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Originally Posted by Peloton25
I think you're referencing post crash photos of #009 which was repainted Dark Silver during its repairs. Here's the car wearing its original Magnesium Silver paint:
Another problem with making assumptions on completed cars in old photos taken inside the factory is that they could always be of an earlier production car that is back in for service. I'm guilty of doing this before too.
So, #049 is a definite possibility for that silver car but it would be hard to say so with certainty I think.
One more note - and maybe it was a typo on your part, but #065 was also Magnesium Silver.
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Like I said before, they were some big assumptions
I totally agree it is far from certain, I was just trying to establish a 'most likely' candidate. It could easily have been another one in for repair/servicing.
I also looked at other silver cars' photos and my gut feeling is that magnesium silver is a bit darker than this mystery one in our photo? What do you think?
And yes, I meant #068 not #065
One more thing: IF (BIG IF HERE) we could conclude that is WAS Mercedes Brilliant Silver, then surely #049 is the only possible candidate (since the next one in that colour wasn't done until mid '97)? Or was another repainted this colour this early on?