[pontibeast]

Like the title says, what color is your Pontiac? Brand and paint code would be great but if not just the color. Mine is a 91 Ford color called Deep Emerald Green. Planning on changing it in the next few years and I am always looking for great colors to sample.

[4dblnkldude]

Dark blue sapphire metallic, I believe it was a late 90;s trans am color.

[Dick Boneske]

I would always go with a color available from the factory on the car I was painting. If you keep the car forever, it makes no difference, but if you ever sell the car, chances are the buyer will use the "wrong color" as a bargaining tool--I know I would.

When I redid my '64 GTO, there were thousands of reds I could have used, but thought "Why wouldn't I use the factory color?" So Grenadier Red it is.

Now, I'm restoring my wife's '64, which was Gulfstream Aqua when new. I had no problem going with this color for the restoration.

Now, if you have a beige or light yellow original color, I can understand why you'd want to change it, but still, why not use an OEM color?

Sorry, but that's my rant for tonight.

[MUSLCAH]

Original color..Montego Cream ..code 11.. I think

[Dick Boneske]

Looks like what was in earlier years called Cameo Ivory. Nice car!

[Chris65LeMans]

Teal turquoise over parchment- just like when it left the factory.

[pontibeast]

Mine is so far gone as far as being factory correct I went with the Ford color as I really liked it from when I raced a 5.0 Mustang. I also don't ever plan on letting this one out of my family. I totally understand wanting to go factory color and some of them are really nice. I love that Montego cream color it sure is a nice car. It is great to see some paint colors especially on Pontiacs, it's a lot better than trying to look at paint chips to pick the color out.

[Hunter98TA]

Lamborghini Orange with a pearl base. I just started to wet sand it. It is coming up like a mirror!! Getting closer to being on the road.

[flyingn]

Warwick blue with dark blue interior

[Greg Reid]

Meridian Turquoise ('68 Code K) with Dark Aqua (220) interior, black vinyl top. Same way it came from the factory. PPG BCCC used for the restoration.

[67GTONUT]

1967 Buick Riviera Charcoal Poly Gray

Special Order car

[lemans67]

Tyrol blue. Not sure of brand or code. Went back and forth on what blue to use. Went original and glad I did.

[Tempest]

this color came from the 'Colour Max ' paint system M6027G .. the closest I could find to "Tiger Gold".

I find it changes colour with the sun,..can look yellow at noon, and can look light brown at dusk

[carcrazy]

My 67 GTO was originally gold with a black vinyl top. It is now a PPG DCC 9300 black.

[gary bennett]

my 63 Bonne

[Jeff Hamlin]

The '66 is as close to the original Code K-REEF TURQUOISE as we could get it.
Painted in late 1994 with Good Ol PPG bought at Matty's Auto Parts Matawan NJ,
One of the best paint dealers in the area at the time. I still have the labels somewhere.

At the time the shop I chose had just started using the computerized color matching scanner.
We disassembled the car and found the front inner cowl to be a perfect spot,
so it was used. Sam (Body-man) wasn't sold on the system but we went with it anyway.
I was very pleased with the results.

Fast forward to 2007 and I put my car alongside a friends all original 1965 Code K GTO
and our colors were almost exact,
this made me even more satisfied with our results.


And 22 years later she can still hold her own.


Thank you Sam Wilson, We just wish you could have seen her all back together.

[rexs73gto]

My 73 GTO is Florentine Rd Met. & is code 74. It is chroma base & chroma clear which is of course a 2 stage base coat clear coat. I repainted the car myself in 1997 by taking it all the way down to bare metal with a bunch of 3" scotch brite pads & an angle die grinder. It took FOREVER to strip the car but the finish was well worth it , but it needs to be repainted soon as being out in the sun for the last 19 years has sun faded the paint to where the paint on the cowel is still bright & the car finish is a little dull even with the proper care.

[1_Wild_Cat]

My '64 GTO - currently in old epoxy primer that the last owner sprayed...but it is a factory "Saddle Bronze" car with the Saddle interior...

Trying to decide if it is going back to that...

(My '70 Buick Wildcat is "Fire Red" - repainted to the factory color with Valspar base/clear)

[pontibeast]

One of my first cars was a 76 Toyota Celica GT which I paid a hefty 500 bucks for. I spent 300 bucks on a Maaco paint job and did it in Guards Red which is that really bright Porsche red. To a 16 year old it was the best paint job ever. I would think about using that color again but not on this Lemans, I just don't need any unwanted attention and that color screams pull me over.

[highrisk]

My 65 started life as a Teal Turquoise then somewhere in the 80's someone painted it GM Metallic Racing Green. As of today (I mean it was actually painted today, at least the body) it is a Toyota color called Absolutely Red, 3PO code. Now my car is no way near stock so I wasn't worried about keeping the paint correct and stock. I wanted a bright true red. I painted my 66 Porsche Guards Red back in the 80's and that color was a little too orange in certain light. This color is about the purist red I could find. I included a picture of the car when I bought it a few years ago before I started its restoration.