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[Ray White]

[Ashley]

In 1931 a Rolls-Royce P11 appeared at the motor show in Pearlescant turquoise over nearly white I think it was. They'd achieve the colour and the pearlescent finish using ground up fish scales in the paint and then lacquering over the top. However I agree, modern metallics look very out of place and the old ones completely different.

http://www.alpineeagle.co.uk/index.php/cars/rolls-royce-phantom-ii-continental-26ex

[Ray White]

Motivated by the notion of different paint finishes on older cars I did a little research into pearlescent. It is still available but is more expensive than ordinary metallic; on the other hand, it is vastly superior. The metal particles are replaced with ceramic crystals...no ground fish scales these days!

I found a chemical formula for pearlescent; NaMg3ALSi3O10F2.

[pigtin]

I put some checkered go-faster stripes on my 1934 Morris 8.
Just about managed 45mph. But that was back in 1962.
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[Peter_L]

Hello... haven't "seen you" on here for a while ?

Are you sure you had the "go faster stripes" on the correct sides, reversing them can cause drag and a reduction in top speed.

[Rick]