paint decision- trying to match a color

[1971fordcustom]

i wish there was a way to contact this guy.
i guess ill just use the closest color i can find.
probably skyview blue since its kinda close and its the original color of my truck.

Hold on a min!!! If you still have some of the old paint in good shape like the back side of the glove box door, You can take that to a auto paint store and they can put a lazer on it and get it dead on!! Or you can look at all the paint they can do and get a custom one!!

We had to put a lazer on my glove box door and the paint we got is from ppg and you can't get any closer then what I got.

[1971ford]

i am trying to match the paint on the truck in the picture, not mine. i allready know that the original color of my truck is sky view blue. so i dont see the point of having them match it.

[1971fordcustom]

i am trying to match the paint on the truck in the picture, not mine. i allready know that the original color of my truck is sky view blue. so i dont see the point of having them match it.

I for got but I have a friend that worked for for in 67 to 97 and he has ever paint chip for all of them years!! Sucks he don,t have net and lives in Mo.
Other friend of mine I talk to on the net works for ppg. Ill talk to them and see what they say!

[lightning_msd]

my trucks that color... and while i was checking, my vin says mine is harbor blue, but i noticed the old ford blue looks the same, so i went inside and matched up the cap from some engine paint i recently used and its almost a dead on match, just thought i would tell ya, its duplicolor hi-heat engine enamel ford blue

[1971ford]

"my trucks that color"
which color, sky view blue?


"my vin says mine is harbor blue, but i noticed the old ford blue looks the same"
harbor blue is the same as old ford blue is what your saying?

thanks, just a little confusing.

[1971ford]

1971fordcustom,
whats ppg?

[1971fordcustom]

1971fordcustom,
whats ppg?

PPG is one of the best paint makers for auto there is!!

They make windshilds Paint all kinds of goodies

But there not the cheepest but you know what they say YOU GET WHAT YA PAY FOR LOL as I found out

[lightning_msd]

"my trucks that color"
which color, sky view blue?


"my vin says mine is harbor blue, but i noticed the old ford blue looks the same"
harbor blue is the same as old ford blue is what your saying?

thanks, just a little confusing.

my trucks about the same color as the show truck that you want to find out the color for.

[1971ford]

this one?

not to be picky but the blue is too much like the 71.
I like how the show truck has a aqua-ish look to it.

but i just looked at your engine compartment pictures and your cowl looks just like the show truck. its hard to tell from pictures.

[lightning_msd]

this one?

not to be picky but the blue is too much like the 71.
I like how the show truck has a aqua-ish look to it.

but i just looked at your engine compartment pictures and your cowl looks just like the show truck. its hard to tell from pictures.

i was just looking at my pictures and i noticed that all of them were taken without a lot of sun shining, ill have to take some pictures tomorrow, it was pretty sunny today when i compared the ford blue.

[1971ford]

still havent decided 100% on a paint..

i thought of another option... full white exterior, white interior (black/white seat, black carpet/firewall cover, and other parts will be black) .

anyone have any pictures of a white truck?
i looked everywhere on this site, but couldnt find a picture of a white truck. i want to see if it would look to plain.
ups and downs about painting a truck white?

[foghorn]

I plan on doing mine 2 tone like the orange and white one on the second page. But i going black where its white and the factory color where its orange. I just have some chrome to find before i can complete it.




Foggy

[1971ford]

where would a good place to get paint from?
thats the problem i have now run into.
if i do all white, i would just get paintshop paint, but if i do 2 tone orange, i dont know where i would get a good selection.

and after looking threw all the factory brochures, i found this:

its not exactly what i was looking for, since the picture is bad quality and the white isnt very glossy but its the only pic i could find.

[TheEskimo]

Hey Ryan, there is one on C/L that is white:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/car/505197257.html

Nice truck, not plain but you can get an idea with it.

[lightning_msd]

i found these in the photogallery