Not sure if I love it or hate it, but the original color of my 71 Charger SE is EL5. Trying to decide weather or not to restore as original or detour to another, more consistantly pleasant color. Wifey hates it, I like the few examples i've seen online, and others that perhaps painted wrongly or photographed in poor light.

My previous Road Runner was FY1, and I learned after the fact, We should have painted the car White first... Any similar advice regarding the EL5?

Any thoughts, experiences & Good (Convince Me)Photos will be welcomed.

Thanks

My first car (71 dart) was EL5. The paint was shot, but I buffed it back out and got it to look ok again. The only thing that saved it was the fact that the car had a black vinyl top and blacked out rockers. I didn't mind it, but would have traded it for a lemon twist yellow one in a heart beat.

There is a couple EL5 71 superbees in here.

If you want to see what it looks like go to the paint store and have a pint made then have them spray out a test sample.

http://andy440.com/71Bee.htm

EL5 is HOT.

one of my favorite colors!

im found of el5 id love to have a 71 el5 super bee to go along with our roadrunner.

If butterscotch and Bahama yellow are the same, here is mine. I painted it in my garage and found it to be much easier to do than a metallic. The black stripes really make it, as far as I'm concerned.

I would keep it EL5, but it seems to be a love it or hate it type color. Not quite high impact, yet a bit more intriguing than many other colors. As mentioned, black stripes and a vinyl top really help the color IMO.

The one issue this color seems to have (along with GY8(?) gold) is it looks great in bright sunlight, but can be less appealling when it's cloudy.

Sunny:



Cloudy:

I'm getting ready to trade big bucks for this butterscotch A12

Great Color for a Bee!

When painted correctly, it is one of the coolest Mopar colors available.

I get a lot of " WOW theirs a butterscotch demon " when i go to shows. Also i'm usually the only EL5 car their and this is at bigger chicagoland shows.

Thanks to all who took the time to answer on this post - I've all but eliminated the EL5, and narrowed it down to a Y1, B5('70), A4('71)... I already have a High Impact Red Bee.

I guess pics online don't do Much justice in picking colors accurately;Check out 2 pics of FY1 71 Charger , Note contrasts...

second pic... Which one is Accurate?

This is my old FY1 Dart, originally an F8 car.

Great!! Now i've got 3 different examples of FY1 yeller....

(OO==I==OO)

same car on sunny day!

The second picture of the charger looks closer to the right yellow.