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The Cars => 1967 Shelby GT350/500 => Topic started by: Tor on February 05, 2019, 12:56:07 PM

Title: Paint diffrences?
Post by: Tor on February 05, 2019, 12:56:07 PM
The 67 Shelbys was shipped from San Jose too Shelby American with out the hood and the rear deck lid.
The car  was painted at Ford San Jose,how did they avoid the paint diffrences that could occur when the hood and deck lid was painted at Shelby?

Tor
Title: Re: Paint diffrences?
Post by: JD on February 05, 2019, 01:03:21 PM
not well, there were numerous Hood repaints at the dealers from complaints of owners.

Not being able to match color well may have been a contributing factor to Bronze being a short run availability.  Also, Shelby used lacquer which caused issues too.
Title: Re: Paint diffrences?
Post by: papa scoops on February 06, 2019, 03:42:47 PM
I think that they used r-m acrylic lacquer. (now psrt of bsaf) phred
Title: Re: Paint diffrences?
Post by: Wedgeman on February 06, 2019, 04:05:49 PM
What about the nose?... :o
Title: Re: Paint diffrences?
Post by: Bob Gaines on February 06, 2019, 04:07:55 PM
Virtually every old color polaroid I have seen from back in the day shows a mismatch in paint between the Ford painted chassis and Shelby added painted parts. Some colors seemed to be worse then others .
Title: Re: Paint diffrences?
Post by: JD on February 06, 2019, 05:21:13 PM
Quote from: Wedgeman on February 06, 2019, 04:05:49 PM
What about the nose?... :o
Yes, all the Shelby fiberglass parts- hood, nose, 4 scoops, 2 end caps, tail panel and deck lid.

(the nose in that photo appears to be primer)