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dannymcc
17-07-11, 07:19 PM
Can anyone confirm if my SR is Carmine red or Flame red. Car was registered on 23 of May 1989.

Thanks.

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_2903.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_2847.jpg
craig green
17-07-11, 07:27 PM
Post the paint code from the vin plate under the bonnet.
Spudly
17-07-11, 07:28 PM
Id say thats carmine as it looks darker than flame, and iirc flame is a mk2 colour!


Flame is 79L btw:thumb:
mowgli
17-07-11, 07:30 PM
my mk1 is flame red, it is a may 1990 one
amggsi
17-07-11, 07:31 PM
I'd be near certain it's Carmine, lookedmore like it under the lights. Should have checked the code for you that night!
dannymcc
17-07-11, 08:09 PM
Thanks guys for the help. It says 76L on VIN plate so must be Carmine. :thumb:


I'd be near certain it's Carmine, lookedmore like it under the lights. Should have checked the code for you that night!
Forgot to ask you about that. lol Did the backbox fit OK?
Bubba
17-07-11, 09:02 PM
it'll be pink soon enough :)
dannymcc
17-07-11, 09:20 PM
it'll be pink soon enough :)
Doesn't look too pink for being 22 years old. :thumb:
mowgli
17-07-11, 09:29 PM
carmines don't fade like flames....
marc69
17-07-11, 10:08 PM
its carmine red, doesn't fade half as much as flame red. I think vauxhall still use flame red for the pure reason it fades, therefore older vauxhalls will look scruffy and folk will buy more new ones!
YOur SR looks great btw, the condition and originallity is ace, keep it that way.
burgo
17-07-11, 11:03 PM
carmines don't fade like flames....


try telling Tom that

these two are both carmine

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267855_10150231829647971_617982970_7250441_4443292 _n.jpg
dannymcc
18-07-11, 01:13 PM
its carmine red, doesn't fade half as much as flame red. I think vauxhall still use flame red for the pure reason it fades, therefore older vauxhalls will look scruffy and folk will buy more new ones!
YOur SR looks great btw, the condition and originallity is ace, keep it that way.
Cheers. :thumb:
mowgli
18-07-11, 01:37 PM
try telling Tom that

these two are both carmine

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267855_10150231829647971_617982970_7250441_4443292 _n.jpg


but what was jack singing?