[quote LE036J7JC21A328]...crew chief Karl Kinser (pictured) at first questioned why the cars had to be painted all in black and gold, even the roll cage. In his mind, paint added weight, and he was passionate about light weight. In the USA he used minimal paint on his cars. [/quote] It's rumoured that Peter (Skinny) Manton gave his spray painter a very small tin of paint - just enough to cover the Cooper S as he reckoned paint could be too heavy. He had an appendix operation and everyone reckoned it was to save further weight.