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CSX 3000 Exterior/Interior Color Code Analysis
Same-o-same-o.....this time a break down of the exterior/interior color codes for the CSX 3000 cars. The universe is quite small, given that the first 100 cars were shipped unpainted. This data is from AC and not SAI. The 100 S/C cars were eventually painted but they are not included here.
Exterior/Interior #units Red/Black..........................75 Blue/Black.........................49 Green/Black...................... 51 Silver/Black........................27 Wht/Black..........................23 Black/Black........................19 Grey/Black.......................... 8 Vineyard Green/Black..........3 Silver Grey/Black..................1 Green/Red...........................1 |
Cal:
It would be interesting to know if your data further breaks down S/C vs. roadster, and stripe (color)/no stripe. |
Since the S/C cars came from England unpainted, that data is unknown to AC. The Registry does indicate the color for some of the S/C cars but not for all of them. Sapphire Blue was a popular color. Some just indicate, "Blue". When time permits I will look at those cars.
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Blues? ..Guardsman, Sapphire, Navy, Light Blue, Silver Blue, etc. Several S/C's were painted Hertz Gold :eek: One was finished in a Buick Silver-Green. One went out Candy Apple Red One went with Gulf Orange. Only on CSX310x and up, did they standardize on colors. |
The specific colors in general order of preference were:
Guardsman Blue Blue Sapphire Blue Red (Gt-40 red) Red White Maroon Rangoon Red Orange Silver Blue Metallic blue Gold (Hertz) Ferrari Yellow Ivy Green Riveria Silver Green Green Candy Apple Red A real potpourri of colors. |
CORRECTION:
Ron (Computerworks) correctly informed me that, in my original post, I stated 100 cars were shipped unpainted to SAI. What I forgot about was that there were 50 or so cars that were actually NEVER built; those being the so called "completion" cars that were assembled (a few anyway) in the 90s. |
I believe there were actually 53 comp/SC cars completed. If I remember right it goes CSX3000-CSX3052. I believe Peter Bayer used CSX3042 for his Contemporary's molds. The SAAC registry would be the place to find the comp/SC numbers if I'm off base here.
Al |
Al:
You are probably correct. I was just ballparking the figure of some 50 odd cars. |
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