Re: IML: Painting 1960 LeBaron

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've spent quite a bit of time thinking about what
I'll do with my 1960 Le Baron.

I plan to do black.  My opinion is that it makes the
stainless and chrome really jump out at you, and it's
formal and maybe a little sinister if you look at the
car just right in the right light....  It'll certainly
highlight all of the imperfections in my body work,
but I don't care - this thing is my sculpture, and
I'll live with whatever monkey business does not get
erased by my board sander.


Other suggestions:

There is a midnight blue metallic.  My parts car
retains about 40% of its surface in that color (run
hard and put away wet).  

http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1960/Kenyon/Page05.htm

I put the buffer on it just to see, and it is a really
dynamic color.  I suggest getting a small batch made
up, spraying it on an item and taking it out in the
sunlight.  the color is so nice that it's worth the
energy to investigate it.  The color chip does not do
it justice, and its dark enough that the chrome will
still look sizzling on it.  One could theoretically
skimp and skip the doorjambs and not have it be really
blantant after sunset, but car shows would be murder
if you opened the doors in the sunlight.  The Mettalic
gives the paint some serious depth and dimensionality
that would likely look really superb on the blind sail
panel aft of the rear door.  How about shooting the
door jambs with a touchup gun ahead of time so that
they match when you go in for the BIG SPRAY?

http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1960/Paint/Page02.jpg 

The (also LeBaron) donor body shell I have was LIGHT
MINT.  Look at the color chart for this one above -
you'd never pay it any mind if you weren't aware of
it.  I have to presume that whoever bought that car
ordered it custom, as I think that it's even more
adventurous than either of the mauves, and the dawn
mauve is certainly waaay out there.  How in tarnation
you get your interior to match without a 100% redo and
cornering the market in mint and medium green leather
is beyond me, but you want to stand out from the rest
of us 196o idiots, that's the way to go where NOBODY
is likely to follow any time soon.


Remember, you're doing a custom order here, not buying
out of dealer inventory, so don't feel hemmed in by
what everyone else happened to wind up with.


My vote is for the midnight blue if you're interested
in adding some character, black if you want to play it
safe.  The car's not a real serious item (?), so go
with the blue.  You only live once.



196o LeBaron Paint Advisory Board

 


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