Need help getting right Blue Color

[madkaw]

Hey guys,

I need help to make sure I buy the right color blue for this 8/71. Please look at the pic and verify for me the color and paint code

Edited September 22, 2008 by madkaw

[madkaw]

By the way the urgency is because we want to paint tomorrow and need to get the paint tonight.

[gotswap]

quick search on google popped this up

http://www.zhome.com/History/ZColorGallary/index.html

[madkaw]

I did that and it is probably the 903, but the dupont jobber couldn't find a code for that paint

[Carl Beck]

Did the dupont vendor use 14239 Poly Blue as a cross reference? It was used on the 1970/1971 Model Year cars.

Too bad your in a rush - I'm sure some of the older Automotive Paint Suppliers have the older records.

903 was a shade darker blue and non metallic, than the 115 Metallic Blue in 72/73.

FWIW,

Carl B.

[madkaw]

The car is definetly metallic.,though it is not a heavy metallic, It has a black interior. According to Z car site the metallic(115) only came with a white interior. So is the 903 have any metallic at all. The car was made in 8/71 so it is on the border for the color change.

Edited September 23, 2008 by madkaw

[Carl Beck]

Is the original color code sticker still on the car? If what type of paint does it list?

Carl

[Neumeier]

Have a look at this web site:

http://zhome.com/History/colors.html

[madkaw]

Carl.

the paint code is faded off the sticker. Thanks for the input guys. The car should be the 903 according to the research even though it looks more like a metallic. The 115 metallic blue only had a white interior -so I guess it will be an educated guess at this point. We even took one of the flip doors in to try and match the color, but that didn't work either.

[Carl Beck]

Hi Steve:

I was asking about the "type" of paint listed on the sticker, not the color code. The metallic colors were Acrylic Enamel in 70/71 - the non-metallic's were Alkyd Enamel - just thought that if you could still see the type - it would provide more informaiton

Carl

[madkaw]

Hey guys,

sorry I didn't finish up the thread but we ended up purchasing the 903 blue poly which does have some metallic in it. We went to the paint shop and looked at the color and it definetly had some metal in it, though not as much as the 115 metallic. We should be painting tomorrow and I will post some pics.

"it's always something"

[blue 72]

Poly = Metallic. At least that is how it was explained to me.

I've had both 115 and 903 mixed up by the same company, and couldn't tell the two apart.

My car (02/72) for whatever reason, is color code 072, a darker blue poly.

Edited October 2, 2008 by blue 72