I just got off the phone of a very reputable local paint supply house. They were having problems locating the correct mixing code for a base coat/ clear coat Solar Red. They called PPG and had them utilize their internal color library. According to PPG, their has not been a proper formula prepared for Solar Red in a BC/CC. It is available in all of the period paints from the time, but not modern BC/CC. They were sending the information down to their color matching lab this morning to have a proper formula made up. It turns out, the Matador Red is close, but not exact match to the Solar Red.
It will be interesting to see the formula differance.
68' Firebird 400 convertible, numbers matching, solar red w/ deluxe parchment interior. 66' Pontiac Ventura Hardtop 66' Pontiac Catalina Convertible