[morz]

Recently bought and am in the throes of restoring a '69 vert. It's currently bolding a cheapo Maaco 80's resale red (painted over the stock 13357 Bright Blue Poly) paintjob. Plan on blasting down to metal and changing the color. MANY MANY pics of 69's in a folder on my hard drive. Any recommendations/opinions? Metal flake? Pearls?

 

[cj750]

Personally, I think Bright Blue Poly is one of the most attractive colors out there for a '69 Cougar. The fact that it would be original on this car is even better.

If you decide not to go the original route, I vote for something subtle yet custom, like this Galaxie:

 

[1969XR7Vert]

Here's what I did. A color dead on in shade to the original maroon my car was originally but with a real nice metallic pearl, 40th anniversary Mustang Crimson Red: