M23 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi

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Re: M23 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi

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Looking forward to see some progress on this.

And just a point of interest, since I noticed this a couple weeks ago. I had always thought that Emerson's helmet was black. It was not. I saw a race-worn 1974 helmet and it was metallic indigo (purple-ish blue) with dayglo red. If you find a good photo from the era you can tell, but in 99% of photos it looks black because the blue is EXTREMELY dark.
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Re: M23 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi

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here is a pic from South Africa 1978
SA1978_1.jpg
Very blueish in the sunlight. I wonder if a clear blue on a metallic black paint would work.
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Re: M23 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi

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He changed it up in those years. IN 74 it was a LOT darker.
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Re: M23 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi

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Yes, I confirm it. And yes in the Lotus-Mac days was quite darker...
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