mhubert89

hi ,

i am in the process to restore my 68 fastback !

can you help me with the choice of my paint ! some people said that dupont paint are not good , go with PPG. so i am asking what is the best paint i can pick to paint my fastback the closest of this old paint !?

and anybody have the paint code for the
charcoal black interior ?
semi gloss black for engine bay ?
red oxide epoxy for under the car and pumpkin ?

thanks !

Mathieu

barnett468

PAINT - PPG 2 stage solvent base not water base unless you want single stage for conccours shows.

PRIMER - PPG solvent base red oxide primer with 20% ppg black primer added . . the straight red is way too dalmon color the black will make it passable for MCA concopurs shows.

if you want the orig look mix the primer thin and spray it heavy from directly underneath so it gets several drips in it.

all the machined areas on the pumpkin should be bare . . i paint these areas with cast gray

INTERIOR - Charcoal Black PPG 32586

mhubert89

nice ! thanks barnett468

kingstrider

I would love to see photos when finished. What is the original color?

mhubert89

Original color from my marti report :

exterior color : sunlit gold
interior color :black

kingstrider

That was the original color combo of my 68 S code convertible as well, paint code Y and interior code 2A. Nevermind it had been repainted red when I bought it lol.

mhubert89

Ya not everybody like this color but its the original color of my car and when you see one like this .. Never !!! Over here everybody go green or red ! Will be the only one with this gold !

mhubert89

And for the engine bay ? Did you use the black primer ?

barnett468

sorry but i don't understand your question . . the engine compartment is like a semigloss black . . its around 32% flattened . . i make them a little bit shinier than stock so they look more flashy when you look at them but still look pretty stock . . on some cars i make them almost full gloss.

this is like stock and looks like c__p imo . . notice the run on the passenger shock tower.


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this is also in the stock range.



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slightly shinier and still ok for concours



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i do them like this which is a bit more shiny but might get points dedicted in a show.



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this is full gloss and needs a bit of contrast like silver shock tower brace and shock bracket bolts etc..



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mhubert89

oki thanks ! But picture dosen't work..cant see this picture !