There were some P11A's that were painted in a blue colour as i have the pictures from when the owners bought them new, posing with them. I bought a P11A Ranger 750 from the USA back in the early 1980's that had been painted in blue, but you could still see the original Candy Apple red underneath the blue paint. It could also have had that paint applied by Berliner in New Jersey. I also found another P11A Ranger 750 that was for sale at the time in the USA, and was also painted in the same shade of blue, and i still have the pictures of it.
I looked up that engine and frame number, and what the owner is saying looks like it could be correct for the engine and frame numbers. The records do not give any colours for the P11 or the G15 models in the dispatch records. Plumstead was experimenting with different colours for the P11A's as well as different seat cover colours. There was a candy apple red and white, one in blue and white with a grey and black dual seat, an orange and white, with a grey and black dual seat. There also some variations on the red and white theme with different types of colours being applied to the petrol tank. There is also a green P11A in the NMM which was restored by Mick Bell. I also have all the pictures of these prototype paint schemes that the factory tried, and if they had sold them with these paint scheme applied these bikes would have flown out the door, as they looked that cool and that good. A sort of another if only, and what might have been, or chance not taken, or road not travelled.
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