PROJECT: PHOTO! An Esprit in every factory colour...ever!

[jonwat]

Limited Edition number 4 of 40 in Pearl White

[CharlieCroker]

Laguna blue

[robington]

Black with Gold stripes.

Love the ice Blue though, and very nearly bought one in that colour.

[jonwat]

V8 in Mustard Yellow

[red vtec]

A59 Steel Blue

[richardvg]

Happy Days .......

[cjtpb13]

British Racing Green

[Boots]

A few broken finger nails later..................

Paint codes for just Esprit G Cars (We think)

L 01 – British Racing Green

L 02 – French Blue

L 03 – Wedgewood Blue

L 04 – Cirrus White

L 05 – Carnival Red - esprit s2

L 06 – Burnt Sand

L 07 – Lotus Yellow

L 08 – Matt Black

L 09 – Royal Blue

L 10 – Bahama Yellow

L 11 – Regency Red

L 12 – Lagoon Blue

L 13 – Pistachio Lime Green

L 14 – Colorado Orange - Moxie

L 15 – Black Gloss

L 16 – Ford Tawny

L 17 – Renault Mid Green

L 18 – Glacier Blue

L 19 – Sable

L 20 – Indigo Blue

L 21 – Purple

L 22 – Bitter Green

L 23 – Sepia Brown

L 24 – Firecracker

L 25 – Monaco White

L 26 – Olympic Blue

L 27 – Gunmetal

L 28 – Rover Brown

L 29 – Mint Green

L 30 – Garnet

L 31 – Lemon Yellow

L 32 – Oxford Blue

L 33 – Ford Signal Orange

L 34 – Roman Bronze

L 35 – Brazil

L 36 – Silver

L 37 – Jupiter Basecoat

L 38 – Garnet Basecoat

L 39 – Versailles Red

L 40 – Midnight Blue

L 41 – Crystal Blue

L 42 – Calypso Red

L 43 – Martini Green

L 44 – Essex Blue

L 45 – British Racing Green

L 46 – British Racing Green

L 47 – British Racing Green

A 01 – Blue Oxford

A 02 – Black

A 03 – Silver Diamond

A 04 – Gold

A 05 – Viper Green

A 06 – Bermuda Blue

A 07 – Roman Bronze

A 08 – Lotus Bronze

A 09 – Martini Green

A 10 – Metallic Black

A 11 - Martini Green

A 12 – Onyx

A 13 – Tabac

A 14 – Altair Green

A 15 – Helleblau - Hoppo

A 16 – Essex Blue

A 17 – Essex Blue

A 18 – Tissot Blue

A 19 – Copper Fire Metallic

A 20 – Gold

A 21 – Monaco White

A 22 – Lotus Yellow

A 23 - Calpyso Red - Buddsy

A 24 – Gunmetal

A 25 – New Gold

A 26 – Copper

A 27 – Toyota Red

A 28 – Ruben Red

A 29 – Copper

A 30 – Jupiter Red

A 31 – Copper

A 32 - Mediterranean Blue

A 33 – Ice Blue - Boots

A 34 – Dark Blue (Essex) - peteyg

A 35 – Silver

A 36 – New Gold

A 37 – Fiat Grey

A 38 – Chrysler Steel Grey

A 39 – Ice Blue

A 40 – Silver

A 41 – Silver

A 42 – British Racing Green

A 43 – Gold (Oyster)

A 44 – Glacier Blue

A 45 – Silver Frost

We do have manufactures paint codes and Lotus part numbers for the colours. These can be provided.

Sue

Edited May 25, 2012 by Boots

[Vulcan Grey]

Found this. Tony K started a similar topic in 2006

http://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/topic/3113-s1-factory-colors/

[Lex Templar]

My Turbo Esprit arrived yesterday. Absolutely stunning L25 Monaco white....

Edited May 26, 2012 by Lex Templar

[Gasman GT3]

B25 Chrome Orange

[richardvg]

B25 Chrome Orange

Nice ...fussy when it comes to colour but this looks goooooood !

[oneshot]

Sport 350 in New Aluminium (B35)

[sailorbob]

Some more paint codes:

A51 - Midnight Blue

A52 - Mediterranean Blue

A53 - Cirrus Grey

A54 - New Jupiter Red

A55 - Cherry Red

A56 - Nimbus Grey

A57 - Shadow Grey

A58 - Champagne Gold

A59 - Steel Blue

A60 - Seal Grey

A61 - Atlantic Green

A62 - Claret

A63 - British Racing Green (non-metallic)

A64 - Camel Yellow/Norfolk Mustard

A65 - British Racing Green (non-metallic)

A67 - Vulcan Grey

A68 - Pacific Blue

B08 - Pacific Blue

B16 - Empire Green

B17 - Mica Yellow

B18 - Medina Green

B19 - Palacio Purple

B20 - Dark Blue Metallic

[MPx]

My Turbo Esprit arrived yesterday. Absolutely stunning L25 Monaco white....

Looks great....but intrigued by the code changes, when did they happen? Mine is a December '85 build '86 reg car in A21 Monaco white.

[sailorbob]

The prefix letter denotes the paint type

A - 2 pack acrylic polyurethane

L - nitro-cellulose

[MPx]

Ahhhh! Thanks Derek. So now the even more numpty question. When and why would you use a two pack instead of a Nitro-cellulose or vice versa?

[sailorbob]

Two pack was generally used to replace nitro cellulose due to it's high solvent content.

[hondansxr]

Sue's Pride and Joy :-

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A33 Ice blue

p.s. I have the S3 manual which lists all of the paint codes. If you ask her nicely I'm sure my lovely wife who is a better typist than me (i.e. not two fingers) would summarise them in the thread

John

why do u have an engine hoist on your drive ???/

[benjamincalleja]

I was uhhh wondering the same thing!! Would be handy though!

Do we have a claret red one anywhere? We are still missing bucket loads of colors

[Mr_John111]

To hondansxr

You obviously have never tried to remove the engine from an Esprit then.......

It remains there as its too heavy to dismantle and too bulky to find somewhere in my garden to store it.

If anyone would like to use it to remove or refit an engine with absolute control and precision and you don't mind a trip to berkshire you are more than welcome to 'borrow' it.

John

[Boots]

And there I was thinking you put it there to annoy the neighbours.

[benjamincalleja]

Haha!!! I would love to also find a martini green Esprit has anyone seen one?

[Iain]

L36 Silver - Jan '83 Turbo:

Iain

[benjamincalleja]

I am expanding this section - can we at least scoure the Internet to find one in every colour and post the picture? For example the famous photo of Colin in front of the private jet in black with John player markings, it that not Gold (oyster) colour? Where is this car now, where the heck are the 11,000 odd cars?!!! Only a few thousand on the road that's for sure...

http://rolexblog.blogspot.com.au/. See the Colin photo here