Paint colour of Spyder chassis

**ProtoTipo** · 12-10-2015, 10:18

Originally Posted by colin artus

I can't remember exactly but it will be an RAL colour; Google for a colour chart.

Does grey predate the red chassis colour Colin?

**colin artus** · 12-10-2015, 13:14

Originally Posted by ProtoTipo

Does grey predate the red chassis colour Colin?

I think we offered a choice ( limited!).
You could always ring Spyder in Peteboro', they are still in business.

**ProtoTipo** · 12-10-2015, 16:34

Originally Posted by colin artus

I think we offered a choice ( limited!).

I see?
I've seen photos of this car:
http://www.stratosec.com/Forum/showt...light=Kr%E4mer
with a grey coloured chassis and no removable bar at the back of the engine cradle.
I think it was post Beta wishbones though?

**colin artus** · 12-10-2015, 18:24

Originally Posted by ProtoTipo

I see?
I've seen photos of this car:
http://www.stratosec.com/Forum/showt...light=Kr%E4mer
with a grey coloured chassis and no removable bar at the back of the engine cradle.
I think it was post Beta wishbones though?

That car is the original Transformer prototype/demo car and its chassis was painted grey unlike the first production cars which were black. Since being sold to Germany it has had a few mods/updates! Originally the engine/trans were mounted on the donor(beta) subframe and was fitted from underneath, so the car didn't need the rear bar to be removable.

**ProtoTipo** · 13-10-2015, 09:11

Originally Posted by colin artus

Originally the engine/trans were mounted on the donor(beta) subframe and was fitted from underneath, so the car didn't need the rear bar to be removable.

I see? That makes sense now.
I know that car is the very first one. It must have gone through quite a lot of chassis development, very early on? A test bed?
I understand there were two other cars with the Beta subframe (No. 2 and No. 3?). One a purply blue, which ended up in Scotland, and the other in Chequered Flag Mintex 1976 livery.

**john** · 13-10-2015, 11:37

Purply Blue?
Is that the ex-Justine Moore, ex-Simon Dickens car that Mark has now?

**ProtoTipo** · 13-10-2015, 18:14

Originally Posted by john

Purply Blue?
Is that the ex-Justine Moore, ex-Simon Dickens car that Mark has now?

Mark, as in Mark McCaughran?
So Justine Moore and Simon Dickens are the previous owners, John?

**Lancialulu** · 14-10-2015, 20:51

So the answer on colour is not a RAL colour (it was close but not close enough). So had some grey/blue paint mixed from a sample chip that matched....