Wow now that is what you call a good choice of colours.
My choice would be the blue in the top left hand corner. In these modern times I think car makers give far less choice but with wraps so easily available I think you can have your car in any colour you can imagine and changing it later to another colour i...
I realize some paints are more expensive than others
But the whole “optional at extra cost” applied to paints really annoys me! They’re effectively saying, “you can have a boring car as standard equipment but to look good is going to cost more”.
Wonderful world of colors.
There was a time when things were built to last for ever and to please the buyer. I watch on YouTube shows where they sometimes compare the strength of an old tool against several modern ones: a hammer, a vise, a wrench… Invariably the old one brakes way ...
It's passion
It is passion what shines light on otherwise simple objects. You my friend, are a bright light full of passion. Never would had concidered Alpine but now, afert your mod journey and this level of detailed posts. It's been said before, you are dangerous
So many browns, so few blues…
Actually surprised a bit by the palette 🎨 Thanks for sharing, very interesting indeed 👍🏻 Funny thing, the rarest color for the Citroen SM was actually black 😁
Due to ineffective air conditioning, perhaps
Black isn’t realistic in Mediterranean or desert climates.
Could be…
I guess in addition to that it was simply not a popular color for the type of car at that time 😊🤷🏻♂️
What about interior trim?
Nowadays the choices are very limited (or none). Honda for example seems to say, “Take a black interior or go away”
What a beautiful collection of scale model Alpine cars dear Nicolas!! Does it belong to you?? Interesting to view how many colors were available!!
Though El Dexter is not a small scale cars collector I love these charming little cars and own a few of course. Does Vlad collect them? Thank you for sharing my dear friend!! Abrazos, Abel
