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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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02/06/2015 07:35
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Not a hundred percent convinced by this colour: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-Fiat-Coup...=item4aeb1518a5But then, I lived through the seventies and saw Mk2 escorts new...
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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02/06/2015 08:58
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Worst for me are Scott's Green, Wine Red and Electric Blue. The rest of the metallics follow though Ink Black is still nice. Bold, bright solid colours for interesting cars thank you How can you not like electric blue ? Not so much'don't like', more least favourite. For me, it's repmobile blue. Doesn't stand out like an Italian sports car / GT should.
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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02/06/2015 10:29
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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02/06/2015 16:37
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Oh wow, some seriously bad Porto vibes on this thread, I think I need to find somewhere else to hang out But it is really only light metallic blue, if you want mauve / purple / murple, you want this Oh wait, I see barnacle posted that earlier
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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02/06/2015 17:21
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glenn1960
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Porto looks like a white car that got in the wash with a blue sock and for that reason alone, it's my least favourite. very funny
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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02/06/2015 17:28
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glenn1960
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scotts green leading , with porto a clear second followed by cronos [ nows the time to find a cheap scottie as no-one will want it on here !! ]
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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02/06/2015 17:33
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I don’t like porto blue. What colour’s my car? Oh yeah, porto blue. D’oh.
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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02/06/2015 23:43
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Barmybob's coupe was one of the best looking in Turin last year, and I think the only scotts there out of 150 coupes if I'm not mistaken? Oh thanks Antony. It was oddly one of the rarest standard colour cars at the event and attracted quite a lot of attention. Mr Bangle was even heard to say "lovely colour" and also commented on the paint / interior combination He was probably tired of seeing so many LE's by then I was quite surprised in Turin at how nice the early 16v flat white cars looked. I never thought that colour would work well on a Coupé but they looked fantastic.
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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03/06/2015 00:00
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Colours very much down to personal choice - each to their own and all that. Alot of people seem to think Green is unlucky for some reason but I like it on the Coupe. First Coupe I ever drove was a Scotts... TBH I like them all really - its just down to spec/options/add-on's that make the difference to me if a Coupe looks right or not. I know Crono is very marmite - I really wanted one before I got mine. It looks grey then blue in different lights but really needs to be kept clean to look its best. Same with black. Pininfarina said all car prototypes should be done in silver so as to best look like the original metal to best judge the design. Works for me - but then I would say that wouldn't I
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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03/06/2015 01:05
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All greens are naff closely followed by broom yellow and porto.
What were Fiat thinking? Because broom yellow is so hideous
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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03/06/2015 09:28
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Grigio steel, then rosso corsa speciale (roughly translated as speed pink).
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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03/06/2015 12:29
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A lot of people seem to think Green is unlucky for some reason but I like it on the Coupe. That’s a fisherman thing. Green is an unlucky colour for ships/boats. The general belief is that it’s as simple as green being the colour of land. There was an old superstition that even wearing dark green on a boat would cause the boat to ‘seek land’. Took me years to find that out – I grew up in Hull and everybody knew green cars were unlucky, but nobody could tell me why until I went to to the Maritime Museum one day.
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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03/06/2015 13:30
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Not heard that one poprock and I used to be a merchant navy officer years ago.
The weather decks of all Shell tankers were painted dark green too.
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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03/06/2015 18:37
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Not heard that one poprock and I used to be a merchant navy officer years ago.
The weather decks of all Shell tankers were painted dark green too.
I think it’s a very ancient superstition and pretty much lost these days. I mean, there are plenty of yacht racing teams with green livery …
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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01/03/2016 17:11
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Chrono grey is a marmite colour, love it or hate it.........I love it, plus its the rarest of all coupes left in the world Red is my other choice and yet I owned a scots green from new with tan leather interior (what was I thinking). Not too keen on any green these days but don't mind any of the other colours
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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01/03/2016 20:12
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Personally I think that Steel Grey is not my kind of color... but; on the LE it looks fantastic with the titanium accents! Other then that, I like black a little less.. the lines won't stand out nice I think.. just as in the interior.
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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01/03/2016 21:56
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Reading this thread and peoples varying opinions is quite interesting and has me thinking of other related questions?
1. What OTHER colour should Fiat have made the Coupe available in, if you could choose any colour at all from the same era?
2. If you were fully restoring a car and perhaps felt unsure about the original colour, then having eventually got to the respray stage, would you stick to the original colour, no matter what or venture out into something unique but hopefully still tasteful?
3. Would a restored car in any colour other than its original be "undesirable" to forum "buyers"?
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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01/03/2016 22:04
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Maserati Neptune Blue would be good on Coupe. I do wonder what flip fleck paint job would like on a Coupe as well.
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Re: Least favourite coloured coupe :paper:
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01/03/2016 23:16
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Clintos
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I think most coupe enthusiasts would be put off by colour change from original factory but maybe that's just my opinion. If I was to choose an original coupe colour then I would have definitely chosen an oyster pearl white (similar to 3M 1080-SP10 Satin Pearl White) which looks almost matt I imagine some matt colours would also suit the coupe
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