Yet another argent silver question. GC Tail panel vs grille vs shaker

[Dinocasino]

Greetings folks. First post here..

I am restoring a 70 Gran Coupe convertible and am having difficulty finding the exact answer I am looking for. I understand the tail panel on the gran coupes was painted argent silver, as was the grill, as was the shaker scoop. I also understand there were two shades of argent silver at the time; medium and light. My question is which pieces got the medium argent and which pieces got the light argent?

Also, is mymopars argent paint guide accurate?? http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=54

Attached a picture of the build so far, just got the front and rear suspension on so I can trailer it back home from paint.

[Cuda Cody]

Welcome @Dinocasino  to the forum 

Sweet looking project!    There's a couple guys on here that own Gran Coupes that I hope will be able to help you. 

[JS29]

  @Dinocasino  I have a gran coup as well. Mine is a hardtop. I like the blue, and a convertible at that.   Tell us more about your car!!!

[JS29]

@Dinocasino  The grill and tail panel is PPG#8568.

[cudaize]

Here is a close up of the texture on my 71 Gran Coupe.  This car is fairly original with about roughly 70% of the body paint still original including the tail panel.  I've also included a picture showing the underside of the trunk lid while it's a little hard to tell but you can see where the texture got oversprayed on the underside of the trunk lid.

Since this paint was applied at the assembly plant I would say that when new it was probably slightly different from the shaker scoops and grilles as they were painted at suppliers to Chrysler and I suspect due to the nature of this paint there were slight variations.  If I were to repaint this or do another Gran Coupe I would most likely use the Roger Gibson 70/71 Cuda grille paint and use all three stages.  I've used this paint to refinish the upper and lower grille on the 71 Cuda I am redoing right now but only used #1 and #3 as #2 contains the square flecks of texture that most 71 grilles didn't have.

[OE Argent]

@Dinocasino  The grill and tail panel is PPG#8568.

This number 8568 is GM Non Smudge Aluminum, AKA Argent Silver, but not Mopar.

This shade of MoPar Argent (dk/medium textured argent silver, Astrotone silver, it goes by many), but its all the same code:  8933.

here is a copy of the engineering drawing for these cars, if its not already in the reference section.

Mike