Looking for ideas on a paint color for a 71 cat, I have chosen 3 colors so far and it just gets harder. Wild voilet, Semi gloss black, Candy Apple Red. Any ideas or sugestions will be appreciated. I am trying to produce a muscel look thinking all chrome to be matching color and no badging.
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Gun Metal Gray in a semi gloss might be the way to go, Its a tuf call
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Stay away from candy if the car's a regular driver.
Your painter friend is right, it's very hard to patch if there's any damage.
That said, it does look awesome on a '71.
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I just did mine in semi gloss, it looks mean as hell, but it is quite hard to spray correctly. It's very easy to make it look patchy.
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When I was looking at colours for mine, I'd thought of Volkswagen/Audi's Tornado red, as seen on the Golf, and the Audi quattro. I thought it would look awesome with some black striping, and some black accenting on the hood.
This is my old quattro.
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Your painter friend is right, it's very hard to patch if there's any damage.
That said, it does look awesome on a '71.
I just did mine in semi gloss, it looks mean as hell, but it is quite hard to spray correctly. It's very easy to make it look patchy.
When I was looking at colours for mine, I'd thought of Volkswagen/Audi's Tornado red, as seen on the Golf, and the Audi quattro. I thought it would look awesome with some black striping, and some black accenting on the hood.
This is my old quattro.
WOW WOW I love these colors why did you do this now its so hard to chooseStay away from candy if the car's a regular driver.
Your painter friend is right, it's very hard to patch if there's any damage.
That said, it does look awesome on a '71.
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I just did mine in semi gloss, it looks mean as hell, but it is quite hard to spray correctly. It's very easy to make it look patchy.
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When I was looking at colours for mine, I'd thought of Volkswagen/Audi's Tornado red, as seen on the Golf, and the Audi quattro. I thought it would look awesome with some black striping, and some black accenting on the hood.
This is my old quattro.
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by the way, any more picks of the candy apple red?
Keep up that tone and i just might rock up and see that 68 or you can post a pic here..
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It is still black. Next on the list after the 428 gets rebuilt
Its looking like i will need to consider the semi black, getting a lot of votes for it.
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Hard to beat gloss black.
I like the semi-gloss black on some cars, but gloss black done right lends a certain austerity to a car. It also shows every little imperfection, so best start with a straight car or have a good body worker.
I like the semi-gloss black on some cars, but gloss black done right lends a certain austerity to a car. It also shows every little imperfection, so best start with a straight car or have a good body worker.
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This is the only other one I have, it was at the '07 Nats in Denver, so somebody out there must know about it.
If I remember correctly, it was "brandy candy apple red".
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If I remember correctly, it was "brandy candy apple red".
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+1 yes keep it as original as possible. There are way too many resto mod Cougars already. If this keeps up there will be few original examples left. I have been to several car shows this summer and of the half dozen or so cats I have seen mine is the only completely stock example. Kinda makes me sick.
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