L.A.B. said:1973 850 Interstate blue?:
rvich said:Have you actually had two blue bikes sitting side by side and been able to see a difference in the color? (other than the dark blue on the Interstate).
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Rohan said:Not that its a metallic blue, as being discussed ere...
L.A.B. said:Rohan said:Not that its a metallic blue, as being discussed ere...
There only appears to have been two '73 blues? "Fireflake Royal Blue" and Interstate "Blue".
A metallic blue would have been listed as "Candy Apple".
Rohan said:No, Fireflake paints are metallic paints - big chunky metal flakes too.
Rohan said:Candy apple paints are something different again - they use a base coat of silver (flakes), with a clear red lacquer sprayed over the top. Quite different. Only the red is described as candy apple.
Rohan said:The 1973 brochure (was it ?) also lists Pacific Blue - and shows a metallic blue bike. It may have been the 850 Mk1A model, which would make it a 1974 model though, can't remember...