Letterman Superamerica color

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Letterman Superamerica color

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My car got crunched badly last friday night and is going to need major body repairs. I want to get it repainted and have seen a pic of Dave's Superamerica in a blue color...anyone have access to a pic or know the color?

Yes, I have done a search.

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Sorry to hear about your accident. Is everybody all right?

What happened?
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Kerry...it's in this thread on Fchat, post #27. See my profile pic for the sad situation.


http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showth ... 031&page=2
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Sorry to hear about your mishap. Here's a pic of 4651 SA for starters:

http://www.panachemag.com/Archive/5_04/ ... e_Cars.asp
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Wayne wrote:Better photo here:

Wayne,

Thank you very much! Great photo, just what I need to visualize the color on my car.


Everyone: next piece of info needed is the original name and number designation for this color. Would be very grateful for help with that.

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Hi Scott,

Sorry to hear about your accident.

I can probably get you samples of Dave's color for you from the person who painted the car. Francois recently had a Superfast painted by another shop with a similar color that is very close to that hue, and is actually a modern BMW color. The color of these two cars are basically blue with a slight purple tinge that comes out in bright sunshine.

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tyang wrote:Hi Scott,

Sorry to hear about your accident.

I can probably get you samples of Dave's color for you from the person who painted the car. Francois recently had a Superfast painted by another shop with a similar color that is very close to that hue, and is actually a modern BMW color. The color of these two cars are basically blue with a slight purple tinge that comes out in bright sunshine.

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Tom, that would be awesome. I'll PM you about it.

The wreck was pretty bad but no injuries and my car is repairable, no vitals look to be damaged, and insurance is covering.

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Scott,

Take a look at Yale's car it's an S1 with a very similar color scheme to Mr. Letterman's Superamerica.

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Art S. wrote:Scott,

Take a look at Yale's car it's an S1 with a very similar color scheme to Mr. Letterman's Superamerica.

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I've always liked the look of Yale's car, and that's the direction I'm going at present. Also have thought about rosso rubino, but examples I've found online are wildly varied.
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Hi Scott,

My car is Marrone It. Dark red I love it very classy color. I originally thought it was a version of rosso rubino, I was wrong.
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william wrote:Hi Scott,

My car is Marrone It. Dark red I love it very classy color. I originally thought it was a version of rosso rubino, I was wrong.
William, any way I could see a pic of your car, and is the color an original Ferrari color of the period?

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Scott,

marrone is the dark brown color that Steve McQueen's Lusso is painted.

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Art S. wrote:Scott,

marrone is the dark brown color that Steve McQueen's Lusso is painted.

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Art, thanks. I think there's a link to pics of that car on Fchat; I'll look.

Your car is also blu sera, no?
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Letterman Superamerica color

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Try Jon Brents website for information on paint colours
http://www.jb330gt.com/Colors.htm
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