my car goes in for body and paint in about 2 weeks,the car will be painted red but i'm not sure on the shade.the red that is on it now i like some days and others not,i don't know what name of red it is as it was on the car when i got it.there is quite a few red cars on this site and i was wondering if you guys could post you're colour name and codes.i don't like the real dark reds ,the one on Bjorns car is nice ,as well as Daves in BC. any suggestions?

1968 Code R - Solar Red (71634).

Two different lighting shots:

And just for fun, a shot of it with the factory paint (same color) back on a camping trip in '72:

Official 69 Firebird red is....

Wasn't there also another red in '69? The carousel being more that orange color like the Judge's and Chevy's Hugger Orange?

Matador red but it looks more maroon.

That's funny actually. The Pontiac '69 Matador Red does look darker than the '68 Chevy Matador Red which is actually the same color as Pontiac Solar Red.

Looking at the color chips for '67, Pontiac had a Regimental Red that year that looks to have a different code than '68's Solar Red but I know seeing it, it does look similar.

The Matador Red (52) is a dark red or maroon. Carousel Red (72) is orange. You might be thinking of the Claret Red (86), but that was a '69 GP color only.

2007 GM color (code 27 if I remeber correctly, I'd have to check the left-over can) Closest match in a modern BC/CC that I could find to the 69 Matador Red.

the one on my car is PPG "red" single stage paint

Ford F150 Red-Code F4(IIRC)(actually I think the paint was called Vermillion in the brand paint I used)

Mines Solar Red, which by the way is the same formula as Volkswagon "Tabasco Red", done in PPG Base Clear

Thanks guys,how about you daveswhiterock68 ? this has got to be one of the hardest things to do,picking a color! .so far i like Jim's solar red. it is so hard to tell from a little paint chip what a whole car painted that color would look like.

If you want some more shots in different lighting situations, PM me. (FYI, I used original style acrylic lacquer to so it could look different with a modern paint with a clearcoat.)

One of the best reds I've ever seen is one called Velocity Red, Mazda uses it. It is absolutely RED as red can be...



Here is a Solar Red 67 GTO compared to the Velocity Red 65 Tempest:

In the last pic above you can see how orange the Solar Red paint color really is compared to a more fire engine red...

My friend Mike ordered 17 different pint cans of reds before finding the one he settled on from the Mazda line. Our painter friend Dave shot 17 test panels so Mike could make up his mind. I've never seen so many shades of red... LOL

The brand he used is a paint system called Matrix. Be prepared, red paint is super expensive right now, the paint alone to do the Tempest was $1100.00 for JUST the paint!!!

But when you spend 20k to restore a basic plain jane Tempest w/rubber floor mats (no carpet) I guess $1100 for paint is no biggie...

Looks like your friend has quite some more cars, and a nice big garage to house them!

I like the Mazda red. It's not so dark and very bright.

I have no idea what colour mine is, but I think it is RSR: ReSale Red!

Wow ,this hard! that Mazda velocity red looks nice.i want to stay away from orangeish shades,but they look good in the right light.

IMO the velocity red is one of the very few reds that does not look orange at all. And when he brings it to a cruise/show EVERYONE comments on how nice of a red it is. You would not beleive the people this car attracts due to the color. The car just took Best GM out of more than 300 top end GM cars at the Daytona Dream Cruise this past Oct. I'm not big on red personally, but this color just screams!!!

(just don't tell anybody it is a Mazda colour!)

I had a bit of a tough time as the 6" x 8" samples of solar red looked a bit blue purple hue. On the car it's awesome tho, very happy...plus I did want the stock color.

i,m not worried about stock colors ,i just want a nice red.my car isn't going to be a show car ,but i do want a nice driver.these pictures are helping alot thanks guys.

About a week after I painted my 9 I saw the color I would like to have had. You said you didn't want anything too dark but Audi had a shade of red that is real dark. It came on, maybe, 2004 or 2005 TTs. At least that's what I saw it on. That color would look very seductive on a bird. It's what I'm putting on next time if I can afford it.

One thing I forgot to mention about the Mazda color. It is supposed to have a peal coating over the top, however, in this case the peal coat was not applied.

Earlybird, what happened to your signature pic...?

I think he's getting a new one. Something about Army / Navy...?

Aaahh, now I remember...

Good!

There, I didn't even realize it had dissapeared... LOL

But... where are the navy and army galz...?

LOL I certainly can not post them on this site. Geoff would boot me off for sure!

I think he's just pullin' our leg.

He really doesn't have any pictures at all.

Fuzz out the racy parts, I have a great imagination

I don't have Dave's imagination. No fuzz for me, please.

You guys are nuts... LOL

Apparently he likes them young......