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metallic paint was available- very fine aluminum particles, smaller than typically used today. Pearl was known but rare, and not offered by Packard. Changing the car to another color Packard offered is not a big deal. Going to a modern pearl will be noticeable.

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Your description of the very fine aluminum particles jives with what I was recently told about vintage metallic paints. They look much different than the modern metallics. He also told me that the vintage metallic effect can be duplicated now using finely ground pearl. Apparently, there is a supplier for the ground pearl as they are refinishing a 1930 Packard duplicating the vintage metallic look. You can just barely see the "metallic" in the paint.

We all have seen pre-war Packard that have been repainted with a modern metallic paint, and they just do not look right. Owner's car, owner gets to decide.

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Major paint suppliers like PPG have quite a variety of metallic flake available for formulating, both in color and particle size. It's also possible to have the metallic flake ball-milled to a finer particle size before it's incorporated into the paint. This was done when I had Roman Copper Metallic prepared for the bottom color on my 56 Caribbean.

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