cazalea[Seiko Moderator]
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Yes, I have more to share (sorry to be late)
Jun 21, 2021,13:37 PM
These are all from my personal ownership (or else I repaired them) ... and I suppose alphabetical order is as good as any, so let's start with
CITROEN
The Yellow van originally built in Argentina, later moved to the states and restored by a guy in Chicago, I think. I owned it from 1997-2002.
It was yellow outside and in
A bit TOO yellow, in some ways.
This car was more factory yellow, and dates back to the Fifties. I remember very little about it as I only worked on it for a few weeks then gave it back to its owner.
This car came from the San Diego Auto Museum. I helped keep it running.
This is my Citroen 2CV 4x4 painted in a Desert Beige color (almost yellow). I had it built by Louis Barbour, a custom car fabricator in England
This Citroen Mehari is from the Seventies - the first automobile body 100% ABS plastic. This is the original color although the car was restored by our friend Lina and her partner Tim
The car lives in Denmark but I think these pictures were taken in Sweden somewhere (I forget)
I DO remember this one, on the shores of the Aegean, just below Mt Olympus, on a different Citroen excursion. Yes, they drove it from Denmark.
LOTUS EUROPA
My first Lotus, a bight yellow Europa Twin Cam (the Pontiac in the foreground was not ours, it belonged to my friend Dan who let me keep the Lotus in his garage for a year)
LOTUS Seven, on a test drive, in the rain, in Seattle. I decided not to buy this and drive it the 1200 miles home to San Diego.
The seller (failed to sell it and still went home happy)
I realized even yellow paint won't save you in a Lotus Seven
But I bought one anyway....
Here's my Caterham Seven, "Prisoner" edition. OK, so only the nose was yellow.
( Notice the yellow van in the back). I had this car in the late Nineties
But that was enough to be spotted in traffic.
When I got my "new" Elan in 1995 I tried to find one in Norfolk Mustard, but alas only a few made it to the USA, so I ended up with a red one
I drove one of the very first Lotus Elise models -- this was in 1997, in Maidenhead or someplace nearby
MG TD
Here's one of those English Primrose yellow cars
TRIUMPH HERALD
And here's another one - this Triumph was a nightmare mistake but I flipped it quickly. Bought on Sunday, sold on Thursday!
This is a better one, owned by someone else. Notice my matching shirt!
Gosh, I need to get shopping -- that's all the Yellow I have owned (so far).