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New (to me) good mark cowl hood (non functional) that was never painted. Got a great deal, now I need to find the paint code for faded and chipped tomato-ish red.

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1972 Malibu
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1999 std bore 5.7, Vortec heads, Holley Stealth Ram, GM cam
700R4, Viking coilovers, 12 bolt 4.10 posi, and a whole bunch more
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Can the body shop use that computer paint matcher?

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Nice Bryan. You need a nother project.

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dashboard wrote:

Can the body shop use that computer paint matcher?

 not for that



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Bryan-NW 'burbs
1972 Malibu
Vaguely stock appearing, and the opposite of restored.
1999 std bore 5.7, Vortec heads, Holley Stealth Ram, GM cam
700R4, Viking coilovers, 12 bolt 4.10 posi, and a whole bunch more
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You're due for a paint job anyway, right? Order up a couple gallons of Bright Red and do it up!

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bowtie wrote:
dashboard wrote:

Can the body shop use that computer paint matcher?

 not for that

They don't have a spectrascope ??  I had Car Quest "read" the paint on the Chevelle to get a mix code and it matches pretty darn good. It didn't match any known color but was very close to Hugger Orange. I think that's what it's supposed to be but wasn't mixed correctly originally.

 



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They start with the paint code, then adjust from there. Pretty rare we have to match a color, and if we do we call our paint rep to come out and do it. As for me painting, I don't want it to look bad and theres some other body work I want to do. Mitch, your orange came out as black in spots. I think you and Ian used the same supplier? J/k I'm toying with doing a semi-flat hood, matching roof, and take the stripes off. That's after trying to get my red shiny first.

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Bryan-NW 'burbs
1972 Malibu
Vaguely stock appearing, and the opposite of restored.
1999 std bore 5.7, Vortec heads, Holley Stealth Ram, GM cam
700R4, Viking coilovers, 12 bolt 4.10 posi, and a whole bunch more
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Oh yeah, he dropped off a used com

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1972 Malibu
Vaguely stock appearing, and the opposite of restored.
1999 std bore 5.7, Vortec heads, Holley Stealth Ram, GM cam
700R4, Viking coilovers, 12 bolt 4.10 posi, and a whole bunch more
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...complete 1/4 panel too do I could snal acou

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Bryan-NW 'burbs
1972 Malibu
Vaguely stock appearing, and the opposite of restored.
1999 std bore 5.7, Vortec heads, Holley Stealth Ram, GM cam
700R4, Viking coilovers, 12 bolt 4.10 posi, and a whole bunch more
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FREAKING FONE! Complete quarter to snag a couple small patch panels. Anyone need a drivers side inner 1/4? I have in nerds from sail to rocker from tail to jamb.

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Bryan-NW 'burbs
1972 Malibu
Vaguely stock appearing, and the opposite of restored.
1999 std bore 5.7, Vortec heads, Holley Stealth Ram, GM cam
700R4, Viking coilovers, 12 bolt 4.10 posi, and a whole bunch more
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