quote:Originally posted by Push1267:
OK, as mentioned, we found the original 1971 V108 red on a spare headlight bucket we had lying around. The color is from a very early car chassis #1395. It's very orange-red-like and looks pretty similar to what I have seen in pictures on original Gr4 cars and also early 1971-72 production cars. So, that's the color we were aiming for.
We stripped the top layers off the bucket and polished through to the original red color underneath.
A paint scan came up with a near perfect match from a .... Renault (!!!). I can't distinguish the test spray from the original color so this will be a go :-).
Its hard to see on my 2 pics but my painter used a Ford red from the early 70's to paint my engine bay and the bonnet and boot lid after I stripped the engine out to tidy it up. It is a little orange which initially I didn't care for, but now I really like it and it brightens up the car, whereas some dark reds can be dull. None of the paint has yet been polished.
