Ken McGuire Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 I've been looking online for reference material about the paint colors used on mid-1960s Ford NASCAR entries (and possibly in future the Mopar, etc. entries). In some cases it's mentioned that pearl coats were applied over the factory color - e.g., Fred Lorenzen - or that a Barris-inspired metal flake paint color was used. From period photographs, it's hard to distinguish which cars - e.g. year - received which paint treatment and I don't have access to the real NASCAR vehicles so am wondering if there is a good source of reference material available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Ken, you can try this site, http://simracin40.proboards.com/ as well as Randy Ayers forum. I'd be surprised if there were many "trick" paint jobs on 60s iron. Back in the day stock meant "stock" in NASCAR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroguy Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I have to agree,they were factory paint except for a few,below is the link to Randy's site... http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/viewforum.php?f=15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken McGuire Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 I have to agree,they were factory paint except for a few,below is the link to Randy's site... http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/viewforum.php?f=15 Yes, I agree there were few special paint jobs however it has been confirmed on Randy Ayers site that the mid-1960s Fords did have a pearl coat or two over the factory paint at various times. So I think I'll do the same on my model - it'll look cool also ;o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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