Almost ready for paint on the full restoration of my 1970 d100. My truck was overpainted once in its life, a fire engine red but was originally a reddish orange with a white cab top.
Looking online there seems like there were a couple of orangy red colours in 1970; Toredor red and Burnt Orange; how can I be sure what the original colour was, so that I can try and track down a colour formula for my repaint?
Original paint colour
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Re: Original paint colour
Anyone?
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Re: Original paint colour
Is there no where on the truck where some original paint is left, that is undamaged by UV light/wear?
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1975 W600
1978 W200 club cab
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1978 W200 club cab
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Re: Original paint colour
Yeah, the interior is original; they just respected the outside.
My paint guy would prefer to pull the original colour recipe as opposed to matching a chip; I’m torn as to which colour this truck was, Toredo red or burnt orange; too bad they didn’t include the paint code on the build tag like they do on mopar muscle cars.
My paint guy would prefer to pull the original colour recipe as opposed to matching a chip; I’m torn as to which colour this truck was, Toredo red or burnt orange; too bad they didn’t include the paint code on the build tag like they do on mopar muscle cars.