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Originally Posted by mechanickeith
The obvious one?? What one were you thinking about??
Metalic Mint green paint??
Positraction??
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I was referring to "Positraction" (Saf-T-Track), or lack of same on the transaxle Tempests.
Arguably 63 Pontiac/Tempest Aquamarine and 64 Buick Teal Mist, both code WA2976, could be referred to by a lawyer (or a screenwriter) generically as "Metallic Mint Green". I'll bet most folks don't know their car colors by the names given them by the OEM, with exceptions like Silvermist Gray, Hondouras Maroon or Atomic Orange until it comes time to restore/clone them.
My 62 Tempest was Mandalay Red (WA2622) AKA Roman Red and Riverside Red at Chevy. My 64 GTO was Grenadier Red (WA2947) AKA Ember Red at Chevy, Holiday Red at Olds and Granada Red at Buick. "Arrest Me Red" would be an OEM color name most folks would remember. I had to look up Mandalay Red to write this. Still have a rust free Grenadier Red 64 LeMans post coupe in the garage waiting to be built.
There may be a few more minor technical mistakes by MLV, but 4° BTDC is correct, isn't it?
Jon