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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: jjbunn on Monday,November 18, 2013, 05:44:14 PM
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The Europa I'm shortly to take delivery of was originally paint code L010 "Bahama Yellow" (it's currently white). Googling around, I see a variety of shades of yellow called Bahama Yellow, so I'm unsure what is correct. Does anyone have a photo of an original Bahama Yellow Europa?
Thanks!
Julian
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Did you already find this list? http://www.lotus-europa.com/colors.html (http://www.lotus-europa.com/colors.html)
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Julian,
here is a picture of an original paint Bahama Yellow on a Elan Plus 2. It was my car until I (like an idiot) sold it to a fellow in Vancouver Canada.
It took a while for me to warm up to the color, now I like it.
Many manufactures used similar colors under a different name, such as Porsche, British Leyland (MG, Triumph etc.), Chrysler, Fiat and Aston Martin.
But I found the Lotus pick to be a little richer in hue. That was one of the reasons I considered bidding on your car......the original color.
mike
(http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k571/cal442/Lotus/IMG_1834Medium.jpg) (http://s1116.photobucket.com/user/cal442/media/Lotus/IMG_1834Medium.jpg.html)
(http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k571/cal442/Lotus/20091215223556_falllotusoutings2008013.jpg) (http://s1116.photobucket.com/user/cal442/media/Lotus/20091215223556_falllotusoutings2008013.jpg.html)
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That's a very good color - it has a definite early 70s feel to it.
Thanks for posting the photos - much clearer than the one on the paint color code page (which has an overall yellowish hue!).
I'm a long way off deciding whether I'll re-paint the car :-\ It will depend on what other needs it has, which I'm very unsure of at the moment, as it hasn't been delivered (should be here on Thursday ABW).
Julian