Re: Spider Color Trivia

["Alan Florsheim" <a_florsheim@domain.elided>]

I too have this color, as well as 2 others here in Seattle (hi gordy!), As
far as we know, according to the local dealer, this IS a standard color.

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>From: sltrest@domain.elided
>To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
>Subject: Spider Color Trivia
>Date: Tue, Aug 24, 1999, 7:56 PM
>

> I have tried the usual sources but have come up empty. My curiosity has
> finally gotten the best of me. The '86 Spider Veloce that I recently
> bought is painted Champagne (gold) Metallic. A look inside the trunk on
> the color plate (and the paint on the underside of the trunk, hood and
> other deeper recesses of the body) indicates that this is a valid
> original factory color. However, none of the color brochures or sales
> literature for 1986 indicates that this color was available. I have seen
> a sales brochure (CarDisc) that seems to show a 1982 "Limited Edition" in
> this color but the specs are more along the lines of a Graduate and my
> car is definitely Veloce trim. Does anyone know any details about the
> 1986 models and why Alfa offered this nonstandard, standard color?
>
> Sid Trest
> '86 Spider Veloce - Pandora 

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