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Old 18-05-2004   #1 (Post Link)
VeloceMitch
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Whiter than White.

Anybody any good at translating Italian?. My Car carries a plate saying it's AR013, SpinoBianco. I perhaps wrongly assumed this was Pinanfarina White, as the colour Chart in the AROC book on Guilia Coupes seems to say 1968 GTV's were available in Pininfarina, but not the alternative which was Hawthorn White.'
But I have now checked the history of the Car thro 'Elvira Ruocco'
at Archivio Alfa Romeo, they say it IS Hawthorn White, so the question is does Spino translate as Hawthorn??

What has really set me thinking is that I bought some Top Coat from a local Paint supplier, they made it up to the correct colour from the AR013, 'receipe' but it has far too much Greeny Blue in it and sticks out a mile.

I was also parked next to a Guilia Saloon at ERAD on Sunday, which was much closer to the Paint colour I made up.

I am starting to come to the conclusion that mine has been resprayed with a non original Alfa White, but the Paint Code plate has been left on. Parts of the Car inside the Engine Bay, and Boot are a different shade, but this would be normal, due to the differing fading rates anyway.
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