gse
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Thanks for the appreciative comments.
Although being resprayed, the colour is original. Initially I wasn't taken with Carnelian (I wanted white) but it's grown on me
I imagine white and silver were the most popular colour when ordering from a GSE new - but I don't seem to see so many of those now. Now all that's left is "survivors" I see more of the Carnelian Red ones than any other colour.
Standard colours were: Polar white, Anthracite, Starfire Silver, Carnelian Red and Baryt Brown. I've seen a few in black, but this was never advertised in period sales brochures so I'm assuming was a special order colour offered by the dealers.
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tenman
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mmmm... anthracite looks great on GM cars... my mate used to have a Manta GTE in Anthracite, it was bloody gorgeous...
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RWD Fanatic...
2003 BMW 320d Wagon (getting old and boring) 1996 Mini Kensington (SWMBO's)
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My mate had one in this colour - 4-speed auto with sports button, and air-con. Interior was the same as yours.
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bstardchild
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May 27, 2014 19:56:15 GMT
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My mate had one in this colour - 4-speed auto with sports button, and air-con. Interior was the same as yours. Apologies for slight threadjack A friend locally has one in Baryt Brown but it's a long way from std now Period body kit as in was fitted a long long time ago, was running a 220 bhp 3.6 litre CIH and a manual box Now has this pushing a smidge over 300 bhp 3.7 24V
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May 28, 2014 12:32:11 GMT
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There's another brown one locally - North West - but I haven't seen my mates since he sold it to someone up in the Lake District. DVLA says it's been off the road since 1996, which would be about when he sold it.
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May 28, 2014 16:53:26 GMT
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That brown is a little on the challenging side.
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bstardchild
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May 28, 2014 18:09:49 GMT
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That brown is a little on the challenging side. I've always labeled it a marmite colour - you love it or you hate it but it's not common
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gse
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Yes probably the least popular colour, and I'm sure there weren't may takers Going by the sales brochures I'm pretty sure it was deleted early 1985
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I now want a Baryt Brown GS/E
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***GARAGE CURRENTLY EMPTY***
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encino
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Dec 14, 2014 20:04:24 GMT
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I bought a new Manta coupe in that colour in 1985. Never seen another.
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