Allen, "there are a lot of blues out there and its a hard color to match"
(sorry) What you do is up to you.
You can use what you have which apparently is accepted as correct, try to
match what is on the car by taking a clean piece to a good paint shop (maybe
the steering column seal, if it has orginal paint) or having paint mixed up
in a color you like that matches your aesthetic sense or idea of original.
If my car had decent paint I would leave it alone, but it is pretty bad,
therefore I will paint it then have to worry about every stone chip, where I
park the car, kids in the garage, etc. New paint sure looks nice, but it is
not exactly relaxing, since you posed the question I will give that side of
the story as well (at least in my opinion)
I saw a 60s Mustang in my town that looked like the right color as well, I
would think a good shop could supply that color if it is OEM Ford
Although I wasn't there I would assume the paint was measured and mixed by
hand each day at the spray booth, variations from the human element and from
what came from the supplier were bound to occur.
Lastly, after reading Mr. Miller's comments I may have contacted R & R about
paint for my 53 Healey which should be ready for paint next year. After
reading Mr. Maine's heated reply to Mr.Millers objective observations about
the product, even stating that he understood the reason why they did not
like to give out samples, I rather doubt I would want to do business with
them.
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
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