Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Dave Eds » Wed 03.09.2008, 12:51

He's coming!!!!!


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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Stef » Wed 03.09.2008, 14:07

Pistachio -bananarama! :-D :banana:
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby rip » Mon 15.09.2008, 23:03

Looked good at Hethel too. :smt023
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby tigerdog » Tue 16.09.2008, 22:03

Kier, the Pistachio looked super in person. Great job on the respray! At Dunston, I thought pistachio was very bright but it looked positively tame compared to the Isotope Green Elises at Hethel. Overall, a great choice. No-one is going to "not see you" and cut you off, ever again!
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Stef » Thu 18.09.2008, 10:41

Yep, deffo a good colour and helped me navigate back to Blipi in the massive car park!

Really pleased you had the guts to give it a go, proving the Elan is a cool car for most colours. It is also quite true to Lotus colour history as the old Elan came in Pistachio and it was good to compare your car to them.

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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Dave Eds » Thu 18.09.2008, 10:47

could become the new NMY which is now the new red :wink:
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Kier » Thu 18.09.2008, 22:25

Cheers guys!

Mind you the Pistachio colour did not go with the Red at all, a real clash! Looked good with the NMY & BRG's though!
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Steve A » Thu 09.07.2026, 00:03

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After various sightings across many years, I have finally tracked this car down, currently residing on Canvey Island Essex.
Great to meet its current owner.
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby rip » Thu 09.07.2026, 23:05

Steve A wrote:Image

After various sightings across many years, I have finally tracked this car down, currently residing on Canvey Island Essex.
Great to meet its current owner.


I didn't realise this project dated back 18 years.
Video shows "not available in your region". Is Milton Keynes really that far from Essex?
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Steve A » Fri 10.07.2026, 09:19

rip wrote:
Steve A wrote:Image

After various sightings across many years, I have finally tracked this car down, currently residing on Canvey Island Essex.
Great to meet its current owner.


I didn't realise this project dated back 18 years.
Video shows "not available in your region". Is Milton Keynes really that far from Essex?


That'd strange :? can anyone see the photo I posted ? obviously I can
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Dave Eds » Fri 10.07.2026, 09:30

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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Steve A » Fri 10.07.2026, 11:28

Dave Eds wrote:No


Bugger :roll: that's annoying :? it took me ages to figure out how to post it, (because I always forget how to do it, and have to relearn every time :bonk: ) and now, it turns out that was a waste of time anyway :roll:
Is there anything I can do or not do, to help the situation ? :smt017 it's a shame it's such a faff to post on here, we need to keep this forum going !! but I can see why some people prefer other social media formats where it's sooooooooo much easier to post a photo (although most of the content is total :censored:)
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Jamie N » Fri 10.07.2026, 14:20

Is that Imgur you were using Steve?, they quit UK due to all the new regulations B/S.

Use this, it's really simple, you dont have to login or create an account, just click the link, click Upload, select your pic from your PC, then copy and paste the link here,
it'll automatically upload the picture. https://imgbb.com/signup
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby tigerdog » Fri 10.07.2026, 14:59

I see the photo here in California.
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Steve A » Fri 10.07.2026, 21:33

Jamie N wrote:Is that Imgur you were using Steve?, they quit UK due to all the new regulations B/S.

Use this, it's really simple, you dont have to login or create an account, just click the link, click Upload, select your pic from your PC, then copy and paste the link here,
it'll automatically upload the picture. https://imgbb.com/signup


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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Steve A » Fri 10.07.2026, 21:35

tigerdog wrote:I see the photo here in California.


Thanks for letting me know, I only wish I knew why the rest of the Uk can't see it :roll:
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby MPx » Fri 10.07.2026, 22:23

No one can see any IMGUR stuff in the UK - you can cos you own it but we can't get access to their servers so cant see anything you share from there. There are many other hosts that do work here incl, Jamie's suggestion. I use Postimage.org - which is free and simple but not very sophisticated if you have a lot of photos to catalogue. Essentially the same process as you use in IMGUR. Upload you photo to them, look at the "share" links and copy the "direct" link between img tags in your post. A bit of pfaff but easy enough.
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby chrism » Fri 10.07.2026, 22:41

Steve A, email it to me and I'll put it up using Postimage?
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby Steve A » Sat 11.07.2026, 13:51

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Ok so I tried Postimage, hopefully everyone can now see it ?? Thanks Mpx and everyone else who chipped in to help :cheers:
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Re: Goodbye Silver, hello **PISTACHIO**. Re-spray time!

Postby MPx » Sat 11.07.2026, 14:07

Perfect - we’ll done Steve.
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