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1969 BF Goodridge car
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From: Norwalk Ct
That's not what he said, he said, "It started out Monaco Orange and BF Goodrich decided to paint it blue" He then said it toured the US and ended up in Hawaii for 5 years then wound up in California and thats when he got the car. He never said it was red and he returned it to blue? I don't see how you heard him say "He" returned it to blue it sounds like it has been blue since BF Goodrich did the car?
the video on http://www.vettetube.com
http://vettetube.com/view_video.php?...f55970346633f9
at approxiamtely 2.01 into the video the guy says "it was then painted red, then the current owner bought it".........
and I heard him say it was red when he got it when he was standing in my garage buying parts from me!
I'll see if I can get him to join the forum, give us some first hand info on it, it is a nice car.
Nick
Last edited by lvrpool32; Sep 11, 2008 at 11:01 AM.
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From: Huntersville NC
actually... 
sorry... this is kind of a petty argument... the narrator in the video says..
"painted red.... I believe " indicating that he wasn't quite sure if the car was painted red or not before it was restored to it's condition as the BFG blue promotional vette... but really, who cares?
cant get that vettester site to work.. will try again later. Really curious about that blue.
sorry... this is kind of a petty argument... the narrator in the video says.."painted red.... I believe " indicating that he wasn't quite sure if the car was painted red or not before it was restored to it's condition as the BFG blue promotional vette... but really, who cares?
cant get that vettester site to work.. will try again later. Really curious about that blue.
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Racer
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From: Milan
Drifting
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From: Los Gatos CA
Years back I was at a GG show in Pleasanton CA. I stopped at the BFG display and asked about that beautiful poster car. He pointed towards his right. There she was. There was no way my beat 68 BB roadster would ever have paint that good or be that straight. Well, 20 years and 8 grand later, I have it. In can be done.
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From: west babylon new york
he live;s in babylon i will see if i can meet with him and set the story straight , my friend is a customer of his, i will give him a call in the am and try to straighten it out or see if i can get him to post on the forum ,he was supposed to stop by my shop about a month ago but i was too busy to meet with him
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From: Milan
he live;s in babylon i will see if i can meet with him and set the story straight , my friend is a customer of his, i will give him a call in the am and try to straighten it out or see if i can get him to post on the forum ,he was supposed to stop by my shop about a month ago but i was too busy to meet with him
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From: Norwalk Ct
got a response back from Frank...
and I quote..................
"Hi Nick,
Good hearing from you. Never check out the forum. Just checked it out. Funny to hear all the speculation! Go to youtube.com, do a search BF Goodrich Corvette you will see me with the car at NCRS in Orlando. Also check out Vettester.com go to Vettester videos, then choose BFG Poster car and enjoy. Tells the true story. It will be in Vette magazine with me in a few months, keep your eyes open. You are correct about the red, guy who bought it from BFG painted it Arena red, Porsche color. I brought it back to the correct blue. Car is now restored to exact condition as poster.
Regards,
Frank"
and I quote..................
"Hi Nick,
Good hearing from you. Never check out the forum. Just checked it out. Funny to hear all the speculation! Go to youtube.com, do a search BF Goodrich Corvette you will see me with the car at NCRS in Orlando. Also check out Vettester.com go to Vettester videos, then choose BFG Poster car and enjoy. Tells the true story. It will be in Vette magazine with me in a few months, keep your eyes open. You are correct about the red, guy who bought it from BFG painted it Arena red, Porsche color. I brought it back to the correct blue. Car is now restored to exact condition as poster.
Regards,
Frank"
Burning Brakes
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From: west babylon new york
i also talked to frank today ,i called him he said as stated the car was monaco orange when new,the owner lent it to bfgoodrich,they wound up buying the car ,they had it painted blue at huntinton street rods in califofnia, they don;t remember the paint code, it was campained for years then sold to someone who painted it a shade of porsche red,after a while it was sold again and that is when frank bought it , he returned it to the same shade of blue it was painted ,using a door hindge to get the color, he stated that it appears to be a early mustang mach 1 color, he also said that it was going to be a feature car in corvette fever or vette vues mag, i also told him about the forum and he said altho he just heard about it he has never had a chance to check it out but will , i am glad i got to talk to him today as he is very busy with his work that he was able to spend some time talking to me on the phone about his car
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From: Graceland in a Not Correctly Restored Stingray
I've got that same poster framed and hung in my garage (an a blue wall, no less). I've always thought it might very well be the Porsche Nassau Blue on this Lola T332C (old photo has some color shift). Another possibility is the PPG Super Blue on the Reynard, below that.
Guess I must have a thing for blue race cars...
Guess I must have a thing for blue race cars...
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From: Methuen Ma
i also talked to frank today ,i called him he said as stated the car was monaco orange when new,the owner lent it to bfgoodrich,they wound up buying the car ,they had it painted blue at huntinton street rods in califofnia, they don;t remember the paint code, it was campained for years then sold to someone who painted it a shade of porsche red,after a while it was sold again and that is when frank bought it , he returned it to the same shade of blue it was painted ,using a door hindge to get the color, he stated that it appears to be a early mustang mach 1 color, he also said that it was going to be a feature car in corvette fever or vette vues mag, i also told him about the forum and he said altho he just heard about it he has never had a chance to check it out but will , i am glad i got to talk to him today as he is very busy with his work that he was able to spend some time talking to me on the phone about his car
