don't forget about oxidation

 

all i want is to get the correct color, then repaint it, oxidation isn't on my mind right now. I will leave some part of the inside with the original paint, just for a little keepsake. it's getting sandblasted in 4 weeks, then off to the shop.

 

pollish it and find out what the color was!

 

that's not so easy, because the way things are looking, this color wasn't on any other ford, so I will just have to wait and see what comes up when it's scanned by the color machine at the shop, i am just excited that's all. I didn't expect to get this.

 

The overspray looks alot like the overspray I found on my Mach during disassembly. My car was originally Silver Jade metallic. This is probably not the exact color but I bet it is close. Pull a deluxe Marti report and see if that offers any answers. Otherwise the car was delivered to DSO 72 (San Jose) as part of a local promotion(there may be other cars with 723085 for a DSO), or it simply had a special paint.

 

I did some more research and came up with a possible answer to the color question. First, check out this link.

http://www.mustangswest.com/albums/Matthews-D/D&K's%20Blue%20Eyes.htm

Their story is similar. I believe your car must be painted a 1966 Ford factory color taken from another model. Check out this.

http://automotivemileposts.com/paint1966tbird.html

I know the colors reproduce like crap but does Dark Turquoise Metallic look like a possible match? It does to me. See if you can find a picture of a 1966 T-Bird painted this color and compare. Otherwise, check the color choices on other 1966 Ford models and see what you find.

 

So, what do you think Chris?

 

Marti Reports are only available for 1967 cars on up.

 

Oh yeah lol. Nice call Dan, owning a 69 I guess I forgot.[:@]