Longchamp

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paint code for my Longchamp

No, I can't.

But after all these years, even if you found it you would have a code that likely would be hard to match to current paints.

A good paint ship can do a match from your current paint, and that match would probably be closer than using the original code on your sun and weather bleached and faded paint.

Larry

Larry is quite right. Even though the Pantera paint codes are still available, they were long ago purged from the files at DuPont, etc. So far as I know, Mangusta and Longchamp paint codes do not even exist and wouldn't get you anywhere anyway.

... i did quite a bit of paint research for my euro pushbutton (which originally was a rare beige/gold metal) and found several DeTomaso colors (based on the original codes) available from Carpaint online (PPG) and Sherwin-Williams (search Detomaso or Pantera).

http://www.sherwin-automotive....rmula/car_finder.cfm

http://www.carpaintonline.com/...&SearchPPGCode=23651

No idea how they will work for repairs but maybe for a complete repray.

Kristian

Your car is a late Longchamp, so if I were you, I would check the Maserati PPG colors for the same period. They are available in current color.

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Kristian

Hello and welcome to the forum!!

Good paint info,for all of us.

Tell us a little about your car and planned project for it.

Larry

Larry,

Thanks a lot. Car is 1267, a euro PB that I bought as a partly disassembled project about a year ago.
It has now been taken apart, sandblasted, metalwork has been finished (very little, furtunately), and the chassis has just come back from its second sandblasting and subsequent zink-treatment/priming. Hopefully, the car will get painted sometime soon.

Otherwise I plan to to keep the chassis/car originally looking, incl spaying it in the original color (very rare 1971 beige/gold metal), but will update engine and transmission as well as suspension, brakes and wheels.

Untill now the restoration has been pretty straight forward, but I'm sure that in the future, when the car starts coming back together, I'll run into several problems and need the excelent support from this board.

Pictures of the restoration can be seen at the danish detomaso site

Kristian

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subsequent zink-treatment/priming.

Please be aware that previous owners have found that any dipping of our Pantera bodies often leaves small amounts of trapped residue.

Months later, usually after painting, this residue manages to start finding its way out of the seams and cavities it has been hiding in. And when it does, it starts ruining the paint.

I think a good, long bake in a proper oven is likely the only method to make sure it is all dry and solid.

Larry

.. thanks for the warning. But it wasn't dipped but sprayed with 100% zink.

The worst part is that, although we spent many hours cleaning the chassis up, trace amounts of sand keep coming out of various cavities .

Kristian

http://www.coys.co.uk/fpA205.p...xt&viewitem=A205_135