This Briggs Town Sedan is absolutely original in color. It has just a hair over 30,000, miles, and the history is known quite a ways back, but I forget how far. It currently resides in California. I recall that it came with many repair receipts from over the years, including one to repair the carpet where the lady owner's high heel shoe created a hole. I've ridden in it and driven it. It runs like a brand new car, much better than any restored car I've ever driven. This seems to be normal for low mileage unrestored cars. There's just something about how Henry assembled them!
The off-shade Chicle and Copra colors we see so often originated partly from the old Ditzler color charts from the late sixties or early seventies. They had a bit of gray or green in them. It's a pleasing color, just not accurate. Some leeway is given during judging on this issue, but how much consideration for off-shade would be dependant on the particular Team Captian for that area during judging. Check your Model A News magazine of an issue or two back. On the cover, and as the Showcase article, Steve Ryan's Coupe is shown in the correct shade of Chicle and Copra. He did a GREAT restoration on that one! Tim Johnstone did one in the correct shade also.
Dave Lopes
