Thursday, May 18, 2006
It was all YELLOW…
Paint codes. That’s what I’ve to find out. I’ve ordered my bits and bobs from Just Kampers (even treated myself to a new 3 point seatbelt for baby Maisie’s seat) and Alan Schofield (for the body panel) and I just need to sit back and wait for Parcel Force. It can be a long wait way out here in the West.
Instead of kicking my heels though, our tame mechanic wants me to find out what colour the paint is. Or was.
Now, anyone who’s looked even a wee bit closely at any of the bus photos on this here site will have spotted the, ahem, discrepancies in the shades of yellow used on the van. I like to think of the original (cab end) as being a kind of “mustard yellow” whilst the shoddy paint job (see “Black Day” catalloy stuff…) is a sort of “custard yellow.” So, with the rather less than concourse condition in mind I said to our man not to worry. Any old thing will do but he’s a pro and said I should get the real thing so he could get some mixed up for me.
I’m a bit mixed up myself as it happens but in search I went. “Dear all,” I wrote to the 80-90ers, “where’s this paint code then?”
Near the accelerator, under the dash, they said.
“Oh no it’s not. Not in my van at any rate…” So they told me to check under the passenger seat where “you’ll find a silver plate riveted on with the paint code…”
I think I may have a counterfeit van. Either that or the riveters swapped shifts with the sticker-onners the day my bus got a coat of paint…
Still, Bambusgelb (bamboo yellow) and Elfenbein (elephant bone/ivory) does have a wonderfully exotic ring to it.
(better than LH1B and L567 at any rate).
Paint codes. That’s what I’ve to find out. I’ve ordered my bits and bobs from Just Kampers (even treated myself to a new 3 point seatbelt for baby Maisie’s seat) and Alan Schofield (for the body panel) and I just need to sit back and wait for Parcel Force. It can be a long wait way out here in the West.
Instead of kicking my heels though, our tame mechanic wants me to find out what colour the paint is. Or was.
Now, anyone who’s looked even a wee bit closely at any of the bus photos on this here site will have spotted the, ahem, discrepancies in the shades of yellow used on the van. I like to think of the original (cab end) as being a kind of “mustard yellow” whilst the shoddy paint job (see “Black Day” catalloy stuff…) is a sort of “custard yellow.” So, with the rather less than concourse condition in mind I said to our man not to worry. Any old thing will do but he’s a pro and said I should get the real thing so he could get some mixed up for me.
I’m a bit mixed up myself as it happens but in search I went. “Dear all,” I wrote to the 80-90ers, “where’s this paint code then?”
Near the accelerator, under the dash, they said.
“Oh no it’s not. Not in my van at any rate…” So they told me to check under the passenger seat where “you’ll find a silver plate riveted on with the paint code…”
I think I may have a counterfeit van. Either that or the riveters swapped shifts with the sticker-onners the day my bus got a coat of paint…
Still, Bambusgelb (bamboo yellow) and Elfenbein (elephant bone/ivory) does have a wonderfully exotic ring to it.
(better than LH1B and L567 at any rate).
