Re: Successful Packard Hunt

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2012/9/26 23:14:57

Kev,

Yes, I think that makes sense because the fellow that had it before me seems to have been pretty meticulous about getting things right, and he may have opted for closest match he could find and documented it (hence, the home-made tape sticer that gives a different paint code).

This paint has a definite metallic to it. Very nice, but too green to be the real Bikini Blue. I've seen it on cars and ads (most of which you posted). The paint on the FIREWALL is even faded! So apparently, it was kind of a disappearing paint.

Hey, blue often used to fade-- look at how blue jeans still do. It was kind of a rule of thumb in the old days (before "pre-washed") that you ALWAYS washed yer blue jeans several times separately before daring to mix them with other colors. Blue was not "colorfast" until fairly recently (at least in my perspective of "recently").

I think this car is going to have the paint that's on it for quite a while. Big money. Hope yours turns out Bikini-perfect. I'll be watching it all the way on your blog.