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Well, That's One Theory


Shaun:

That would certainly explain why this version doesn't appear in any of the catalogs.

I suppose if someone could carefully control the discoloration / aging process, he could come up with some interesting and rare variations.

It's difficult to tell from the photos, but I'm still guessing that this was a "factory" color. It just looks too good to have occured through moisture damage or some other external source.

We will await further information and opinions.

Jeff

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: Jeff

: Not sure about this one, I have a Camaro which
: went exactly the same colour after some
: moisture got in the dial. The subdials went
: a sort of mottled tan and the dial went to a
: lighter brown.

: I finally managed to source a replacement dial,
: I have some scans of the original dial which
: could be the tan Camaro but I saw it change
: from Silver to Tan in front of my eyes!

: Shaun

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