Well, they say the odd colored RR's survived the best,lol. no teenager wants a "gold" RR. My RR is optioned T3 honey bronze all around, most were T5 or T7 when someone wanted the bronze paint. My fender tag listas a 9/68 build date, if ya look at my hood (pic below) you can see the effects of 41.5 years of opening the hood, paints a little thread bare, lol. There are a few patches that have been touched up. (very small) it is going for a repaint when I get the funds, so for now I left the hood alone to add a little "character" to the car. aside from the obvious high wear items that have been replaced its mostly a orginal plain jane RR......