A.G.A.R. FF4 AAR - Day Three hundred & seventy-nine

[SYDWAZ]

We used the area around the package tray to come up with the paint colour, not the 50 yr. old shade on the outside. I am happy with the way it looks. As for the selection of parts used, I guess you could say I cheeped out. I wonder what all the members out there think about that, being as they will never be able to even consider owning an AAR. I don't do car shows much, maybe Moparfest, so I will not run into very many experts who would be happy to point out where I cheeped out. I will get to do a do over because I bought it april 2 1970 in St. Thomas.   

[BFM_Cuda]

Can't wait to see it out in the sunlight...  looking good.   

[Cuda Cody]

Great looking car.  If it's your car, do it however you want. Don't ever let me or anyone else make you feel like you cheaped out. I would be proud to own that car. 

[blown motor]

 

[dodj]

I was thinking the same thing, same light and angle, not even remotely close.  Looks closer to F8 green to me.  Didn't you do a spray out? 

In the top photo isn't the paint faded from 50 years of sunlight? Wouldn't expect it to look the same? 

[anlauto]

I was thinking the same thing, same light and angle, not even remotely close.  Looks closer to F8 green to me.  Didn't you do a spray out? 

In the top photo isn't the paint faded from 50 years of sunlight? Wouldn't expect it to look the same? 

Yes the top photo posted is 49 year old faded original paint...it's a laughable comparison. 

[nsmall]

We used the area around the package tray to come up with the paint colour, not the 50 yr. old shade on the outside. I am happy with the way it looks. As for the selection of parts used, I guess you could say I cheeped out. I wonder what all the members out there think about that, being as they will never be able to even consider owning an AAR. I don't do car shows much, maybe Moparfest, so I will not run into very many experts who would be happy to point out where I cheeped out. I will get to do a do over because I bought it april 2 1970 in St. Thomas.

I would love to own your car, you have nothing to regret.   

[750-h2]

Unless you are building a car specifically for OE Gold competitions, no one will care if you have big mouth or small mouth calipers etc. The car looks fantastic and it is a real AAR!!!

[Huskidrive]

Almost done after a year in the shop FF4 JS23NOB

[anlauto]

Almost done after a year in the shop FF4 JS23NOB

Your colour looks real good, I like these odd colours when they're freshly repainted and not 50 year old faded out jobs

[HEMICUDA]

Almost done after a year in the shop FF4 JS23NOB

Yep, now that looks may closer to the original FF4, only 4 shades lighter than this AAR.  Of course, none of that matters if the owner is happy.

[dodj]

Your colour looks real good, I like these odd colours when they're freshly repainted and not 50 year old faded out jobs

Yep, now that looks may closer to the original FF4, only 4 shades lighter than this AAR.  Of course, none of that matters if the owner is happy.

Now I'm a guy that could care less about the shade or how 'correct' a colour is. I'm more about just looking at a car and deciding if I like it or not.
But this thread has me wondering how anybody knows just what the 'correct' shade is. There are no cars out there with a correct shade of colour. Its all aged somewhere in the neighbourhood of 45-50 years. No matter where on the car you use for comparison it won't be the same as day one. Even without sunlight, atmosphere will alter the colour.
I know sublime and panther pink  are a couple of my favourites. But I've seen about a thousand different shades over the years. I know which ones look 'right' to me. But someone might say the shade I like is not 'correct'.
I'm pretty sure Ma Mopar didn't take a bunch of painted samples and store them underground in a hermetically sealed vault.....

So who or what gets to say what the exact correct shade is? 

[anlauto]

Great point  It boils done to personal opinion, and we all have one of those 

[1 Wild R/T]

Your colour looks real good, I like these odd colours when they're freshly repainted and not 50 year old faded out jobs

Yep, now that looks may closer to the original FF4, only 4 shades lighter than this AAR.  Of course, none of that matters if the owner is happy.

Now I'm a guy that could care less about the shade or how 'correct' a colour is. I'm more about just looking at a car and deciding if I like it or not.
But this thread has me wondering how anybody knows just what the 'correct' shade is. There are no cars out there with a correct shade of colour. Its all aged somewhere in the neighbourhood of 45-50 years. No matter where on the car you use for comparison it won't be the same as day one. Even without sunlight, atmosphere will alter the colour.
I know sublime and panther pink  are a couple of my favourites. But I've seen about a thousand different shades over the years. I know which ones look 'right' to me. But someone might say the shade I like is not 'correct'.
I'm pretty sure Ma Mopar didn't take a bunch of painted samples and store them underground in a hermetically sealed vault.....

So who or what gets to say what the exact correct shade is? 

But when you take these cars apart often there is areas that haven't been exposed to sunlight where the paint is in excellent condition... On my Coronet that spot was hidden by the windshield gasket... The paint there was pristine... The rest of the paint was toast but that area hadn't seen the sun or anything else since September of 1967....   I've done allot of cars through the years & practically every one has had a bit of good paint...

[750-h2]

Every time the manufacture gets a new batch of paint from their suppliers there is always a slight variance in the paint colour. Case in point, when I decided to get a Shaker hood for my 2009 Challenger I found out their was 4 different formulas on file for the 2009 "Stone White" SW1 paint code. To get the correct colour my body shop had to spray out 4 paint cards to see which one matched.  At the time my car only had 1000 miles and none of the 4 matched perfectly.