Check with Car Quest around the corner. I had the paint on the '66 fender "read" and mixed there. They may have books to help see the color. They had GM colors back to the 60's.
-- Edited by Lost in the 60s on Monday 10th of December 2012 08:59:09 PM
Tony Hoffer said
Dec 10, 2012
I think I have found what the original paint was for the Brut snowmobiles but I need some help.. The color was a 1972 Ford truck color called calypso coral...
I have a formulation that was "custom" made
and I need to know how close it is to the Calypso coral formulation... Where can I find the breakdown?
IM going to have some hoods painted and this will be very helpful
bowtie said
Dec 10, 2012
Maybe Karl has a reference that goes that far back, or do you have a local bodyshop connection?
I did a quick look and here's some info: Ford code: M1730 Ditzler PPG code: 60449 DuPont: 4602LH, 4602H, 93-97249H Sherwin Williams code: 2366
Tony Hoffer said
Dec 10, 2012
Did a little more research...Unfortunately Akzo doesnt have that color in its "Sikkens" Line.. So I have no way to compare my custom mix with Calypso coral... PPG does make in though. So I would have to buy a small amount and have it shot on something to see how it looks..
I think a '70 Torino is as bad-ass as any Ford ever looked. (my uncle has an orange one... original 429 Super Cobra Jet)
Color looks pretty close too.
Lost in the 60s said
Dec 12, 2012
Unless you park a Brut next to a Ford survivor, who's gonna know if it's a shade of ???
Spray 'em.....
bowtie said
Dec 12, 2012
Lost in the 60s wrote:
Unless you park a Brut next to a Ford survivor, who's gonna know if it's a shade of ???
Spray 'em.....
I think tony's going for as correct as possible. It's kind of like the guys who shoot thier '70 Chevelle SS red, but the shade is off. You can tell.
Tony Hoffer said
Dec 12, 2012
The paint costs the same either way.. Its one of the rare instances where it doesnt cost anything more to get it right..
Lost in the 60s said
Dec 13, 2012
You could have 5 stores mix the paint from the same formula and end up with 5 different shades. Heck, the paint changed slightly from one batch to the next at the plant. Back then the front clip was painted on a separate line than the body with paint from a different batch and the front fenders didn't always match the doors exactly. There was no "exact" back then.
Chris R said
Dec 13, 2012
Tony. Doesnt someone out there in the Brut community have a nice unrestored one with nice paint you could help get an idea to match off of?
Tony Hoffer said
Dec 13, 2012
Yes and No... Original usually means faded... Not too many time capsules in 40 year old snowmobiles.
Derek69SS said
Dec 13, 2012
So nobody will know if it's off a shade.
Body shops have to blend paint into adjacent panels all the time because even factory-mixed paint is rarely a "perfect" match.
Tony Hoffer said
Dec 13, 2012
Maybe with a little leg work Ill get the shade "I" want .. and hopefully its withing one shade of what its suppossed to be.
-- Edited by Tony Hoffer on Monday 10th of December 2012 04:18:47 PM
Check with Car Quest around the corner. I had the paint on the '66 fender "read" and mixed there. They may have books to help see the color. They had GM colors back to the 60's.
-- Edited by Lost in the 60s on Monday 10th of December 2012 08:59:09 PM
I think I have found what the original paint was for the Brut snowmobiles but I need some help.. The color was a 1972 Ford truck color called calypso coral...
I have a formulation that was "custom" made
and I need to know how close it is to the Calypso coral formulation... Where can I find the breakdown?
IM going to have some hoods painted and this will be very helpful
I did a quick look and here's some info:
Ford code: M1730
Ditzler PPG code: 60449
DuPont: 4602LH, 4602H, 93-97249H
Sherwin Williams code: 2366
http://www.paintscratch.com/touch_up_paint/Ford/1972-Ford-Trucks-Calypso-Coral-1-TRUCK-(1972).html
You might try these guys... (I've ordered rattle can stuff for the Green Mary, and it's spot-on perfect)
Fairly unscientific.. But what do you think?
I think a '70 Torino is as bad-ass as any Ford ever looked.
(my uncle has an orange one... original 429 Super Cobra Jet)
Color looks pretty close too.
Unless you park a Brut next to a Ford survivor, who's gonna know if it's a shade of ???
Spray 'em.....
I think tony's going for as correct as possible. It's kind of like the guys who shoot thier '70 Chevelle SS red, but the shade is off. You can tell.
You could have 5 stores mix the paint from the same formula and end up with 5 different shades. Heck, the paint changed slightly from one batch to the next at the plant. Back then the front clip was painted on a separate line than the body with paint from a different batch and the front fenders didn't always match the doors exactly. There was no "exact" back then.
Tony. Doesnt someone out there in the Brut community have a nice unrestored one with nice paint you could help get an idea to match off of?
So nobody will know if it's off a shade.
Body shops have to blend paint into adjacent panels all the time because even factory-mixed paint is rarely a "perfect" match.
Maybe with a little leg work Ill get the shade "I" want .. and hopefully its withing one shade of what its suppossed to be.