The original color of the Green Hornet was revealed during a speech by Craig Jackson
I believe it was Lime green? Steve
Pete you posted this photo of the car in snow in a light paint color at some point in time.
It looks like a few years old at that point...pinto in background
Rich can you shrink a photo?
(http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/8-170818223709.jpeg)
Looks like a candy version of grabber green to me, almost tuquoise. Original paint was found on the body and fiberglas under dark green (repaint)
Looks like grabber green to me :)
Quote from: Coralsnake on August 17, 2018, 10:38:49 PM
(http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/8-170818223709.jpeg)
no problem...done deal
Are they putting it back to that color?
Another exciting development all in one day!
My head is going to explode!
;D
I think they are....
That will look awesome, Love that color!
And it will have Conelec fuel injection
Any restoration photos of Green Hornet in the near future??
Quote from: KerryBWhite on August 17, 2018, 11:01:56 PM
Any restoration photos of Green Hornet in the near future??
Here is one from the slide show.
Quote from: KerryBWhite on August 17, 2018, 10:40:41 PM
Looks like grabber green to me :)
That looks like Gulfstream aqua, my big block 68 vert looks similar :)
Quote from: Coralsnake on August 17, 2018, 10:58:45 PM
And it will have Conelec fuel injection
Well Pete are you going to share the good news with your involvement? ;)
Naturally, I am involved with the help of Chris Long. Chris is the inventor's son.
Quote from: Richstang on August 17, 2018, 10:30:53 PM
Pete you posted this photo of the car in snow in a light paint color at some point in time.
It looks like a few years old at that point...pinto in background
There's a larger version of this photo on Pete's "Coralsnake" website. The light vinyl top is not something anyone's mentioned recently. The Pinto in the background appears to have a square headlight on the drivers side. That would indicate the photo was take sometime after September 1978 as a '79 or later year model.
Pete,
Do you have the earlier photo from the unveiling presentation of the Green Hornet in the driveway, with the black vinyl top?
I'm wondering when that photo was taken.
My guess is sometime around late '69 or later. The roofline of the red car in the next driveway looks like it might be a '70 -'71 Torino or Montego.
The earlier versions of the Hornet show a white top. The later (post restoration) show a black top. Let me look at the files I have again to double check that.
I thought this might be the earliest photo. I'm hoping to get a sharper / larger version of that photo...
(I added that "assumed to be" later photo in the previous reply.)
Oh yes that's Mr Darrow the original owner. Most likely a very early photo. Not sure when the top changed color? Later I think
Thanks Pete!
Good info to know.
So what was its early MYSTERY color. Was it color code F sure looks like my 68 vert with a similar color?