1967 Country Squire code name (Doc)

A bit cold out this week and I’ve come down with a sickness that which shall not be named. So to stay occupied I pulled out this little project. Hope you are all staying safe and enjoying the new year with your hobbies. Large or small

 

Hope you are better soon. That model looks great. I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

I like how it sits!! and above all "Get Well Soon!! P.S. what color will it be?

 

I sure wish I knew what color I was going with. Originally it was bronze, a color I am fond of. But it seems these cars were more common this color. I just don’t want it to look like every other one. I’m thinking of a more modern bronze almost like a gunmetal with a brown gold hue. Just haven’t found the color. Probably in a German color swatch.

 

We have painted a number of rigs with Mercedes Benz colors. They just seem to have what we're looking for.

 

There's a color I'm particularly fond of, that's modern, that I saw for the first time on a dealership-bound Volvo back in the Summer of '98. It's kind of a 'brass' hue, and in the Central Cali sunshine, it looked like well-polished brass brightwork (such as you see on a Naval vessel).

 

That sounds like a really neat color.

 

It was. I was sitting at an intersection where the Volvo dealer in Sacramento is/was, whatever the case may be, and it was on a truck getting unloaded. the Sun was in the right position to make it gleam in the afternoon.

 

Right you are Silvertwinkiehobo !!!!!! ... you have good taste !!!!
It is a beautiful color and I have never seen anything else comparable
Volvo calls it Saffron Pearl Metallic code 435

I repaired and painted a fender back in the day ... from memory it was a 3-stage paint .... base ... pearl .... clear
I was able to get factory paint from my dealership and got it to match perfectly.

ToyboxO6 ... I chanced upon your thread yesterday and it was like a good book I could not set down until I read it all .... haaa

I am a (retired) auto body tech and painter and admire your workmanship and detail ... and confess I have never seen such good metal work as Kevin Carr has done for you .... bravo to you both .

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That's it, and I can see why they called it 'saffron.' If I had kept my '74 Ranchero Squire, I would've replaced the ugly yellow with this, and the woodgrain with a dark sable. The 'trim' pieces would've been a bone white, to resemble birch.

 

Thank you for the kind words. I hope it doesn’t get too boring. I’m a bit stalled out at the moment saving for all the parts I need. And it’s really cold lol

 

I thought I’d throw up a couple of colors I’ve been looking at. The first one I have really been contemplating. It’s Fords bronze fire Metallic it might have just a bit too much red but it is currently the leading color choice. Next is a couple of Porsche colors as the Porsche colors go I think the last one is closer to the direction of color I’m leaning. Lastly I have to consider costs. I really don’t want to pay 1k per gallon for color.

 

Ouch. Just goes to show, that "A fool and his money are soon parted," is soooooo true.

 

I like that Ford bronze metallic.