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Ryan Smith
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Chartreuse

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This has been bugging me for a long time...

But does anyone have any pictures of a 1955 B model carrying the original chartreuse trim, or a sample of what the color was? There are some pretty broad variations of chartreuse (between chartreuse-green and chartreuse-yellow) and if it's what I think it may be, a chartreuse 170 would be a wild-looking machine.

Guessing Cessna never made many of them, and I've only seen mention of one that originally carried that trim color; having since been repainted.
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Re: Chartreuse

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Hell of an echo in here...
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Re: Chartreuse

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Ryan Smith wrote:Hell of an echo in here...
I think you can infer the answer to your original question from that... :lol:
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Re: Chartreuse

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I was born 50 years too late. :(
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Re: Chartreuse

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Would my Male Hormones allow me to have a " Chartreuse" airplane ? I think Not. I saw a Pink Comanche parked on the ramp one day, I prayed it belonged to a cute girl. :roll:
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Re: Chartreuse

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Your membership has always been suspect. :lol:

I'd love to have an original Chartreuse-trimmed '55, totally restored to be like Rusty Morris', with an Avcon conversion. Don't ask why on the engine conversion preference...even I couldn't tell you.

Time to start playing the lottery again. I need one of every kind/color 170 made.
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Re: Chartreuse

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Ryan Smith wrote:...Time to start playing the lottery again. ...
Ryan, I had you pegged as being better at math than that. :|
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Re: Chartreuse

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Well, I do like Green , even if is primer green. Not a girl's airplane.
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Re: Chartreuse

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dunlaps3 wrote:Well, I do like Green , even if is primer green. Not a girl's airplane.
Love that scheme.
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Re: Chartreuse

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As far as paint goes, may I should just stop here and save some $$.... Nah...
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