The color of money, and that's what it will take!
May 16, 2023 21:09:09 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Great images and vehicles Vince. Sorry to say but they are little out of my financial reach.
Don
Don
yeah, I think we all have to apologize for that Don, thanks!
May 16, 2023 21:17:00 #
davidrb wrote:
Ironic, isn't it that the color of money has seldom been a color used on American race cars. In European racing circles racing teams used a "national color" on their cars. ie, Italian teams used red, British teams used green, etc. For some reason American teams tended to shun the color green completely but have favored red, blue, or white as primary colors.
well, I can remember as a kid going to the local stock car races and green was considered a jinxed color, and maybe that was the norm back then. Speaking of team colors you might want to notice the color on many of the early Bugatti's from the 20's and early 30's, French Racing Team Blue was the common color, and kind of a robin's egg blue. I liked it on Bugatti's but when Ford used a similar color on Mustangs I really disliked it.
Seventy Seven by Vince Montalbano (autofocus), on FlickrMay 16, 2023 21:40:51 #
autofocus wrote:
well, I can remember as a kid going to the local s... (show quote)
Funny you mention blue and France racing. While it was actually the sponsor's color scheme the Ford GT-40's were blue with orange trim to represent the Gulf Oil Co. It was noted by American media that the French color won the French race (Le Mans) on an American made race car. Regardless, winning Le Mans is a huge affair and the French celebrated enormously. Racing breeds strange bedfellows.
May 16, 2023 22:02:32 #
davidrb wrote:
Funny you mention blue and France racing. While it was actually the sponsor's color scheme the Ford GT-40's were blue with orange trim to represent the Gulf Oil Co. It was noted by American media that the French color won the French race (Le Mans) on an American made race car. Regardless, winning Le Mans is a huge affair and the French celebrated enormously. Racing breeds strange bedfellows.
Gulf's colors on a GT here: (at 40 inches ground to roof, the GT40 sat a little lower than the GT)
Ford GT by Vince Montalbano (autofocus), on Flickr
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