Yes I do know that, and I do not mind owning up to being 54, but I would like to know where green cam from for British race cars. It seems an odd colour to choose as not easily seen on a race track or anywhere else for that, and I distinctly remember my mum saying a green car was bad luck. Also if I am right most cars until the late 50's were darker colours, was this due to easily available pigments or fashion/respectability?
Regards, Adrian Sent from my iPad On 16 Jul 2012, at 20:44, Owen Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Adrian, > You are obviously younger than some of us! The fancy colours came with > cigarette advertising taking over the sport. Until that time, British racing > cars were green, Italian red, German silver or white etc. > > The famous JPS black and gold Loti were so named after John Player Special > ciggies, which came in similarly coloured packets, Marlboro McLarens were > similarly painted like the eponymous ciggie packets. After years of watching > fag packets flying round the circuits, ciggie advertising was banned, but the > colours still told whose gaspers were behind them. > > Nowadays the colours are usually determined by the main sponsors: nationality > is pretty irrelevant, anyway, as most F1 cars are engineered and made in > England, but with foreign money, Ferrari being one of the very few which > isn't. > > Owen. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Adrian Slade > To: mogtalk2 > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 8:19 PM > Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] the colour green. > > BRM's were generally in green. Lotus race and have raced in Black and Gold > for a while, were green earlier then green and yellow, have used red and > white and all yellow. McLaren are silver and red. Jaguar Le Mans were > predominantly White and Purple (silk cut), other colours have been used. > Aston Martin cars have raced in a variety of livery. TVR's have raced in > loads of different colours. > > Having said that the theme that most have used appears to be Green, although > that does preclude the use of other colours. > > I suspect dark colours back in the thirties, forties and fifties were easier > to produce and cheaper hence lots of black, green and dark blue vehicles > until the late fifties and early 60's/ > > Adrian > > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
