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what colour indian gp tins?

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:11 pm
by Suede Ed
theres lots of info in stickys book ref italian colours, but what about indian gps? i have a '78 150, what colour where the cowels, tank etc originally? Ta

Re: what colour indian gp tins?

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:04 pm
by storkfoot
Metallic silver

Re: what colour indian gp tins?

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:06 pm
by mark
my 97 cowls were off white

Re: what colour indian gp tins?

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:37 pm
by Suede Ed
Spose they could be anything, like the silver option as that is what they are at the minute, seen a few new indian engines selling with black cowels.....

Re: what colour indian gp tins?

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:48 pm
by RICSPEED
early indian were as innocenti ,as was body colour options
white tank/toolbox/cowels
silver hubs /rims /forks

later tank /toolbox /cowels were black i belive

Re: what colour indian gp tins?

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 11:46 pm
by carlos fandango
Heres my x reg (82?) sil gp200 the pic was taken in about 84 the off white tank and tool box is the factory finish. id say the same as innocenti Biancospino 8082
Image
Russ

Re: what colour indian gp tins?

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:16 pm
by storkfoot
I had a brand new 1979 GP150. Definitely, the cowls and tank were metallic silver, with precious little primer and undercoat underneath :D

Re: what colour indian gp tins?

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:37 pm
by RICSPEED
storkfoot wrote:I had a brand new 1979 GP150. Definitely, the cowls and tank were metallic silver, with precious little primer and undercoat underneath :D
nothings ever set in stone here :lol: possible they ran out of white that week :lol:

Re: what colour indian gp tins?

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:51 pm
by shocky
EFH 805T had off white

Re: what colour indian gp tins?

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:07 pm
by surènos
My T plate GP200 has got the original tins all in off white there looking very shabby now tho I want them to look how they left the factory so anybody recomend a good powder coater also for hubs rims & forksn