tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323236309407113751.post7663907832694455241..comments2024-03-08T21:37:39.621-09:00Comments on Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum: Heine-Velox Update 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323236309407113751.post-35221496603052037682010-01-07T17:46:29.959-09:002010-01-07T17:46:29.959-09:00A mining engineer owned the vehicle before Harrah ...A mining engineer owned the vehicle before Harrah did, so you'd have to find out what color it was when he had it. I've seen two of the other vehicles and their was a thin coat of very old paint on them, so any new paint would be an improvement. If you look at Dobles roughly contemporary with Heine-Velox, and built not far away on Harrison street, maybe you'll have some ideas for a possible color scheme. They were luxury vehicles too.historydiggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10928844559604355167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323236309407113751.post-85930806354473489912010-01-04T10:29:41.357-09:002010-01-04T10:29:41.357-09:00Greetings -
Sorry I failed to reply earlier. The...Greetings -<br /><br />Sorry I failed to reply earlier. There were really only a few 'typical' colors of the day. But Heine, like other high end mfgs, said he would paint it any color the buyer wished. So, one off, cars of this caliber really could have been any color. Witness the 1930 Ruxtons' optional' paint schemes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323236309407113751.post-52652184462009947342009-12-10T08:24:04.106-09:002009-12-10T08:24:04.106-09:00I like the chocolate brown idea. Could you paint t...I like the chocolate brown idea. Could you paint the fenders orange, though? Or was that color unheard of (in the auto industry) at the time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com