Need Help With Paint Codes

[Bill D]

I have decided to paint my GT40 as shown in the picture. I found it on Racingicons.com. It is listed as chassis 1051, but in my book by Ronne Spain, 1051 is Malibu Gold.

Can anyone help me with the paint codes?

Thanks
Bill D

[Oliver]

email

info@racingicons.com They will tell you every thing you need.

Oliver

[Simon]

Bill,
Great choice.
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Simon

[Mike Coates]

Hi Simon.

Do you know the paint code colors for the dark blue and orange as in your picture? I want to paint my car this color

[Chris Martino]

Good link- www.svs.com/zim/mustang/colors.html

I am almost positive that Ford Signal Flare Red (PPG 71529) is one, the Blue I'll have to check, nothing I could see from Ford 65-72.

Chris

[dave harris]

Can't tell from the picture - but it might be the sono-co blue???

[Canuk40]

Hi Bill

The new colours on 1051 could become the "Gulf Alternative" scheme. The wrap around stripe has become part of the legend, like a knights armour, however some guys have trouble with the powder blue.

Only guessing here, the stripe is Triumph Marigold Orange (as the Gulf cars) and the blue is what ever dark solid blue turns your crank

Also the white roundels really completes the look (numbers too if you can get away with it).

The Gulf colours are posted in the CAV forum section in PPG tints if you need them.

Cheers

[40 Bud]

Wasn't the dark blue/orange stripe the original gulf color scheme?

[roy snook]

Bud
I am fairly sure the orange on that car is a VW Micro bus colour, not sure of the reference though.

[Simon]

Bill, I can't help with the paint codes -- never got that far. I do have the Gulf colors in a basecoat / clearcoat in PPG if anyone needs them.

Simon

[Mike Dozier]

I'm with Bud...assume this to be the "original" Gulf blue.
I read somewhere about the decision process to use the
light blue instead (photographic reasons) on the race cars.
Does the new Gulf Racing Book say anything about this?
I don't have a copy.

MikeD

[Mark Worthington]

I just read in the new John Allen book, TFTBF, a description of the paint code for the dark blue Gulf car color. I'll see if I can find it and post it up. The dark blue and orange scheme is what Bob Lawrence, the original owner of my car, was shooting for. He was going to use House of Kolor paints and ghost in the roundels and Gulf stickers. Would've looked great, but just wasn't what I wanted.

[Mark Worthington]

Chassis 1049, delivered to Gulf Oil Executive VP Grady Davis in metallic Diamond Blue, was later amended with an orange stripe. Unusual for a Gulf car, it was dark blue and had a regular stripe instead of the normal orange moustache. (Page 316, TFTBF).

[Mike Coates]

Mark.
Do you know which car had the same color as 1049 but had the orange moustache rather than the regular orange stripe as per 1049. On the back cover of John S Allen's book it has a number 9 on the front.

[Mark Worthington]

I don't know but I'll post it if I find it.

[Canuk40]

Hi Bud,

One could speculate that the first "premeditated" Gulf colour scheme is the Powder Blue / Marigold Orange. The inspiration for Gulfs participation certainly played out with Grady Davis's 1049 and the non original colours on 1051 (along with the wide wheels arches) really ad to the looks of the car.

I'm still twisting about doing a 1051 as a Gulf alternative, however it's hard to mess with sucess. Our cars are top left and bottom right.

Cheers

[Laurent Gauthier]

Hello All,

Has anybody found the color codes for that 1051 dark blue / orange combo? I'm definitely going with these colors for my SPF.

Thanks a lot

Laurent