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color question
my gf's uncle has a '92 svx (uses it as an undercover police cruiser) and it has an interesting paint job, he claims to be a stock color
its a purpleish/dark burgundy color with very thin red pinstriping near the bottom that seperates grey all along the lower couple of inches of the body kinda like the Z24 caviliers that have the grey bottom the question is is it supposed to be that color or was that a custom thing
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It doesn't sound like a stock color.
An undercover police car....I bet that doesn't draw attention now does it.
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Custom for sure.
If the car is '92 like you say, then the bodywork should be claret [a pretty dark purple colour] and the roof and trunklid should be black.
Maybe it got minor bodywork damage at some stage, and the owner decided to go off-standard with the colour. In Japan, some of the early 92-94 cars came in a distinctive three-tone style. The roof and trunk were black, the bodywork mainly silver, and the lower door panels and around the same level on the bumper was painted dark grey. These cars WERE stock, but I think they were Japan only, although Tony in the UK had an imported one, and they looked very nice in my view. Enclosed is a photo of a Japanese one, maybe your uncle's car copied this colour scheme. The three-tone colour only came on silver cars, BTW. Joe
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I have not see a color combination like you describe. I would say it is a custom paint job.
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ill get a picture of it in a few days, ill be near it then.... its not like the japanese pic (though that is a SWEET looking car) it resembles more of a z24 look where only an inch or 2 has the grey seperated by a thin red pinstripe, i never noticed it until last week, it does have the black trunk. the car was ordered from the factory in 92 by his sister whom passed away and left him the car.
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Check my signature for a pic of the "Z24 Look"
Mike |
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yes its similar to your cavilier but only about an inch or so is grey, not as much as the cavilier butthe same idea, pics to come hopefully monday night
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ok i finally got some snapshots and i gotthe trim code as 210 and color code as 265 it was built in 11/91 also note the pinstriping up by the door line.... it also has the back roof/trunk
claret 002.jpg claret 003.jpg claret 004.jpg claret 006.jpg claret 007.jpg as far as i know it was unchanged from factory and was built for her by subaru i jsut never seen one quite like this.... plus i think its a bit subtle to be a custom aftermarket job
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That looks pretty nice.
Maybe someone can shed more light on this for you.
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Mike Was your car originally green mica, painted red by mistake, or vice versa? Because if it was originally green mica underbase, I would be very interested to know what paint code the car has on the plate. And indeed, how did the paint mixers mess it up? Joe
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Thanks for the pics. It looks real cool, and is subtle like you say. I still think it is aftermarket, the cars never came from the factory that way. It is highly possible that the supplying dealers got their bodyshop to apply the grey and the pinstripe before the car was delivered. It's a very neat job. Joe
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Your wheels are on backwards!!
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. Earl .... ... .... ><SVX(*> Subaru Ambassador [COLOR=”silver”]1992 Tri Color L[/COLOR] ~45K (06/91) #2430 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~184K (05/91) #0739 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 1992 Pearl LS-L ~103K (06/91) #1680 1992 Pearl LS-L ~151K (06/91) #2229 1992 Dark Teal LS ~150K (07/91) #3098 (parts car) 1992 White LS-L ~139K (08/92) #6913 1993 25th AE ~98K (02/93) #164 1993 25th AE ~58K (02/93) #176 1993 25th AE ~107K (02/93) #215 1993 25th AE ~162K (02/93) #223 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~124K (1/94) #2408 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~144K (10/93) #1484 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~68K (10/93) #1525 1994 Barcelona Red LSi ~46K (02/94) #2624 1994 Pearl LSi ~41K (12/93) #1961 1995 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~70K (02/95) #855 1996 Polo Green LSi ~95K (03/96) #872 1997 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~55K (08/96) #097 2003 Brilliant Red LS1 Convertible ~29K (04/03) #8951 1999 Magnetic Red LS1 Coupe ~33K (04/99) #6420 My Email | Old Locker | New Locker | Picture of 15 of the 19 |
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It's cool, I like it. Never seen that color scheme like that. Take good care and not scratch that area!
-Ryu
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