Picture of Xantia Mallard Green

andmcit · Unread post by **andmcit** » 12 Aug 2010, 11:06

I'd bet the green would be easier to keep clean and looking good. I've gone
off black after spending a few summers trying to keep on top of my safari,
a Prestige and a GTi T2.

The green was rendered out dark to match the Xant colour which looks very
dark in it's shadows on the Xant anyway - the highlighted upwards faces look
good on them though and actually quite sophisticated suiting something like a
Cx Turbo2. There's a deep purple cherry on a CX which does look fab too - I'll
try and post up some pics - there was a showroom condition T2 on Italy eBay
for a chunky price but it looked gorgeous.

Andrew

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 12 Aug 2010, 11:20

andmcit wrote: deep purple cherry on a CX which does look fab too

Cassis Nacre?
A beautiful colour!

And if you could source this cassis leather for one:

Or just too much cassis with the dash, carpets, trims!

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 12 Aug 2010, 11:22

And as if by magic, a cassis nacre CX has just gone onto the market!!!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C175051/

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 12 Aug 2010, 13:31

Andrew, that a gorgeous colour, cassis nacre

I love the cassis leather too

I wish that was a Xantia colour....

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 12 Aug 2010, 14:04

Awesome! Deep Purple!

andmcit · Unread post by **andmcit** » 12 Aug 2010, 15:16

I'll try and get some pics of Neil's original car colourscheme - for me it was
more subtle but just as stunning as the darker is-it-green-or-purple-or black
etc of his car now. Running different simpler rims back then too.

Nigel's Church is very Deja-Vu for me too!

There's also a kind of violet mauve metallic which can look very
different/sophisticated - I've saved a s2 TRD Prestige in this colour.

Andrew

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 12 Aug 2010, 16:43

addo wrote:Awesome! Deep Purple!

You might say it's a Highway Star

Certainly not Made in Japan but is it driven by a Black Magic Woman ?

It's enough to make a Blind Man Cry...

Check the rad and make sure there's no Smoke On The Water

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 12 Aug 2010, 16:48

andmcit wrote:Running different simpler rims back then too.

They were the Azevs...basically the same as mine on the Maikonics CX, just that his were 17s and mine are 16s.

I found the receipt for my wheels the other day...they were machined from blanks and cost over £800!

Dad's got some TSW alloys that are similar in design to the Azevs that fit a CX too.

Unread post by **myglaren** » 12 Aug 2010, 17:55

addo wrote:Awesome! Deep Purple!

Lovely looking car - I am so tempted (but would prefer a Prestige).

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 12 Aug 2010, 18:00

Andrew,
Just came across another EBL car...B145 EBL, from Performance Car Magazine:

http://users.tkk.fi/~minoru/renault/art ... arison-85/

Do you know roughly how many EBL cars there were? I gather that the EBL cars were used as Citroen Press Cars.

Diabolical · Unread post by **Diabolical** » 12 Aug 2010, 19:12

Andmcit wrote:I've had a go at 'greening' one of the pics of my Cx

Yeah I kind of like it, now decided CX T2 will be Green just the shade to decide on - as I'm quite taken by that 1979 Lighter Met Green Pallas, that I reckon is 'Verte Papyrus'
Decisions Decisions.

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 12 Aug 2010, 19:28

It is indeed Vert Papyrus with the colour code AC 536.

CGATCX25GTITURBO · Unread post by **CGATCX25GTITURBO** » 21 Nov 2010, 11:22

andmcit wrote:If you cannot decide which colour why not have them ALL and have the
not so bonkers paintjob Neil CGAT Hotham had on his car ORIGINALLY
- base colour was the factory blue but with subtle mica flecs of red, green
and blue which picked out beautifully on the bodywork highlights!

I must be in the minority of people who loved Neil's car before it's latest
incarnation...

Andrew

Never been blue, she was pearl silver from new

Then in 1994 she became silver with a red green pearl 'the paint suppliers said it wouldn't work

' here at the Doune rally Scotland with the AZEV's also machined from Blanks £1300... good job there are a lot more cheaper choices now

2000 saw the current version after being took back to bare metal '100 hours'

used in the rain too, well we do live in England

2005

Just before setting off for the Ace cafe 90th birthday meet

that is the timing case that can be seen through the wheel arch

In some lights the car becomes a mirror

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 21 Nov 2010, 16:54

Nice to see you on here Neil -

Long live the modified CX - CGAT is amazing.

CGATCX25GTITURBO · Unread post by **CGATCX25GTITURBO** » 21 Nov 2010, 17:05

Citroening wrote:Andrew,
Just came across another EBL car...B145 EBL, from Performance Car Magazine:

http://users.tkk.fi/~minoru/renault/art ... arison-85/

Do you know roughly how many EBL cars there were? I gather that the EBL cars were used as Citroën Press Cars.

146....

donated the head for gasflow testing 'I still have the head too!'