Thread: searching for a black box

Originally Posted by p38arover

Mine just goes to sleep!

But she has said I can buy a new Land Rover if I like - just not a D3 as she doesn't like the look of them,.

Ron

Mine said that too

Originally Posted by barryj

The TV show I watched said that black was the quickest drying paint at the time so they chose black as the standard colour.

They also said it was the model T.

This article sheds a different light but who trusts Ford\Land Rover anyway? http://www.modelt.ca/background-fs.html

The article seems to be pretty factual. The production line was actually introduced by Colt about sixty years early, but it is doubtful if Samuel Colt invented it either. Ford is supposed to have copied the concept from the Chicago abbatoirs. Not sure what that says about the Model T!

Although for planned mass production from the start, the assembly line did not start until he built a new factory after about two years production. The all black bit came as that got into swing, and was probably simply that it simplified production to have only one colour, and in those days, black was by far the most durable colour - all other colours tended to fade or discolour. It was also the cheapest colour, which may have helped. Ford's stated aim was to make motoring affordable.

John

There was a Black Defender at LR Newstead, it had a light scratch down the side which stood out like.... However this Defender was polished and had no other charactor about it.
Maybe a black one with all war wounds showing is the way to go!


Snapper

I know the problems with dark cars, my D2 is Bonatti grey and yes the scratches stand out like nuts on a Staffie. Not really a practical colour but a nice one al the same. Does anyone know of this Titanium based paint used on that new yota retro model?