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Kube · 06-30-2018, 05:28 PM

You will need to keep in mind that even well preserved paint chips are more often than not compromised. In other words, they no longer can be counted on 100% to accurately reproduce a correct shade.
The restoration manuals offered by the Ford Club are a nice guide but reproducing colors accurately in a modern book is near impossible. I believe one or more of those books warn the reader the chips are only to be used as a guide of sorts.

If you have a specific color in mind, the best results an be obtained by finding an authentic car and then, getting at (examples) the inside of a door, beneath a dash, roof - behind the head liner...
NEVER use any area that has been expose to the weather or sun as it WON'T be accurate.

06-30-2018, 05:28 PM	#4
Kube Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 9,007	Re: where can I find actual paint chips ? You will need to keep in mind that even well preserved paint chips are more often than not compromised. In other words, they no longer can be counted on 100% to accurately reproduce a correct shade. The restoration manuals offered by the Ford Club are a nice guide but reproducing colors accurately in a modern book is near impossible. I believe one or more of those books warn the reader the chips are only to be used as a guide of sorts. If you have a specific color in mind, the best results an be obtained by finding an authentic car and then, getting at (examples) the inside of a door, beneath a dash, roof - behind the head liner... NEVER use any area that has been expose to the weather or sun as it WON'T be accurate. __________________ "I can explain it for you. However, I can't understand it for you".