Hey guys I repainted my engine bay using 70' B5 blue. I'm trying to find out what color my super bee is painted as the color was changed to slightly darker blue. I noticed on alot of other spots the original color B5 blue is much lighter than the blue the car is now painted.

I painted the engine bay "Omni" B5 blue and it is much lighter than the body color of the car. I looked behind the rubber strip on the hood and the original paint matches this newly painted B5 blue that I just laid down, concluding my inkling that the color was changed.

I also looked in other various places under teh dash and down teh doors and it matches the lighter B5, and it is obvious this darker blue on the body is not B5.

Therefore does anybody have any ideas of what the body (fender of the car is painted)? Does is look like the darker Jamaica blue? Or is it the new B5 blue on the new chargers? The car was painted about 1-2 years ago.

always hard to tell from pic but yes your engine bay looks to be B5 blue. The fender looks closer to B7 athough it may not be very close to that either.

yea, I have a feeling when it was repainted they used B7 blue?

does not look like the "new" b5 blue either.
looks like b7 to me also.


steve

does anybody have some pictures of a B7 blue cars?

Here is a B7 71 Charger.

Omni is a brand name. It's kind of a spin off of the PPG Deltron, but doesn't have anywhere near the amount of solids. That's why Deltron, B-5 blue, is $75.00 a quart, and Omni is $25.00 a quart. I have a quart of Deltron, or Delstar, which is Acrylic Enamel, B-7 Blue. Haven't looked at in sometime, so I'm not exactly sure which one it is. If you're interested, shoot me an e-mail at beewagon69@yahoo.com, and I'll have a look see and make sure which one it is. I'd be happy to donate it for your engine bay, as long as you pay for shipping. Thanks, Bill

Hey guys Thanks for the help!

I got in contact with the previous owner and I found out that the car is the original color "B5" with some metallic added into it. So it is sort of a custom color. The guy said he doesn't have the paper work anymore, and the bodyshop is out of business.

What would be my course of action to get it matched?

It's hard to tell from that photo but your engine bay looks lighter than B5 to me.
If you go to a good paint supplier they can scan and computer match the colour on your car, you will have to take the car to them to do this however.

Sheldon

Remember that B5 Changed for 1971 and was darker than the EB5 used in 1970. Sometimes the guy mixing paint may pick the wrong one or if the car was an early or late build then it might vary. Also, it's hard to tell true colors on the computer sometimes but the exterior body color does look dark like a B7. Here is a close-up of 1970 EB7. On my comupter, it looks very close to the color of your fender.

Joe

Here is a car painted with factory B7 and laquer B5.. I guess he didnt know they were different.
Must have been a chevy guy....

B7 Blue!

if someone can resize a pic i hav pic of my b5 car with with a b7 door on it that clearly shows how differnt colors thay are
my e mail addy is challengerbabe@aol.com

Here ya go ToplesCuda...

This is my 70 Charger painted with PPG Delstar B7 based on the 1970 PPG formula. It looks differnt in differnt light so it's kind of hard to tell from a picture.

http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb259/mnguy55/?action=view&current=DSCF0014.jpg

Thanks guys for the pics.

I'm going to take one of the hood scoops off the car and take it in tommorow for a computer color match. I don't need anything exact,but hopefully they'll get it close enough for the engine bay.

Both 70 colors on the same car.

Dropped one of the hood scoops off at the paint shop. They said they'd do a custom color match for me. Old school style, said it would take up to 48 hours.

I'll post pics when I lay down the paint and let you guys know how it comes out.