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Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
10/24/20 7:19 p.m.

What the title says, was there ever a car, trim, model, anything that only came in colors? That means no white, silver, gray, or black at all. I'm drawing a blank.

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) MegaDork
10/24/20 7:21 p.m.

Like the Grabber Mustangs of 69-71, or are you talking more specific than that?

 

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) MegaDork
10/24/20 7:22 p.m.

John Welsh (Moderate Supporter)
John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) Mod Squad
10/24/20 7:34 p.m.

1990 Miata (first year) came in Red, Blue or White and 56.5% were red. Silver was added in second half of the year. 

Production numbers

Red: 29195

White: 12420

Blue: 6540

Silver: 3481

Total: 51636

 

buzzboy
buzzboy Dork
10/24/20 8:25 p.m.

Early Model Ts maybe? Before they went black

mad_machine (Forum Supporter)
mad_machine (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
10/24/20 8:39 p.m.

The Miata is as close as I can think.  It did have white, but the rest were quite vibrant.

Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
10/24/20 8:39 p.m.

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

Those are great, but they are just additional colors available on models that come in gray scale. The AMC Big Bad colors were the same way. You could still get a 70 Mach 1 or a 69 AMX in White.

slowbird
slowbird SuperDork
10/24/20 8:49 p.m.

Hmm. In 1992, the first year of the Viper, they only came in red apparently. Does that count? They added more colors including black in 1993.

Slippery (Forum Supporter)
Slippery (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
10/24/20 8:51 p.m.

Plymouth Prowler?

DeadSkunk  (Warren)
DeadSkunk (Warren) PowerDork
10/24/20 8:52 p.m.

Go back to the 70s........

John Welsh (Moderate Supporter)
John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) Mod Squad
10/24/20 9:02 p.m.

I just came across this on Wiki. 

Model from the Big 3 that sold 3764 units in 1989??? 

 

... For the 1989 model year, interior leather colors were ginger or bordeaux. Available exterior colors were yellow, red, or cabernet. The bordeaux interior was only available with the cabernet exterior, both of which were dropped in 1990 when black and white exterior colors were added along with a black leather interior.

ShawnG
ShawnG UltimaDork
10/24/20 9:06 p.m.
buzzboy said:

Early Model Ts maybe? Before they went black

That's a myth.

The "cheaper 'cause it's black" only applies to the brass parts of the car. Eariler cars, more brass. Later cars, more painted steel.

You could get Ts in many colors.

wspohn
wspohn Dork
10/24/20 9:08 p.m.

Bricklin.  Several bright colours plus white.

Big Bad AMC colors. Wait, I may have mis-interpreted the question.

Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
10/24/20 9:16 p.m.
Slippery (Forum Supporter) said:

Plymouth Prowler?

My grandpa had a black one.

Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
10/24/20 9:18 p.m.

In reply to John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) :

I suppose that's technically correct for 89, but the 90's are visually identical and came in white and black.

minivan_racer
minivan_racer UberDork
10/24/20 9:35 p.m.
John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) said:

I just came across this on Wiki. 

Model from the Big 3 that sold 3764 units in 1989??? 

 

... For the 1989 model year, interior leather colors were ginger or bordeaux. Available exterior colors were yellow, red, or cabernet. The bordeaux interior was only available with the cabernet exterior, both of which were dropped in 1990 when black and white exterior colors were added along with a black leather interior.

Yeah I never realized the TC didn't have black and white for '89

G_Body_Man (Forum Supporter)
G_Body_Man (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
10/24/20 10:08 p.m.

Ferrari 288 GTO? Any colour you want so long as it's red.

codrus (Forum Supporter)
codrus (Forum Supporter) UberDork
10/24/20 10:19 p.m.
John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) said:

1990 Miata (first year) came in Red, Blue or White and 56.5% were red. Silver was added in second half of the year. 

Production numbers

Red: 29195

White: 12420

Blue: 6540

Silver: 3481

Total: 51636

 

There was also 1 each of purple, blue, yellow, green, teal, and orange.  :)

 

Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
10/24/20 10:33 p.m.
G_Body_Man (Forum Supporter) said:

Ferrari 288 GTO? Any colour you want so long as it's red.

Good point. There's a number of super cars that only came in one or two colors. 360 Stradale, 430 Scuderia, Veyron SS, etc etc.

Anything more pedestrian?

ProDarwin
ProDarwin MegaDork
10/24/20 10:38 p.m.

C4 Corvette Grand Sport only came with one paint option

codrus (Forum Supporter)
codrus (Forum Supporter) UberDork
10/24/20 10:45 p.m.
Javelin (Forum Supporter) said:
G_Body_Man (Forum Supporter) said:

Ferrari 288 GTO? Any colour you want so long as it's red.

Good point. There's a number of super cars that only came in one or two colors. 360 Stradale, 430 Scuderia, Veyron SS, etc etc.

Anything more pedestrian?

1993 Mustang Cobra Rs only came in red.  They only made about a hundred of them though.

 

Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
10/25/20 1:04 a.m.
ProDarwin said:

C4 Corvette Grand Sport only came with one paint option

Ah, yes! The C4 version that is true! Also all the Pace Car editions.

Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
10/25/20 1:07 a.m.

In reply to codrus (Forum Supporter) :

Same with the 00 Cobra R's (and 95's, but in white). Still though, like the Corvettes it's a really specific trim/model that shares most of it's looks with another version (93 Cobra, 96 Corvettes all had the same engine, 99/01 Cobra, etc) that did come in a gray scale.

Still, getting closer!

stuart in mn
stuart in mn MegaDork
10/25/20 6:37 a.m.
ShawnG said:

You could get Ts in many colors.

Depends on the year.  "The Ford Model T, built from October 1908 through 1927, was available in colors other than black in its first five and its last two years of production. The available colors were green, bright red, dark blue, brown, maroon and gray."

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