[DeTomaso] The quest to be green again...

[jderyke at aol.com]

All is not lost, Andy. Unless the car was dipped in paint remover, there ARE still OEM painted surfaces. The entire body shell was painted as a first step by DeTomaso so the floors under the carpet, the area behind the dash, the headlight buckets and the door jambs were all painted at once. A good paint shop can surely get a color match from one of those areas. And those normally hidden areas should not have faded like the exterior. Good luck- J Deryke
 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Fish <afish at telicon.com>
To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Fri, Aug 1, 2014 9:01 am
Subject: [DeTomaso] The quest to be green again...


   I own a 1973 L Model that I've had since 1977.  The car was originally
   the darker green (similar to British racing green).  My dad had it
   repainted a bunch of years ago in Louisiana and let's just say, it was
   not only the wrong color but it was a mess.  The car is being restored,
   has been completely stripped which means there are no original surfaces
   on which to get a color scan.  I have the original colors from the
   manual but I can't get a match to a modern formula.  So I'm looking for
   either:

                   (a) A color formula that matches the original green

                   (b) A correctly colored green car that we can use to
   get a color scan from

   Thanks in advance!

 
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   All is not lost, Andy. Unless the car was dipped in paint remover,
   there ARE still OEM painted surfaces. The entire body shell was painted
   as a first step by DeTomaso so the floors under the carpet, the area
   behind the dash, the headlight buckets and the door jambs were all
   painted at once. A good paint shop can surely get a color match from
   one of those areas. And those normally hidden areas should not have
   faded like the exterior. Good luck- J Deryke

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Andy Fish <afish at telicon.com>
   To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Fri, Aug 1, 2014 9:01 am
   Subject: [DeTomaso] The quest to be green again...
   I own a 1973 L Model that I've had since 1977.  The car was originally
   the darker green (similar to British racing green).  My dad had it
   repainted a bunch of years ago in Louisiana and let's just say, it was
   not only the wrong color but it was a mess.  The car is being restored,
   has been completely stripped which means there are no original surfaces
   on which to get a color scan.  I have the original colors from the
   manual but I can't get a match to a modern formula.  So I'm looking for
   either:

                   (a) A color formula that matches the original green

                   (b) A correctly colored green car that we can use to
   get a color scan from

   Thanks in advance!

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