Sprint Colors.
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:50 pm
Yes the change in paint colours continues into the door openings, however the gold stripe just goes slightly round the corner as it is not long enoughto go all the way to the door seal.
The white is Cirrus white.
The white colour was applied in the mould, the other colour was sprayed on when the body was out of the mould, this is why it cost ?15 more for a car in single colour that for a twin colour Sprint, they had to paint the whole shell.
Am I the only person who knows how to look in the archives? No wonder so many old Elan.net folks do not bother to contribute to this forum any more.
Gary- this bad-tempered comment is not aimed at you, it's just that the same questions keep on being raised over and over- which side do the wipers park, why don't my carbs work, arrrghh- search in the archives, it's in therealready, well 99% anyway. End of rant.
Pete (stick off ice, fen dried out, time for a drink).
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary
To: ***@***.***
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:13 PM
Subject: [LotusElan.net] Re: Sprint Colors.
The bottom half color on an Elan Sprint is definitely Cirrus White.
(I wrote Lotus a few years back, and they have the bottom as Cirrus
White and the top as Carnival Red.)
Now I have a question... Does the defining line between the top and
bottom colors on an Elan Sprint continue into the door jamb and
around the door itself? (I just dropped my Sprint off at the shop
today to get the same paint job. My painter asked the question.) Can
anyone post a photo of this condition? Thanks!
Gary
'71 Elan Sprint Coupe
Miami, Fl
____________________________________________________________________
--- In ***@***.***, "Tony Vaccaro" <tvacc@l...> wrote:
" I am looking for the paint code for the WHITE that is on the
bottom of the > Sprint Elans."
The white is Cirrus white.
The white colour was applied in the mould, the other colour was sprayed on when the body was out of the mould, this is why it cost ?15 more for a car in single colour that for a twin colour Sprint, they had to paint the whole shell.
Am I the only person who knows how to look in the archives? No wonder so many old Elan.net folks do not bother to contribute to this forum any more.
Gary- this bad-tempered comment is not aimed at you, it's just that the same questions keep on being raised over and over- which side do the wipers park, why don't my carbs work, arrrghh- search in the archives, it's in therealready, well 99% anyway. End of rant.
Pete (stick off ice, fen dried out, time for a drink).
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary
To: ***@***.***
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:13 PM
Subject: [LotusElan.net] Re: Sprint Colors.
The bottom half color on an Elan Sprint is definitely Cirrus White.
(I wrote Lotus a few years back, and they have the bottom as Cirrus
White and the top as Carnival Red.)
Now I have a question... Does the defining line between the top and
bottom colors on an Elan Sprint continue into the door jamb and
around the door itself? (I just dropped my Sprint off at the shop
today to get the same paint job. My painter asked the question.) Can
anyone post a photo of this condition? Thanks!
Gary
'71 Elan Sprint Coupe
Miami, Fl
____________________________________________________________________
--- In ***@***.***, "Tony Vaccaro" <tvacc@l...> wrote:
" I am looking for the paint code for the WHITE that is on the
bottom of the > Sprint Elans."