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Old 29th September 2019, 17:29   #7
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I think you'll find it is Brian .....I'd need to double check the reg, but I have photos of the car sitting on the Longbridge factory used car forecourt when I visited in 2003, to see my brand new Tourer going down the production line.

Can't believe the factory would have been selling a 75, less than 12 months old, that an 'outsider' had duotoned ???

I sent the pics across to Prof Dave a few years ago, so 99.9% certain it's the same car
The paint code is MBB, I have the photo of the VIN plate

All of the factory duotones have a duotone paint code without exception.

It is a reasonable job, but according to a Longbridge source whom I trust, none of the factory cars were painted at the factory, being outsourced to MacNeillie but they all have a paint code reflecting the fact they were non standard paint finish.

What is in absolutely no doubt whatsoever, the MOT this car was issued with when it visited me, was written out without having seen the car at all.

It's a shed which has been bought cheap, and bodged up for sale.......god help the poor soul who buys it

Brian
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