DumpsterFire
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I've seen some people saying there's a farmall red that matches well but I'm trying to see if there's better options.
You really can't compare the fresh paint to a 50 year old aged, overheated, crusty, throttle spring bracket. IMO That's why I used my distributor. It was pretty protected and the new paint out of the can was a real close match.Noting is correct imo, the international is too bright, ford red is too dark, and the Chrysler industrial isn’t orange enough.
So I personally go with Chrysler Industrial, just because I like that shade the most of the 3.
Here is flash on and flash off of the original 273 commando from my 67 Barracuda. This car was all original 87,000 miles when I got it.
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I certainly can, especially, when I compared this area to the back of the distributor when I pulled the motor, and they looked exactly the same.You really can't compare the fresh paint to a 50 year old aged, overheated, crusty, throttle spring bracket. That's why I used my distributor. It was pretty protected and the new paint out of the can was a real close match.
Sorry, I didn't mean anything by what I said. I don't know how many you sampled and many people don't realise how much the original paint fades, ages, and changes colors in 50 years.I certainly can, especially, when I compared this area to the back of the distributor when I pulled the motor, and they looked exactly the same.
I don’t take it personally, we both chose Chrysler industrial red. Sure paint will fade over time, but I don’t think it would make up for the difference in the oil pan and distributor in your picture. The CI red is just too red to be right, even considering age/weathering/color loss.As far as I know there are 2 different shades of IH Red. The cherry colored on I sampled above was the early color. Not orange enough for me too. Yes, use whatever you like. As long as it isn't Hemi Orange. LOL
Sorry, I didn't mean anything by what I said. I don't know how many you sampled and many people don't realise how much the original paint fades, ages, and changes colors in 50 years.
That looks very closeThis is the OER Chrysler Red from Classic Industries.
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I went through this in 2018 and tried 20 different versions of Chrysler Red, International Harvester Red and Industrial Red and all 20 were different. At that time I was able to get a couple cans of Mopar Red.
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Alan