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Title: Colour schemes and liveries
Post by: Gmg31 on Tuesday,July 07, 2015, 12:51:21 AM: Has any one ever seen a Europa with a Gulf Oil livery. Would it be sacrilege to re spray a 1970 car in this scheme, would I be shunned from every lotus car show ever? Just thinking out loud
Title: Re: Colour schemes and liveries
Post by: jbcollier on Tuesday,July 07, 2015, 05:36:49 AM: No, never seen that. Yes, and your mother would cry herself to sleep every night ;-)

Frankly, after the mermaid Europa, anything goes.
Title: Re: Colour schemes and liveries
Post by: EuropaTC on Tuesday,July 07, 2015, 08:55:44 AM: Quote from: Gmg31 on Tuesday,July 07, 2015, 12:51:21 AM
Has any one ever seen a Europa with a Gulf Oil livery. Would it be sacrilege to re spray a 1970 car in this scheme, would I be shunned from every lotus car show ever?

My take on these things is that it's your car - you drive it, you pay for it so you get to say what it looks like.

Mine's yellow and coincidentally that's what it was from new. If it had been red, white or blue.... well, it'd be yellow now because the first Europa I ever saw was yellow and to me, that's what they should be. But the thing about paint is that it's temporary, if you don't like it you just put another colour on.

Brian
Title: Re: Colour schemes and liveries
Post by: 4129R on Tuesday,July 07, 2015, 10:26:00 AM: Close enough?
Title: Re: Colour schemes and liveries
Post by: EuropatcSPECIAL on Tuesday,July 07, 2015, 02:13:22 PM: Good evening GMG, I would second Brian, its your car. It always was an attractive colour scheme to me. You will always get the 'knockers' I've found that the car attracts so much attention , so many people have never seen one before, so presented in a stunning colour scheme can only be positive. Anyway if you dont like it you can always rub it down again. I painted my Europa in the 70's in Sprint colours, Lagoon blue over white. Go for it you know it makes sence
good luck
(be brave)
8)
Title: Re: Colour schemes and liveries
Post by: 3929R on Tuesday,July 07, 2015, 02:27:45 PM: (https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/18j1j4nlxg6n7jpg.jpg)
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/gulf-livery-lotus-europa-more-pics-in-the-jump-463436019 (http://oppositelock.kinja.com/gulf-livery-lotus-europa-more-pics-in-the-jump-463436019)
Title: Re: Colour schemes and liveries
Post by: Gmg31 on Tuesday,July 07, 2015, 02:35:47 PM: Oh that is pretty, i so love those colours. I was thinking about a wrap rather than a full respray.
Title: Re: Colour schemes and liveries
Post by: StrawberryCheesecake on Thursday,July 09, 2015, 03:26:20 PM: If you want it like that, go for it.
Title: Re: Colour schemes and liveries
Post by: Nitwit on Thursday,July 09, 2015, 03:40:29 PM: Paint her the way you want, all of my Europa have been molested, modified, one way or another.
Whit