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◊ 2007-04-26 15:51 |
125p |
◊ 2007-10-24 05:29 |
The enquiry is complete The vehicle details for TGF 185R are: Date of Liability 01 04 1984 Date of First Registration 26 11 1976 Year of Manufacture 1976 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1481CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour ORANGE Vehicle Type Approval null |
◊ 2007-10-27 18:47 |
The person who reguistered it must be a bit colour-blind - the colour is clearly coral. My mother had one like that back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the streets and people watched TV by candlelight... |
◊ 2007-10-27 19:26 |
@bravada: for a car from the 70ies the 125 above has a quite decent colour. A similar colour was very popular for a lot of other cars, too, so Mercedes, VW and Audi and more flashing colour was possible. The real orange of VW and Audi was much powerfuller. And note: the combinaton of orange or flash-yellow paintwork with hardcore-green interior was very popular in that years. So my fater owned in the 70ies a 1973 VW Passat in "marinoyellow" (yellow with an orange input) with "wacholder" (strong green) interior. An my first car was in 1990 a flash-orange VW K 70. So what's up? Does anyone have the impression, that these early influences had caused some irritating results in my brain? |
◊ 2007-10-27 19:34 |
Where in the world did you get a flash-orange K70??? |
◊ 2007-10-27 20:22 |
Oh, not a big thing, I was looking for it and finally have found in the neighbourhood (in 1990 it was a bit easier than today). I made my decision a long time ago - in the mid-70ies as a small boy. I'd said: "When I will be grown up, I will drive K 70". So I did. My actual K 70, I'm owning since 1998, I've bought in Italy, because of the condition. It's turquoisemetallic. At that time I had the chance to buy the last produced, resp. the latest known, K 70 close to my parent's home (in flashing sunyellow), but I preferred to drive 2500 km for buying the other one. The reason: I don't like the Beetle-steering wheel of the late version. No kidding, orange was quite popular in the early 70ies, also at VW's of that time. Remembering my childhood in the 70ies, I can say, that all streets were full with orange, yellow, flashing green ("cliffgreen" at VW) cars. And orange cars shall have a better rust-protection, I've heard, too. In orange painting-pigments is a lot of Cadmium, this preserves for rust. Also a reason, why nowadays orange is not often offered by the car-companies. You cannot make orange painting without any -toxic- Cadmium. |