Quote Originally Posted by Glacier 73 View Post
Sorry to steal thread so is valencia only a hz sandman colour does anybody know
Not even that. It was only available from HZ release until the end of June 1978. I'd say it wasn't a very popular colour in the day as I have 12 recorded and 10 of these are 1977 build, which if that trend holds for all Valencia HZ's it would explain why it was dropped 4 months before the new 11/78 colour chart. Maybe people were just becoming more conservatove late in the 70's, the whole 11/78 A632 colour chart is rather dull when compared to all others from the 70's? Panama, Jasmine and Flamenco are the only brighter colours left available and even those are a bit dull compared to similar colours available a few years earlier. Maybe they were cutting back on the use of Lead?