<VV> Original color or not?

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

Yes, white is great if your car is a piece of junk, because it's easy to 
conceal the fact (except for rust!).

However, if your car is not a piece of junk, you will find that in white it 
will never look that great either. You can polish a white car until you are 
blue in the face and it will still be... white. Dull. Non-reflective. Very 
slightly grubby-looking even when it is clean. But not that dirty-looking 
when it is dirty (because most road dirt is close to white in colour, 
contrary to popular opinion!).

So... if your car is in nice, straight condition with no dents or ripples, 
and you are a competent painter )or know one) avoid white like the plague...

...but if your car is a piece of junk, white is the colour for you!

However, if your car isn't a piece of junk but is white, you better paint it 
quick because everyone will assume that, as it is white, you have lots to 
hide and it is a piece of junk.

Cheers

Alan, owner of three white cars, two of which will no longer be white when 
he paints them (because only one of them is a piece of junk!).

www.xtraspecialsevens.co.uk
Lotus 7 S2 and S3 spares and restoration specialists

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick & Janet Norris" <rickjanet@charter.net>
To: "Marc Sheridan" <sheridanma@adelphia.net>; <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Original color or not?


> And here's another important reason to have a white car, pointed out by my 
> wife. As we men know, women look at things entirely different than we do. 
> (I finally learned this!)
> While at a car show it does not matter what color the car on either side 
> of you is, your car will look good. My wife would often point out at car 
> shows how bad some cars looked when parked side by side due to clashing or 
> offsetting colors. I never noticed because being a typical guy I was 
> focused on the cars one at a time. She saw them as a whole.
> Her pet peeve at shows is when a Chevy for instance is painted a bright 
> red and the engine is typical GM orange. It clashes big time! Even though 
> I explain to her that is the way the factory painted them it still looks 
> bad overall. It really looks good on a Plumb Purple Mopar with an orange 
> engine block!
>
> Rick Norris
> First President CORSA 1971
> Email rickjanet@charter.net
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>
>> Ron,
>>
>> My '66 Monza 'vert is Ermine White also and is in the body shop now  for 
>> a new paint job. I really like color and had always planned on changing 
>> the color of my car to reflect that. However, I decided to keep the car 
>> white and introduce color by changing the interior from black to red. I 
>> may also add some pin striping or graphics to the outside to add more 
>> color.
>>
>> Here are the reasons why I chose to stay with white: it is very forgiving 
>> of imperfections in the body, white is easier than a dark color to get 
>> back to looking good after it gets dirty, and least important,  it is the 
>> original color. Red looks good, but I think it is overdone.
>>
>> I also plan to pick a white from a present day car, so if I have a small 
>> boo boo to fix, I can go to Autozone and pick up a can of touch up paint 
>> to fix it. You may want to think about that if you decide to create your 
>> own color.
>>
>> Please don't think I'm trying to convince you to keep your car white, I'm 
>> mostly trying to convince myself that white is the color I want on my car 
>> :o).
>>
>> Marc Sheridan
>> '66 Monza 'vert
>>
>>
>> RKAT wrote:
>>
>>>It's still a ways off, hopefully this spring and it will be ready. My
>>>Corsa was/is originally Ermine White. I definatley want to change the
>>>color. Do most of you stick with a color that was produced the year of
>>>your car? Or did you say, heck with it, it's mine, I'm gonna paint it
>>>whatever color I feel like! ?  I'm thinking of staying with a 66 color..
>>>Ron Tinkham
>>>66 Corsa Convertible
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