^^^ That was the model, and paint color of the only Corvette I have ever driven, when I was 15. Owned by my uncle and aunt, and they let me take it for a supervised spin around the neighborhood.

Their neighbor, saw us, and offered me a ride in his 1966 SC Cobra. Scary fast! Faster than the Vette, for sure.

Can't wait for the after pics SC!

I think I'm just gonna make it all one color.
It's factory 2 tone but came either way.
All of the cars with silver got one paint code. Even the black and silver car.

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Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
And oh yeah, there'll be photos of the progress!

Great! I was going to say, “That’s beautiful and we are definitely going to need to see pictures of at least the finished product.” Seeing in progress pix will be even better!

That's Awesome SC! Can't wait for photos.

Looks like a great color, I LOVE silver!

In addition to my 67 GTO I restored, I have a 69 GTO that isn't road ready yet. It was originally limelight green, with a dark green interior and a dark green vinyl hardtop. It's an ugly color. It's primed now, but I am changing it to a different factory color for a 69 GTO, "Palladium Silver", with a black interior and a black vinyl top. Hopefully I can get back to working on it as my kids are now a little older.

Can't wait to see it painted!

What color interior? I remember you posted pictures when you bought it, but can't remember the color.

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Originally posted by 1967Goat:
I have a 69 GTO that isn't road ready yet. It was originally limelight green, with a dark green interior and a dark green vinyl hardtop. It's an ugly color.

Sacre' Bleu!

No No no! Harvest Gold and Green are staples of the late 60's to 70's! That is just a gorgeous Green combo!

DAMN that Pontiac is gorgeous!

Are you going to do the paint SC? Got a booth and all that, or are you just formulating the paint to bring to a shop?

I'm gonna shoot it myself. I'll mix and prepare the paint myself.
I have a biggest inflatable booth Vevor makes.

I'll start surface prep this weekend.

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Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
I'm gonna shoot it myself. I'll mix and prepare the paint myself.
I have a biggest inflatable booth Vevor makes.

I'll start surface prep this weekend.

Would you mind posting pictures of the process?

Are you using a lacquer thinner paint or a waterborne paint?

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Originally posted by Broadside:

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Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
I'm gonna shoot it myself. I'll mix and prepare the paint myself.
I have a biggest inflatable booth Vevor makes.

I'll start surface prep this weekend.

Would you mind posting pictures of the process?

Are you using a lacquer thinner paint or a waterborne paint?

Of course I'll document the progress!

I'm using a 2 part epoxy sealer over the original old paint.
The new paint is a 2 part acrylic urethane with a 2 part intercoat clear to carry the sparkles.
And an activated high solids clear over everything. About 6 coats of clear total with sanding in between each coat.
Finished off with 1000 grit cut then buffed out. About a $7000-8000 job if you hired it out.

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Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:

Of course I'll document the progress!

Did I miss how much the materials are?

And the booth and equipment too !!!

it'll look great, looks similar to the medium spiral gray metallic on my '04 c5!!

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Originally posted by onegeek:
Did I miss how much the materials are?

And the booth and equipment too !!!

My Galaxy Silver is around $100/gallon. It's reducer is $35/gallon.
the primer is $80/gallon

The intercoat clear is $1.55 an ounce, I'll use 32 ounces.(making 64 with reducer)

The last clear is $90 with it's activator/gallon.

Sparkles, $22.

About $350 or so in materials.

A less complex job I can do with $200 in materials. And I keep the leftovers.

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Originally posted by airbubba:
it'll look great, looks similar to the medium spiral gray metallic on my '04 c5!!

I was going to mix coarse flake in with the silver to get something like that but then I found the SPARKLES!

The Honda CRV is next! Back metallic green but with GREEN SPARKLES!!

Is there a perfect color that looks equally great in noon day sunlight
And
Overcast light and street light at midnight ?

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Originally posted by bendable:
Is there a perfect color that looks equally great in noon day sunlight
And
Overcast light and street light at midnight ?

Flat black?

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Originally posted by onegeek:
Did I miss how much the materials are?

And the booth and equipment too !!!

Oh my booth was $985 delivered. It was on sale!

That color is gonna look really nice on it. Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Mine was painted a similar color and I really liked it.