive industry by my wife's prolonged ownership of a Renault so awful it's left deep psychological scars

However, on a serious note, Wiki seems to agree with my version of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green Like most Wikipedia articles, it's unattributed so of course there's nothing to say the author has any greater claim to authenticity than Mr Nye. I guess the two versions aren't necessarily mutually incompatible anyway.

We're going way off-topic of course. I think the car in the OP is a pretty nasty colour, personally