Re: 440 detailling
[Re: stroked470]
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11/25/08 03:34 PM
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I've got a question. Where do you buy the Acrylic Enamel paint for the engine. I have use the Mopar spray paint and Bill Hirsh Hemi orange and neither look like that. It is more red then orange to me. The stuff I have is more Orange and don't shine. I am getting ready to start on a 440 for a friends 70 GTX and his 70 Superbee 440 6 pak and would like to use a paint with a shine atleast. I have thought about using the Bill Hirsh and clearing it but it still doesn't look like the same color.
I don't think the off the assembly line engine paint did not have much gloss to it. The MP Restoration Paint was a very good match, but they discoutinued it.
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Re: 440 detailling
[Re: stroked470]
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11/26/08 11:39 AM
11/26/08 11:39 AM
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Thanks for the replys and those photos due help,I'm sure I will have more questions.On the color I found a 1969 Ditzler book with hemi orange and had it reformulated into Dupont Centuri it looks to be right on for the color.Did anyone see the magazine article that I'm talking about?I set aside for future use and now I can't find it,go figure.lol Joe
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Re: 440 detailling
[Re: Firepowerflyer]
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11/26/08 11:57 AM
11/26/08 11:57 AM
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ScottSmith_Harms
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I don't think the off the assembly line engine paint did not have much gloss to it. The MP Restoration Paint was a very good match, but they discoutinued it.
They did? The new stuff? It's only been out a year or two, are you sure?
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Re: 440 detailling
[Re: 79machocharger]
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11/26/08 03:28 PM
11/26/08 03:28 PM
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Here are my findings... P4349216 The original "street Hemi Orange" This paint has been around sence the beginning of time and from the very beginning it has been the wrong color. The problem is because it has been around for so long everybody thinks it is correct. The color is very light and very pail in color. P5007733 The new "Hemi Restoration Orange" This color was VERY close in being correct. I believe it was the best that I have seen that came out of a rattle can. I matched it to Rodger Gibson paint and it was dead on. With that being said.....that paint has been canceled and is no longer avaliable. P4349216AB This is the new "Street Hemi Orange" It's made by a new vendor and sprays very nice. As for the color.....they took a step in the wrong direction. Too light and too much orange. Here are some pictures to show you all what I have found.
....there is nothing like driving my 1968 Hemi Dart around town and having people looking at you like you're nuts!!
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Re: 440 detailling
[Re: Troy]
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11/26/08 03:33 PM
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I'm sorry but the pictures are hard to see but here is a comparison between the Hemi Restoration and the Rodger Gibson paint. The paint on the engine is the Mopar Hemi Restoration paint and that paint has been discontinued....no longer avaliable......gone.....NS1......have a nice day.....
....there is nothing like driving my 1968 Hemi Dart around town and having people looking at you like you're nuts!!
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