Source for Lime Green Fire Engine Paint.

[stavanzer]

I want to build a Fire engine finished in the Eye Scorching Lime Green Colour that was used in North America in the late 1970's and thru the 1980's. It seem to have fallen out of favor after that, and I have not seen any green apparatus in many years.

That said, I'd like to source a couple of spray cans of this colour for a couple build projects this year. Any thoughts on who might sell some?

Thanks, Alan

[Cornpatch]

 Google--------- Lime Green paint used on fire trucks----------------follow down to------------fire truck lime yellow paint------the Truck Stop-------Model Cars Magazine.   Should give you a good idea of what you need in the right color.

[bisc63]

http://www.mcwautomotivefinishes.com/paint/misc.html

Scroll down until you see:

[SfanGoch]

New website.

[tim boyd]

I was going to suggest MCW 1972 Mustang "Bright Lime" as that is essentially the same color, but then I saw the posts above with the actual Fire Engine Color from MCW.....guess that's an even better solution!  TIM 

[maxwell48098]

Just to add a little interest, when I was at the Pierce fire apparatus plant in Appleton WI a few years ago, I snapped this image of their "standard" paint color offerings.  Notice how many shades there are of each color.  Yep, that's 42 shades of white, 56 shades of red, and 28 shades of lime.

A.J.