Re: 1974 Dolomite Sprint
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:32 pm
Father Honda had a 1980 BL Jaaag as 2nd owner. First owner had ordered it in black, but delivered in red. Sent back for full respray in black.
Not a chance! Even Ford couldn't do that. The two black RS Turbo Series 1's that Ford built (Lady Diana had one) were built white, then stripped to a shell and colour changed.
That was VdP in Kingsbury though, not Longbridge.fried onions wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 11:49 am There is the Applejack Green VP 1500. It left the factory in that colour. So someone ordered it, and they painted it.
Are you sure?The Reverend Bluejeans wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:42 pmNot a chance! Even Ford couldn't do that. The two black RS Turbo Series 1's that Ford built (Lady Diana had one) were built white, then stripped to a shell and colour changed.
BL had enough trouble building cars in standard colours.
You could have pretty much anything you wanted if you knew the right people or spent enough money with them, my dad needed a shell for a princess when they first came out this one was written off at 3 weeks old! The official answer was that shells weren't available yet as they were all being used and it would be 6 months wait. A phone call saw one being pulled off the line and delivered the next week....
That's a Mark 4 though and it's a Ford press car. Series 2 RS Turbos used various colours.Warren t claim wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2019 11:18 pmAre you sure?The Reverend Bluejeans wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:42 pmNot a chance! Even Ford couldn't do that. The two black RS Turbo Series 1's that Ford built (Lady Diana had one) were built white, then stripped to a shell and colour changed.
BL had enough trouble building cars in standard colours.
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Ford never made another Mk4 XR3i in that colour.
That's as maybe, but they had to be current colours. Canley's paint shop - like all the others - painted cars in batches. 100 yellow cars, then 100 red ones. No way were they going to clean the entire paint mixing scheme and guns out in a major - and very militant factory - to paint one Dolomite. It didn't happen.DodgeRover wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2019 11:20 pmYou could have pretty much anything you wanted if you knew the right people or spent enough money with them, my dad needed a shell for a princess when they first came out this one was written off at 3 weeks old! The official answer was that shells weren't available yet as they were all being used and it would be 6 months wait. A phone call saw one being pulled off the line and delivered the next week....