Idris wrote:
Definitely not!
The SF 19d was deleted very quickly, being replaced by the (horrible) 19e Road Dragster in late 1970. However, the "Yum Yum Yellow" report was only
published in 1974.
Interesting Hugh , I noticed though in "that" report though, it states;
"To shark researchers, the term "Yum Yum Yellow" stands for International
Orange and the related bright yellow and orange-yellow colors most often
employed in connection with such sea survival equipment as life jackets, rafts,
etc." - "Dr. Scott Johnson of the Navy and Ernest McFadden of the Federal Aviation
Administration (1971) observed such effects during their studies on
color and reflectivity of sea survival equipment as related to shark attack"
According to that info seems the testing was done in 1971 . Still after the date of production of the 19d, although a little closer. Wonder if these ones could have been painted as color trials and then possibly found some years later laying around in the factory. It just seems odd that with such a short production run that these would have been made specifically in the factory for a special order customer. Did Lesney ever do that? I'm thinking Lesney was in the business to make money and wouldn't spend time or resources on small limited productions runs. I would think that any colors trials were done with the intent to have them considered for a possible production run-thousands of models- from which they could make a profit.
zBret