My 67 is in the body shop at this time. I want to have it painted regimental red. It will be a base coat clear coat paint job. My question is will the paint shop be able to figure out how to match a paint from the 60's ? Or is there another color that is the same that they use now? Any info would be appreciated.
When the shop re-painted my '67 last month, they color matched the clean original paint from the cowl.
They also had computer colors from ditzler and one other company, but the color match was the closest.
To my untrained eye, I couldn't notice a difference between the three, but they seemed to be able to tell the difference.
Most body shops today have access to most if not all past color mixes.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
They will use the current formulas that the paint companies have listed as replacements for the original lacquer paints. In some cases, they are nowhere close to the original. After my paint came in from the PPG supplier, the paint shop test-applied a patch so I could approve it, clear coat and all. The color was nowhere near the original Pontiac paint chip nor like other Meridian Turquoise cars I have seen. So my painter tinted it to the correct color.
In addition, base/clear will never look like lacquer. They have different characteristics. Both can be colorful and shiny, but lacquer has its color at the surface and base/clear has its color on the bottom, so it looks "deeper".
Vikki 1969 Goldenrod Yellow / black 400 convertible numbers matching
you cannot get lacquer in most states due to environmental problems . most paint shops pick the easy way by using a card. if you want a exact color you must take a picture of the color you need and a major shop should be able to computer match it exactly. another way is to have a clean example and they will take it in and match it in a day or two. in a color match, it is custom mix and cost more than a off the card color some body shops try not to use for cost savings. i tried to use the old lacquer numbers for ppg paints and they are non existant in the major shop i used. this is because they are reformulated and hve new names and numbers. if you make a mistake with a single stage you are in trouble. you get waves in the paint and have to repaint the whole area. with base/ clear there will be a small repair.when done right you cannot tell the diference. the future will be the end of small shops and in home work with water base paints.
Thanks for the input. My car was gold from the factory and was painted black when I bought it. I just love the looks of the red on a nice muscle car, so that is what it will be painted this time around. I really like black also and have had several but it is so hard to keep clean and shows every little imperfection.
My regimental red Sprint was painted with PPG paint. I bought the car already painted, so I can't tell you exactly how they matched the paint. Someplace I have the remainder in a closed can, but I can't recall if it had a color code on it.
behind the can lable is a small lable with the info for color mix. you have to take the lable off or bring the can to the paint shop. they will mix off that label.
