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Re: Modern colors on older Mopars [Re: ZIPPY] #3160865
07/19/23 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ZIPPY
Originally Posted by Stanton
"Zippy" has probably provided the most valuable comment of all. Those photos really do a pretty good job of showing what it might look like.


Well, I tried. Glad you found it useful.

I'll be the first to admit it was with a fair amount of personal bias, as I've been prepping the GTX for 3 years and shot it myself last week here at home.
After alot of vacillating and research I went with the original color, but it's obviously a modern formula+process.

In the timeframe of these cars when they were new, a metallic silver was absolutely not a color I'd want unless I intended to pamper the car.
The single stage leaded enamels faded terribly and it was not long before they looked like gray primer........which isn't far from Destroyer Gray, so....here we are.....it s not super hard to connect the dots and imagine.

Good luck with whatever it is you decide, I do have opinions, specific likes and dislikes but most of my ideas don't relate to your question at all, so they're pretty useless in the conversation.













The interesting thing is that you say you don't want to use a factory color, but the pictures Zippy posted are of a factory color--A4 silver metallic. I know because my car is that color--the PPG 1969 version.

As has been said, paint it whatever color you wish. It is your car. But you asked for opinions so here is mine--IMO there is such a large number of good looking factory colors, I feel no need to get exotic. To me non-factory modern colors on an old car just don't look "right" unless it is on an obvious radical custom or resto mod. Can't explain it, but they just don't. And if you ever go to sell your car, you'll find I'm not alone. A factory color will often fetch more $ than a non-factory color.

Good luck on whatever you decide!

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Re: Modern colors on older Mopars [Re: wingman] #3160889
07/19/23 10:27 AM
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Well after a weekend at both Carlisle and Syracuse and 1000 miles on the road I've come to the final decision of painting it a metallic orange. Its very close to the current orange found on Mopars but the metallic makes it pop a little more. If you look back at the photos I posted its very close to the color on the Dart on page 4.

Re: Modern colors on older Mopars [Re: Stanton] #3160908
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It'll look great!

Re: Modern colors on older Mopars [Re: Fat_Mike] #3160938
07/19/23 12:09 PM
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FWIW, back in '73 I ordered/bought a '73 Z28 in code 97 orange metallic; gorgeous, bright color, and the metallic had a gold pearlish effect where sunlight hit body contours.
That said, most every time I've seen a car repainted that color, they look murkier and sometimes almost brownish, so I guess the formulas differ from different paint manufacturers.
The places that make/sell hot rod & custom colors likely have an orange metallic that'll look great.

Re: Modern colors on older Mopars [Re: Old_Moparz] #3160970
07/19/23 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Old_Moparz
Sometimes the wheel selection, sidewall height & the interior colors can add or detract from the body color. What looks great on one car may look hideous on another. Some of the tire & wheel websites have photo generators to see what the tires & wheels look like on cars. I do recall one of them had classic car options but not sure if they allowed color changes & can't remember which site it was. I'll see if I have it saved somewhere. shruggy



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Re: Modern colors on older Mopars [Re: A12] #3161048
07/19/23 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by A12
Originally Posted by Old_Moparz
Sometimes the wheel selection, sidewall height & the interior colors can add or detract from the body color. What looks great on one car may look hideous on another. Some of the tire & wheel websites have photo generators to see what the tires & wheels look like on cars. I do recall one of them had classic car options but not sure if they allowed color changes & can't remember which site it was. I'll see if I have it saved somewhere. shruggy



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Re: Modern colors on older Mopars [Re: Stanton] #3161093
07/19/23 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Stanton
Well after a weekend at both Carlisle and Syracuse and 1000 miles on the road I've come to the final decision of painting it a metallic orange. Its very close to the current orange found on Mopars but the metallic makes it pop a little more. If you look back at the photos I posted its very close to the color on the Dart on page 4.


You mean kinda like hemi orange? which has silver metallic in it. although it is a very fine metallic, you could use a heavier metallic in hemi orange to get the extra pop you want.


Re: Modern colors on older Mopars [Re: A12] #3163777
07/27/23 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by A12
Always wondered what this color would look like on a '69 Road Runner. A neighbor had this color on his car and it always grabbed my eye when I saw it especially on bright sunny days.



Saw this and made me think of this thread and this color

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