67 impala

[tbill]

Yet another project I shouldn’t have started just yet, haha. I bought this paint at NNL east when I got the pearl green, so, had to see what it would look like on something......., it’s different for sure...., tamiya pearl light red......

 

[espo]

I have always wondered what that color would look like, not enough to buy it but now I might. 

[Snake45]

"Light Red"? Looks pink to me. Or maybe Salmon, or Coral, or Melon, or some other euphemism for "pink." 

[StevenGuthmiller]

13 hours ago, Snake45 said:

"Light Red"? Looks pink to me. Or maybe Salmon, or Coral, or Melon, or some other euphemism for "pink." 

It looks a lot like 1964 Pontiac "Sunfire Red".

Not available on the Chevies in '64, or at all in '67, but a cool color none the less.

 

A similar color was available on the Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles in '61 called "Dawnfire Mist" and "Autumn Mist" respectively.

 

I will be using the Scale Finishes version of "Sunfire Red" on an up coming 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix build.

 

 

Steve

 

 

Here it is on a '64 GTO

Edited September 18, 2019 by StevenGuthmiller

[Shambles]

Love that bodystyle. I think I've got an unopened kit of that Chevy in my stash.

[bisc63]

Both those colors have potential! Very nice non-bellybutton-color for a 67 Impala. Will follow this one.

[tbill]

It is an interesting looking color , that I hope will ‘mellow’ some once the bmf is done and there is an interior color to blend with.

Steve, what interior colors were offered with 1:1 cars that were similar to this color, any idea?

[Bucky]

Great color, IMHO. It may change a shade or two after the clear is applied to it. Carry on!!

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, tbill said:

It is an interesting looking color , that I hope will ‘mellow’ some once the bmf is done and there is an interior color to blend with.

Steve, what interior colors were offered with 1:1 cars that were similar to this color, any idea?

The 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix that I will be building will follow this example.

Interior is white with a body colored dash and reddish carpet.

 

 

 

 

Other options were the entire interior the color of the above dash, or black.

Those are the ones that I have seen.

 

 

Steve

[tbill]

Thank you for that info. I kind of like the body color dash/carpet with white everything else, I think that may be a winner.

[espo]

I remember seeing a '61 Pontiac Ventura hardtop at a local car show that was this color with a white painted roof. The interior was original and was a combination of shades of the body color. This is one of those colors that actually looks better in person than in a photograph. An amazing side story on this car. The car was sold new in San Luis Obispo California at Kimball Motors. Neither I or the present owned know how it got to the Kansas City area. I have tried to reconnect with the owner to give him something that I think should be with the car. He still had the Kimball Motors license plate frames on the car. In 1980 I happened to be the sales manager at Kimball Motors. As it so happens I found a dealer advertising Key Fob that we would put the customers car keys on when we sold a car. I have wanted to give it to him as I think that would be a better place than at the bottom of my deck drawer.   

[StevenGuthmiller]

2 hours ago, espo said:

I remember seeing a '61 Pontiac Ventura hardtop at a local car show that was this color with a white painted roof. The interior was original and was a combination of shades of the body color. This is one of those colors that actually looks better in person than in a photograph. An amazing side story on this car. The car was sold new in San Luis Obispo California at Kimball Motors. Neither I or the present owned know how it got to the Kansas City area. I have tried to reconnect with the owner to give him something that I think should be with the car. He still had the Kimball Motors license plate frames on the car. In 1980 I happened to be the sales manager at Kimball Motors. As it so happens I found a dealer advertising Key Fob that we would put the customers car keys on when we sold a car. I have wanted to give it to him as I think that would be a better place than at the bottom of my deck drawer.   

The color looked great on the Pontiac and the Olds in '61

 

Steve

 

[espo]

3 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

The color looked great on the Pontiac and the Olds in '61

 

Steve

 

That's the one alright. The owner I mentioned had the paint treatment as seen on the Olds.  As I mentioned this color with a good polish in the sunlight is best seen in real life.   

[tbill]

Had to bump this topic so I can find it again, as this is hitting the bench again.....finally......

[Oldcarfan27]

On 9/18/2019 at 8:16 AM, StevenGuthmiller said:

Here it is on a '64 GTO

Oooo, I like it on a GTO!

Now I have to decide on this or turquoise.

Decisions, decisions. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

Oooo, I like it on a GTO!

Now I have to decide on this or turquoise.

Decisions, decisions. 

I'm guessing that you saw my finished '64 Grand Prix build that I referenced early in this thread.

I really liked how the color came out!

 

The color came from Scale Finishes.

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Jack L]

On 9/18/2019 at 10:16 AM, StevenGuthmiller said:

It looks a lot like 1964 Pontiac "Sunfire Red".

Not available on the Chevies in '64, or at all in '67, but a cool color none the less.

 

A similar color was available on the Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles in '61 called "Dawnfire Mist" and "Autumn Mist" respectively.

 

I will be using the Scale Finishes version of "Sunfire Red" on an up coming 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix build.

 

 

Steve

 

 

Here it is on a '64 GTO

per Jim Mattison former COPO office at Chevrolet in the 1960s they would paint a vehicle any color under the rainbow except Cadillac Firemist colors and Corvette colors

[tbill]

Steve, that came out fabulously! I finally decided on an interior color for the impala, it’s tamiya mica red over the pearl light red ( pink). Needs some dull coat before detailing. Have some red flocking for carpet that I think will compliment the interior color.

 

[Oldcarfan27]

1 hour ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

I'm guessing that you saw my finished '64 Grand Prix build that I referenced early in this thread.

I really liked how the color came out!

 

The color came from Scale Finishes.

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

Yes I did.

[espo]

15 hours ago, tbill said:

Steve, that came out fabulously! I finally decided on an interior color for the impala, it’s tamiya mica red over the pearl light red ( pink). Needs some dull coat before detailing. Have some red flocking for carpet that I think will compliment the interior color.

 

So this build is back on ? I would like to see how the interior and body colors look together. 

[TransAmMike]

Very pretty color Tom, works for me.  And Patric, every time I see that Grand Prix I say WOW.

[gotnitro?]

Glad ya dug this back out  ! When ya sent the photo of the rose color at first I thought you'd been drinking the kool aid , but as always trusted your eye and let it play out ! 

The vibrant red should look good under the body color , somehow I was expecting white or tan 

[tbill]

Thanks guys. Ya, I know it’s been awhile since I started this thing, Haha.

was going to do a white/red interior, but wanted to be different, hopefully it turns out like I envision it.  Stay tuned.....

[tbill]

A little grill work

 

[Rockford]

12 hours ago, tbill said:

A little grill work

 

Two of those headlights are actually lit! How's that for realism?! ? This build is looking brilliant.