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Anyone know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T #173991
12/24/08 12:38 PM
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All wise answers aside (kinda blue, kinda greenish) what's the color and code, and does anyone else have this color on thier 71? Love to see the pics.

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Re: Any know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: Hoof Hearted] #173992
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If I see it correctly it's called Light Gunmetal Poly.
Paint code A4.
Dupont code 5245L
Ditzler code 2314

It's not blueish or greenish but gray.

Re: Any know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: Hoof Hearted] #173993
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Here's one similar, (71 Bee) I know this vehicles in Conn. If the owner sees this, drop me a line; Great looking car.

I've seen GA4 look kinda like this, but lighter gray. If not GA4, could it be GA8 - Dark Gunmetal Poly??

I've seen a pic of Tim Wellborn's(?)at Carlisle(?) and the pic looked dull, flat, plain grey.
But, Another pic of the same car looks nice/blueish...?

Guess I gotta spend the money and have a pint of paint mixed up.

Someone mentioned Roger Gibson's comment that it's a difficult color to mix correctly. Any Tips for the paint shop? Any special primers/ tints before applying?

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Re: Any know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: Hoof Hearted] #173994
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Paint code = GA4,
Dodge name = Light Gunmetal Metalic,
Plymouth name = Winchester Gray

Looks greenish-gray or blueish-gray depending on the light, according to Rodger Gibson one of the hardest colors to mix correctly to get it 'right'.

Btw...my favorite color!

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Re: Any know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: lakerism] #173995
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Here's a picture of Tim Welborns car at Carlisle.

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Re: Any know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: 440trk] #173996
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Kinda looks like GA8 in that pic to me. My 71 SSP is GA4 and looks lighter than that Charger.


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Re: Any know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: moparmarks] #173997
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I believe the GA8 was a c-body only color in '71 ...

... all of the Chargers in this thread are GA4, light & the amount of it change the color drastically.

The one for sale in Texas, use to belong to a member here before its "restoration".

Re: Any know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: 6bblgt] #173998
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QUOTE: I believe the GA8 was a c-body only color in '71 ...

As near as I can tell, in 71 GA8 was Slate Gray Poly for plymouth & chrysler, Dark Gunmetal Poly for dodge.

And you're probably right, the cars above seem to all be GA4 Lt. Gunmetal Poly; gotta love these digital cameras.


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Re: Any know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: 6bblgt] #173999
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Quote:

I believe the GA8 was a c-body only color in '71 ...

... all of the Chargers in this thread are GA4, light & the amount of it change the color drastically.







GA8 was Monaco/Polara only.


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Re: Any know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: 69CoronetRT] #174000
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Re: Anyone know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: Hoof Hearted] #174001
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It's the gunmetal gray that they had that year . . . GA4?

Re: Anyone know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: Hoof Hearted] #174002
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Quote:

All wise answers aside (kinda blue, kinda greenish) what's the color and code, and does anyone else have this color on thier 71? Love to see the pics.

thanks to all

This car is beautiful; This is what my Charger wants to be when it grows up.




That used to be my Charger.I love the color. My second 71 Charger, Winchester. The guy that bought it did most of the restoration himself, I believe. I wish I could've kept that one.. Here is where I got it from, on Thanksgiving day.






Oops, I "saved" selling two things off of it. 6 way and 3:55 chunk !!

Re: Anyone know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: sunroofgtx] #174003
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Re: Anyone know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: Hoof Hearted] #174004
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Looks like the same color as my '72, GA4.

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Re: Anyone know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: dfsmopars] #174005
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GA4 is one color which really varied from car to car or plant to plant. My GA4 71 RR jams and trunk were excellent so I carefully sprayed just the exterior. My paint guy came to my house twice when I was restoring it to make sure the exterior mix matched the original jams and trunk.
My point is: I have seen great color variations with GA4 cars (lighter,darker, more grey, more blue hue). Much more so than other factory colors.
Anyway...It's a beautiful color particularly on a 71 RR or Charger!!

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Re: Anyone know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: MoparDan] #174006
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Here's how it looks on a overcast day..(before I put the V-top on.

Re: Anyone know what color this is? 71 Charger R/T [Re: MoparDan] #174007
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