340 horsepower rating

i have had very good luck with TCP Global in san diego, ca. all total, i bought 3 gallons of lacquer paint and three gallons of slow thinner from them. their color quality seemed spot on but i did mix all three gallons together just to be safe. the paint went on great although their "slow" thinner is really not slow enough for temps above 80 degrees.

here's a bit of news that floored me when i first saw it in TCP's calalogue - especially when i think of how much paint cost when i had my body shop in 1975. TCP has "factory mix" acrylic enamel from PPG in all the old plymouth colors. as you purists in FABO land will know, chrysler used acrylic enamel on their cars through the 60's and 70's while GM used acrylic laquer. the price for TCP's "factory mixed" PPG enamel? would you believe $996.00 per gallon!!! my my, how the world has changed in 40 years!!

while i really wanted to do my 68 cuda as original as possible, i just could not get my mind around $1000 a gallon for paint. i did find a NAPA dealer in bridgeport, ohio who still mixes acrylic enamel but they wanted $525.00 a gallon. so i went with TCP's laquer at $227.00 a gallon. the look of laquer is very close to the look of acrylic enamel of the 1960's in my opinion, laquer is still the best for the "back yard" resto project. it drys fast and mistakes can be fixed easily in a day. the bad news is though that EVERY imperfection that you miss in preping the panels will show up and the wet sanding and buffing is a bear. but it is hard to beat a glass smouth laquer painted panel with a deep coat of wax.