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As King says, original factory finish is metallic black.

Sure there are flat black cars but it would appear previous owners had the same felling about the color and repainted them flat, semi-gloss and I've even seen gloss black.

It's your car. Do what you want to it. Flat black is not easy to maintain on these cars. It looks faded out and splotchy on them soon after they get painted.

You might want to try the Ford flat black paint that was used on the '69 Boss 302's. That SEEMS to hold up a little better but remember that the original concept of the black on the hoods and decklids was for racing reasons and to reduce the amount of glare that the driver needed to deal with in a race.

Cosmetics were not a consideration at all in racing. Function is.

Detomaso actually realized all of this and made a decision of modifying the color for a "competition look" on a street car.

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