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[wingnut]

Hi You don't appear to have had a response.

Probably because royal purple is a very rare colour on a 1972 GTR or XU-1 and not
many pictures around.
I have seen one XU-1 in that colour in Melb. in the past 30 + years !! and that
was at Sandown Historic races in Oct. 2000 - entered in the regularity event by
well known Vic. Group Nc competitor Graham Slater.

My description of the colour - Very dark shade of purple - straight non-metallic
- very much like the queen's robes in that common portrait photo and that's probably
why they named it royal purple.

If you PM HG350 she may be able to tell you how many XU-1s were produced in that
colour - it certainly wont be many.

Cheers J R.

[Bazza]

Hi

This car is listed as being Royal Purple on the Aussie Muscle Car Collection site. It is an LC but Royal Purple doesn't seem to be an LC colour. The colour certainly looks regal.

Wingnut - is this the colour that you recall?

Bazza

[wingnut]

Bazza

That pic. with sunlight on the side panels suggests that it is a metallic / irridescent
colour. Maybe my memory has faded a bit like the colour !!

The colour I recall is dark like the bonnet and roof in the pic.
As far as I know royal purple was only a 1972 ( LJ ) colour - not LC.

I know its a matter of personal taste and originality, but dark colours on XU-1s
don't look all that flash because there is insufficient contrast with the blackouts.

However in my opinion you wouldn't be doing the car justice or maximising its value potential if you restored it and didn't paint it in its original colour.

Cheers JR.

[A9X]

I used to have a dark purple LC, white roof, i'll look for some pics.

[Bazza]

Hi

It will be interesting to compare it with the sample ordered by Noteabull.

Noteabull - What prefix appears before the 13890 on the trim plate?

Bazza

[orangeLJ]

nothing wrong with dark colours guys!





awesome ay

[rana72]

Hi,

Here are some pics of our LJ GTR which according to the paint code is Royal Purple. The first pic is probably the most true to colour but as you can see from the other pics, at different angles it looks different in colour. We also have only heard of one other Royal Purple LJ. We have had the car for a couple of years and bought if from a guy who had owned it for 19 years. Hope this helps you to make your decision whether or not to paint it the original colour.

Cheers Loui

[orangeLJ]

i like it

dont know why it was so rare though, maybe it was too girly like the SMP XU-1s??

[wingnut]

Yes - The third pic of Loui's car in shadow is the royal purple I remember.
Direct sunlight certainly gives different perspectives to that colour - It looks
great in subdued light - of course the panels have to be perfect because the
dark colour accentuates any ripples or imperfections.

Orange LJ Congratulations on your car - must have taken considerable effort
to get those panels looking like that - air conditioned too !!!.

JR.

[orangeLJ]

mate for the 5 years we have been doing "panel work" haha! we have a very very skilled panel beater. and an awesome painter!