| Rain Man |
12-22-2012 07:45 PM |
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Originally Posted by mikey23545
(Post 9232839)
That's hard to believe.
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Originally Posted by Chief Roundup
(Post 9232620)
Well I guess I don't understand the purist comment since the car has already been painted. It didn't come from the factory with that paint color or scheme. So in essence this would be the 3rd paint job not the 2cd. The value from deviating from an original paint job has already been deducted.
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It's kind of odd, but BMW did something unusual with the Z3s. They produced them in several standard colors, but then they also had some other colors that were tested and sold in very small quantities, or maybe they were special orders. Apparently you could also get the car from the factory in a custom color. I don't know the whole story, so I could be misunderstanding something.
This site shows the general palette: http://www.zroadster.net/tim/colors/index.html
It shows 12 standard colors and 9 retired colors that I don't think we're standard. Then it shows 6 additional limited colors, 12 rare colors (of which apricot is one), and 12 individual colors, which may have been custom orders. They're all factory paint jobs, but range from apparently one vehicle in production up to thousands.
As an aside, I'm pretty sure that my car is the one in the apricot photos. It's got the same top and interior, and the same upgraded wheels. |
The Mayan Prophecy Comes True For My Apricot BMW.
(https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=267928)