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Old 11-23-2015, 06:34 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by lkchris View Post
Pretty sure the traditional German racing color is silver ... which started in the 1930s when Mercedes removed the paint from their cars to save weight.

901 went away because Peugeot owns the rights to numbers with zero in middle.
The German color was originally white, but in 1930's the Mercedes and Auto Union cars were silver, and ever since then, the color has been silver.
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