I personally thing Bristol looks like primer.
Derby on an E3?
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I assume you mean just the front clip, my brother has a 2000cs and I have an E9 so spent quite a bit of time looking at the differences, and what is interesting is the shape of the crease lines around the front are different
I really like red E9's, Loren's when 'new' was the coolest
I had a 2002 that was Bristol, I really didn't like it, one advantage, there was a spray can primer that was an almost exact match, great for touch ups
a very long time ago, I had it repainted in Emron, there were only fixed color choices, so I picked a grey, it was still grey but a lot lighter than the Bristol, and I really liked the result
Hijack but Loren is the previous previous previous owner of my car (not including me). It has stayed with friends and family since he owned it in the 80’s, and he is still local to Seattle.
Great plate. Wish I had it! Note the <5mph passenger side bumper smack. The mount was bent a tad.
when were these photos taken? great to see
my long gone 2002 in lighter grey, terrible photo, all the years that I had it and this is the only one I have
I know I posted this one time, but here it is again, the red 2800 and my 1800
I posted the red E9, white 1800 and very light grey 2002, for color comparisons, personally, not not a big fan of white, but something about the very light grey was cool
My E9 was white when I bought it, but it back to Polaris
My E9 was white when I bought it, but it back to Polaris
i mean yeah, but have you ever glossed a primer?
Nevada on my 02. Bleached in the sun is deceiving, darker when not. Yes, a little green in some light, and yes mine is a single stage with clearcoat. A little less dark in value than Derby. (color value being what the colors would look like in a black and white picture; light to dark
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Late to the conversation, but my 69 was Bristol originally and I agree, it looked like primer (though I always thought of it as battleship grey). When I repainted it, I went Fjord. It looked great IMO. That said, to keep more with the original palette, I should have gone Nevada, although with Navy interior, might not have been great combo. I think you need to consider the interior. Nevada with Tan, that’s nice! I had never seen Derby? That looks cool, but Atlantik looks pretty cool to me and would be nice with tan interior. My current Bav is Verona, and I thought if I get around to painting, I would go Granada. I have reconsidered, when I paint it it will be Verona. Original paint with original black interior (not so original mechanical restoration).
Speaking of red...Derby would be great with Cardinal red interior. Thats what plan is for Nevada above...
AV - the owner of the Derby e28 said, "TELL HIM TO GO FOR IT, IT'S A GREAT COLOR!" LOL....But after reading the comments about interior color matching the exterior, I agree it should be part of the decision making. But seeing the color of your e3 now, it should match assuming that is the car in your icon pic. A darker interior would be better than lighter, unless a grey I think. Cardinal red would look really good IMO if you are looking to change that as well. I'm also assuming you are not going down that rabbit hole....for now at least. Let us know what you decide, good luck, hope the pics helped make up your decision.
Gavin’s Derby sedan is an e12 done in a homage to the 530MLE South African race car.
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Thanks Chris, my bad on the e28, I realized that when I was sleeping and forgot to correct later. Anyhow, I think as close as anyone is going to get to see what Derby would look like on an e3 since the e12 is a bigger sedan vs. seeing the color on a 2002 or coupe. the e12 is fresh paint and all, I think good color match at that from the other Derby cars I've seen in person. I don't know of any e3's in Derby, do you?
Shown inside and outdoors it really shows how that paint changes hues, and again in clouds but that's all Gavin would send me pic wise. Couldn't get a cloudy, outside pic.