[T3] Rush Ideas

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/26/2014 9:40:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jadney at vwtype3.org writes:
 
Any good body shop supplier can match the paint, assuming you know  
the paint number. The OE paint numbers are available here, or on Dave  
Hall's site, by color and year.  

The rocker panel, and  likely more, has been repainted. This might mean 
that matching the paint will be harder, if the repaint didn't match  the OE 
color.


I  believe most of the car was resprayed. Since this was done not too many 
years  ago (paint's fairly fresh), you could probably take it to a good Auto 
body  paint supply house, and have the color read by scanning it, and 
having them  custom mix it to match. My local Carquest does it here, as I had to 
find a new  paint supplier in the last year (my regular place closed).  

By having it scanned, you can get very close to matching the existing  
color of the car, in case the PO repainted it a different shade, or didn't go  
with the stock color. That's the thing about our cars, most of  them have had 
a "face lift" over the years, and might not be an exact match.  add in that 
older OE paint will have faded some, and new paint will stick out  because 
it'll be off (if mixed by the paint code).

Bob 65  Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
71  Square-vert under  construction


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