G'day everyone,
Paint names like Devon Red, Chinese Red etc etc, don't mean much in today's
panel repair shops, everything is coded with correct quantities of the mix.
The best solution as I'm sure many of you have done is to get an original bit
of tinware with some colour still in place, usually best if it's underneath or on the back,
so fading is minimal, & get it matched to that. There is also a fancy colour scanner
available now, that some paint reps have, once scanned it will bring up the closest
match available, could be a Toyota, Subaru colour etc. Saying that, I've had a hard time
getting a colour to match my '63's metalic (candy apple) type red. I didn't want a real
candy apple red, so had a metalic pearl type base coat mixed that was close & 2-pack
clear over the top, not totally satisfied with the colour, it's not as crisp as the original red,
but it's growing on me. I've asked about the stripe thing as well, I've also seen both around
the traps, I ended up putting one 4mm gold line.
The other thing is I'm pretty sure all the original paint was either enamel or maybe acrylic lacquer,
if you are re-painting I'd recommend 2-pack or acrylic lacquer, the old enamel doesn't like fuel too much.
Cus