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Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please!

Posted By: Dirk

Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/05/10 09:45 PM

Hi all, I am just beginning the restore of the tail panel on my '68 GTX. I have stripped off all the old argent and reflective stripes on the panel and tail light pieces. It is now ready to mask and start painitng. I want to do this correctly and need a close up of painting details. If you have pics of a correctly finished one could you post them?
Also, any advice would surely be welcome!
I bought the Light Argent from Totally Auto and the reflective stripes from Performance Car Graphics.
Thanks in advance!
Posted By: superwrench

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/05/10 11:22 PM

I think the light Argent is too light.
I got a can of both the light and darker Argent for mine....went with the darker one as it was just about dead on original colour.
Judging by the posts on here about '68 GTX trials and tribulations, there otta be some more experts out there.

Seems to be a real popular car lately.
Posted By: Dougsmopars

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 12:02 AM

I used the light argent from totally auto. Looks real close to the orignal argent on the panel. The 68 GTX grille is dark argent with light argent outer boarder.
Posted By: Dirk

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 12:08 AM

Interesting...
I do have a can of each and will be doing color tests before I commit to spraying parts. I am not opposed to getting another brand if this color isn't correct.
Posted By: Dougsmopars

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 12:27 AM

Totally auto has the best argent paint for mopar trim parts. I see a lot of pic's of 68's with both, some are dark some are light. I beleive the light argent is the correct color for the finish panel. When you look at any old sales brochures the tail panel was light colored not dark. The grille is dark argent and the boarder around the grille was light argent.
Posted By: Dougsmopars

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 12:31 AM

This is the panel on a $100,000.00 hemi GTX at Best of show auto

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Posted By: Dougsmopars

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 12:34 AM

Pic of grille. You see it's much darker then tail panel.

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Posted By: mr_belvedere

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 12:54 AM

Quote:

Pic of grille. You see it's much darker then tail panel.




Looks black to me. If that is in fact what it is, totally incorrect.

Grille should be a gray color similar to the 68-9 Chargers, with non textured argent accents.

Deck finish panel should be medium textured argent.

Maybe Paul Jacobs would be so kind to post some pics of these areas from the red 68 hemi GTX conv. he had at the nats last year.

How about it, Paul? Please?
Posted By: Dirk

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 01:06 AM

One of the questions I have is, do the "Plymouth" letters get painted black on the inside or left alone to be covered in Argent or covered to paint and left bare?
I believe the "GTX" should be black except for the face of the letters which are left chrome?

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Posted By: Dirk

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 01:23 AM

I do know that my front grill is original and this is what the paint looks like (or what's left of it). The outer edge paint is gone leaving bare plastic.

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Posted By: SCATPK

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 02:38 AM

Here is a picture of my untouched original panel.

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Posted By: SCATPK

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 02:43 AM

Here is a picture of the grill also original.

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Posted By: Dirk

Re: Advice Restoring a '68 GTX Finish Panel Please! - 04/06/10 02:47 AM

Those help, thanks!
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