GO RED

[Goody]

Once again RED is the color for the run!  ;D Of the 100 entrys:
27 are red
22 are Blue
18 are White
12 each, Green & Yellow
1 each, Damson, Brown, Black, Silver  :)
1 No Color

Of course mine is RED~(woot)  GO RED!  LOL

We Need A Big 2000 Estate in RED so the Cheer ~ GO BIG RED (dance)

[Deleted User]

And I thought I had too much time on my hands! ;)

Jim.

PS  My spreadsheet with all the mileages and timings for the control stops, refueling points and driver change locations is on it's 24th version and is nearly complete. :)

[Jason]

I was surprised to see 19 RBRR virgins in the first 100 - great that newbies get in and great that we are still attracting new [s]idiots[/s] entrants  :)

[Slimboyfat]

Red should be confined to fire engines.

Having worked on more than my fair share of Triumph's over the years I find myself preferring any of the weird, and less popular colours over red (yes even Sienna 'turd' brown). Give me a Saffron, Magenta, Java, Cactus, Mallard, or Renoir car, over red any day.

Why is it most Triumph sports cars have turned red, and why do punters paint their diffs, gearbox's, and engine's red? Did Triumph make a fire engine? They must have done judging by how many red exchange units we get back.

[Tim Bancroft]

Why did Slimboyfat paint my diff pink-after time it has gone bloomin red! Get me a neon light under there!

Gotta say I am not a fan of red cars-cheapest paint and most susceptible to fading.

As for spreadsheets-umm!

[Slimboyfat]

timbancroft61 wrote:

Why did Slimboyfat paint my diff pink-!

You were a 'special' case.

[mikew]

Goody wrote:

Once again RED is the color for the run!  ;D Of the 100 entrys:
27 are red
22 are Blue
18 are White
12 each, Green & Yellow
1 each, Damson, Brown, Black, Silver  :)
1 No Color

Of course mine is RED~(woot)  GO RED!  LOL

We Need A Big 2000 Estate in RED so the Cheer ~ GO BIG RED (dance)

I could always paint the 4x4 estate RED - its going to need a full repaint anyway.

mike

[mikew]

Slimboyfat wrote:

Red should be confined to fire engines.

Having worked on more than my fair share of Triumph's over the years I find myself preferring any of the weird, and less popular colours over red (yes even Sienna 'turd' brown). Give me a Saffron, Magenta, Java, Cactus, Mallard, or Renoir car, over red any day.

Why is it most Triumph sports cars have turned red, and why do punters paint their diffs, gearbox's, and engine's red? Did Triumph make a fire engine? They must have done judging by how many red exchange units we get back.

My Stag was red from the factory, and the engine and diff are still black

mike

[mikew]

Slimboyfat wrote:

They must have done judging by how many red exchange units we get back.

Why not put a colour surcharge on returned exchange units ? extra £10 to repaint it black!

mike

[yogi]

Goody wrote:

Once again RED is the color for the run!  ;D Of the 100 entrys:
27 are red
22 are Blue
18 are White
12 each, Green & Yellow
1 each, Damson, Brown, Black, Silver  :)
1 No Color

Of course mine is RED~(woot)  GO RED!  LOL

We Need A Big 2000 Estate in RED so the Cheer ~ GO BIG RED (dance)

Well fisrt of all I noticed you only mention one Damson entry when I had already seen two, myself and number 39 a Damson Stag, so I did a quick bit of mental arithmatic and the above figures only add up to 96! At least I think so, I treble checked it but only in my head so I may have made the same mistake three times.

Damson is of course a shade of red but I suspect a lot of people don't know what their exact shade is called. That would have made the list more interesting (to us obsessive compulsive types anyway).

[Jason]

The shade would be good but the trouble is that I don't get that detail on all the entry forms, most give me what you see there "Red" not Signal or Pimento or anything else, just Red - which is fine because the information's only really for spotting cars on the road. Also, there are many non-standard coloured cars and many cars where the owner doesn't actually know what the shade is - "It's all purple to me" :-)
There is a car with no colour - that's the three Steve's Herald - I blame Steve for not filling the form in correctly.
Another anomaly is engine size - a Triumph 2000 is not a 2000cc car, it's a 1998cc, unless it's had a re-bore! It's all fun for the detail people  8)

[sparky_spit]

Plus of course you have to remember most blokes only think in terms of Windows 16 bit default colours anyway. Picture the scene when Mrs Bloke asks Mr Bloke to go and buy some "Midnight Cactus Dew" coloured paint - the answer will invariably be "Is that Green or Brown?"

[Deleted User]

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As for spreadsheets-umm!

Plenty of pre-planning saves loads of hassle when you can't think straight through sleep deprivation.

That, and not having a reliable fuel gauge, makes me feel more calm. :)

Jim.

[bodders1]

timbancroft61 wrote:

Why did Slimboyfat paint my diff pink

to give the MOT tester a good laugh :-)

[Jason]

Because that was the most lurid colour I could find in the pound shop :-)

[Goody]

I sit corrected:  :o
First 100, 3 Damson, 2 Brown.  :P

RESERVE LIST:  RED STILL AHEAD!  ;D
3 Red
2 Brown
2 White
1 Each: Green, Black and Mengenta.  (cool)

I understand Chris Allen will marshell, that's makes anouther RED car "MOE"

I assume as last time Team Shorts will have RED Boxers  ??) With little Hearts on em!

[MURPHIT RITESPIF]

My White Dolomite has a Red stripe !  does that count?
It also has quite a bit of blue on it :- I think Andy Dann was using up any spare paint he had laying around ;)

[tiggrr1]

Goody wrote:

I assume as last time Team Shorts will have RED Boxers  ??) With little Hearts on em!

Hi Goody

Rob has christened the team "Team Insulated Shorts" this time around as we are doing the RBRR in his Spitfire (if its running at the time ;) ;D :o )

I'm sure we will find something suitable to wear.........................................

[CRAJ]

Goody wrote:

Once again RED is the color for the run!  ;D Of the 100 entrys:
27 are red
22 are Blue
18 are White
12 each, Green & Yellow
1 each, Damson, Brown, Black, Silver  :)
1 No Color

Of course mine is RED~(woot)  GO RED!  LOL

We Need A Big 2000 Estate in RED so the Cheer ~ GO BIG RED (dance)

How about a big RED 2500S estate? That's what we will be going in (team no.6) or as a standby we have the pi, which is BLUE, I hope this doesn't mess up the stats too much.  ;)


Colin.

[Goody]

GO BIG RED! (dance)

Team 6 line does not state it is an Estate.  

I think the color is the main body color, not strips, rust spots, repairs in primer and the like.

Simple: Raiders, White, Red, Blue TR would put classed White.  

Insulated Shorts?  I did see that, took it to mean you were to have "Depends" on under em.

Note: Painted Sheep will not be included on this list! (naughty)

[yogi]

Goody wrote:

I sit corrected:  :o
First 100, 3 Damson, 2 Brown.  :P

RESERVE LIST:  RED STILL AHEAD!  ;D
3 Red
2 Brown
2 White
1 Each: Green, Black and Mengenta.  (cool)

Your right, three Damson, I missed the third one as it's on a white background. If that was meant to confuse me it worked. We could have a Team Damson, excellent.

[Jayson Murray]

add one more to that list my herald estate is hand painted damson with white team 44 jay . and the three steves herald is red

[heraldhabitat]

Yes it was I that hand painted Jaysons estate Damson........and a lovely job too!  ;D

[Goody]

If I now got this right:

Entry 100 is RED
Entyr  44 is listed red but is hand painted Damson?  3 in a Herald will make you see RED!

If so that makes 28 Red and 4 Damson

RED still on top:   Hint, Hint, are the chubby ones gonna enter a Fire Engine? With a Pink Diff?

Backup cars are not included and will only change the stats if they enter, Our backup car is White.  

[GT6DavidMK1]

Red is common as muck!!!! :P :P

David.