what color splatter paint to use on a 1967 firebird trunk,body color is gulf turquoise.

not 100% but I think the different factories used the two different colors...

i believe you are right my current 69 trunk is aqua & black , the 69 i owned back in 1978 was from a different factory the trunk was gray & black.

Any idea then which plant used which?

the 69 i have now that is aqua & black was built in the van nuys plant. the plant was in ohio my old 69 bird was built at norwalk. my understanding lordstown was the only plant firebirds was built at in 1967.

I just did mine today. I used the GM black/aqua trunk coating, which closely matched the original spatter left on the fuel hose shield in the trunk. It's solvent based so it won't wash off if damp.

In addition, I used Duplicolor Truck Bed liner as a base coat. This adds rust protection, scuff protection, noise dampening all in one.


post modification....Vikki asked me to do this:

Looks great Vikki! Nice job.

Awesome trunk Vikki! I see your pwr ant. Will you get a stock one eventually?

Not for this car. '68 did not offer a power antenna option, so aftermarket is just fine. Plus when retracted it is just a button, and looks neat and clean. It's just test fitted, I will be triangulating the braces for stability when it's finished, and have to add a switch. I'll probably use a factory-type power top switch, since the car has a manual top it will blend in nicely.

My '69 has the factory power antenna and finding parts is a royal PITA.

modification asked for by Vikki:

I've seen the pwr one's a couple of times.

If you add stock options that your car did not come with does it hurt or improve the value? eg. add stock tilt steering

Tilt steering is a desirable option. It would hurt the value only to the purest of purists.

so Vikki, when are we going to see that car locally? I bet John cant wait!

I am trying to have it done for the Hill Country cruise.

WARNING: Even though the GM Restoration trunk spatter is solvent based, it will still wash off even when cured. Thumbs down on this product, I was hoping for better from Genuine GM Parts. Bjorn/moderators, can you please amend my post from yesterday so that no one thinks the paint is truly waterproof?

Interesting.

When I ordered my trunk splatter from Ames, what they sent was the GM Restoration product. I did not have enough, so I got the last can from a local Pontiac dealer. It was exactly the same.

Ames tells you in their catalog that it needs sealing.

I didn't buy from Ames, unfortunately.

I made a sample shoot on cardboard, coated with the bedliner and the spatter just as the real thing. A little water made a murky puddle that wiped the color right off. The bedliner, of course, stayed intact.

I'll try sealing it and see if it's worthwhile, or if my $30 spatter job was a "wash".

At least my rear bumper installation came out well.

I remember seeing an oil based product on ebay that claims it wont wash off like the water based products.

Vikki when is that cruise as I am very close to having our car done too.

http://www.opgi.com/product.asp?topcatid...&yearrange=

Check this page out.

Not sure how to make it an active link.

The trunk paint that is sold now requires a seal coat over top after cure. If I am correct, the idea of the bedliner first is right on point. Never thought of that and will use it come time. The seal coat is a mat finish clear that is water/solvent safe. I would think Krylon would be fine.

I shot the matte sealer coat on the test piece, and it did indeed "waterproof" it for normal purposes. So I shot the trunk as well, and it cured nicely to a durable looking finish.

I then read the can of the GM spatter, and it did not say that topcoating was necessary. So I shot some on the back side of my test piece (without bedliner) to see if the bedliner contributed to the solubility.

Nope, even directly on the substrate and fully dry, the spatter wipes off easily with water. Sealant is indeed necessary.

The Parts Place Inc out of Chicago sells what they claim to be the non water based trunk paint in Black & Gray or Black & Aqua:
Their current eBay auction: http://tinyurl.com/244umn2
(end's in 6 days from 4/25/11)

We now have the correct formula trunk paint used by the OEM manufacturers when the cars were made. The paint is sold by the quart. There is more than enough to do several trunks floor and sides with this quart. Paint must be applied by a primer gun or one of the cheap Taiwan paint guns. You will NOT need to clear coat like most all other trunk splatter paints on the market. Lies out like the factory concours quality and comes complete with directions. This is a petroleum based product like no other on the market.

I hope to give this product a try on my trunk... maybe this summer? But I don't know anyone personally who has tried it yet...

Brett!

I didnt use bedliner (its very heavy) , but painted with a good anti rust paint ,all black, then covered with grey spatter paint , 3 coats of clear....I also , used duct tape to cover up the open slots along the fenders (leaving open at top of fenders ,to breathe)as I found lots , and LOTS of junk down there before I repaired the rusted quarters...,butter knives, tools, old brake hoses, you name it ,was found there plus about 3 -4 cups of sand ,which retains moisture and rusts the quarters from the inside....I painted over this duct tape so its not much visible...yes, its "non original", but in my opinion an 'up grade', see pics

Sounds like we have a lot of interesting ideas going on here. I was hoping to paint my trunk this summer. I like the truke bed liner idea.

The OPG looks very appealing.

http://www.opgi.com/product.asp?topcatid...&yearrange=


I don't hold a very high opinion of the parts place so there not even an option to me.

I also see that Eastwood makes a kit.

http://www.eastwood.com/complete-black-aqua-trunk-kit-w-rust-encapsulator.html

So many choices.