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Far right is early 60’s black and decker

You are thinking of Drag City Castings Ed Fluck’s email is lowcab36@epix.net

Screenshot from an email I received back in August.

Didn’t Atlantis announce (about a month ago) they were producing kits specifically for Ollie’s?

That’s where the had operated, air cooled, ratcheting chrome peeler attaches! Before these appeared, you just had bumper twisters….

77-82 corporate blue, post 82 black was used and prior to 77 Chevy engine orange excluding the early 265’s that were red or yellow.

ModelCave in Ypsilanti.

Also not asked, but: 61-65 4WD F100/F250 used the 57-60 style side bed aka "wrong bed" 66 F100 4WD used the 64-66 style side bed 65 F250 4WD used the 57-60 style side bed. The use of the wrong bed is to accommodate the wheel base.

61-65 F100/F250 4WD used the larger opening fender 61-66 F350 2/4WD used the larger opening fender 66 F250 4WD used the larger opening fender 66 F100 4WD used the small opening fender

I believe this is the honest deal. The fall/winter time specials were all March to July 2020 UPC dates. This go around they all looked to be January 2021 UPC dates. My most local store had all the kits shown in the recent posts, where the last blowout we got limited cars (late model 300Ms and curbside Corvettes), even less big trucks but gobs of Lindberg Civil War kits and SNARK kits.

I can't attest to how it will react with either your chrome or the top coat, all you can do is try... Kleen-strip Bulldog adhesion promoter is clear and helps automotive paint stick to just about anything.

Your Fiat dealer may or may not mix on site. Likely not if they don't have a large collision center attached. Assuming no, the can you buy from them is mixed in a big vat, sampled and adjusted, then packaged. Your local jobber doesn't have the tools or time and probably lacks the desire to make it exact, the paint supply shops around here don't guarantee color match. The bigger collision shops all mix on site so they can adjust as they go. These points have nothing to do with 'quality' per se, just without complex automated dispensing equipment any mixing is subject to errors and the smaller the mixed quantity, the worse it gets. It's impossible to get good repeatability and reproducibility 'by hand' and with little volume and no where to put it, it's tough. If I need less than a gallon, my guy mixes in gallon can so he can 'tune' the mix to my standards. Unfortunately unless you are a high volume buyer or have a good personal relationship with the jobber, there is no incentive to improve.

When your local shop packages an aerosol of paint, it's a very small volume of paint that is mixed. Any error, such a one extra drop of one color toner, will have a huge impact on final color. Going into an aerosol, there isn't enough room to correct either. My experience is some guys can mix any color in any volume and get you what you want, other guys will give you a quart of light blue or light yellow when you wanted white. It's partly art, partly science.

Every headlamp restoration kit I have ever seen is just some type abrasive compound. Really expensive for the volume you receive. I was thinking along these lines though, might be worth trying some fine or finishing compound.

According to the listing, it's the original TD painting. It is also listed, i.e. asking for $1995, not sold... It's listed from a zip code that 2Gs is chump change