Im really liking this colour. Ive searched Folkstone grey, and nothing comes close (enough). Any more info on it would be good.
Not sure what your "nothing comes close" means but there are quite a few examples scattered throughout the HAMB. You might also search spelling differently, e.g. gray. Also the comment about light affecting perceived tone is important for just about any color. I'm a sucker for Folkstone grey and have painted my '32 sedan project in that color as well.
Thanks for the extra pic - nice sedan. When I searched Folkstone grey/gray lots of pics came up, but a lot looked very "grey" as opposed to your photo(s), which I would like to replicate - I guess though as you say its an important point about light affecting the perceived tone.
To give you a bit more help, the paint I used on the '32 I got from TCP Global. The '39 sedan, lord only knows as it was painted many moons ago. To give you a variation, here's a pic of the '32 inside under 6000k led lights.
Hello, This is one of my favorite photos from those old days past. It depicts a grey colored car. The grey color to those finicky editors was one of those non-selling features of “color photography.” Red, Blue, Yellow and even Orange are the so called magazine color page feature hot rods. Grey is for winter months on a freezing day… so, I was told many times. Because I had one thing going for the feature photo/story, it was a rare 1932 Ford Phaeton. The addition of Buick Skylark Wire Wheels just made it a cool hot rod, and at the time, a rare one at that. We looked at adding some kind of color to the surroundings and came up with a view like no other. Snow covered mountain minutes away, a freezing wind rolling up and down the plateau where we were parked and an early morning photo shoot always gives shivers on a cold morning. Jnaki What we would not do to get that coveted cover shot, inside fold out spread or a full color page… Grey is a color and the Red interior added that little bit of color for contrast for acceptance of a one page color feature. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...‘the-deuce’-only.1068950/page-3#post-12140625 So Cal does get snow... My home computer screen saver and laptop startup photo… a Grey Hot Rod does make a cool color photo. In the Summer season, makes the atmosphere seem cooler… during the cold Winter months, it shows me that So Cal does get snow and it is only an hour or so away from the coastal So Cal area.
Hello, We started out with red cars, then black cars and over time, melded into the silver family. What made us change colors in our purchased vehicles? The time it takes to do maintenance on a black Impala was what seemed like forever. But as a teenager, we had the time to make a great car look even better with detailing and a deep shine that impressed everyone. Teenage mantra of cool car, cool guy played right into my psyche. Ha! When we saw a custom car with a nice fancy paint job, we were obviously envious of such a great looking paint, some with flames and others with mild scallops. But, we knew the upkeep was going to be horrendous. Taking care of black was difficult enough and time consuming. Now a red 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery with a Flathead motor was simple enough that there was no worry about a nice shiny paint job. Since it was salt encrusted almost every weekend and during the summers, every day. Maintenance was a quick power spray wash and wipe for 25 cents. After this era, another bright red 327 powered 40 Ford Sedan Delivery became a big project build. But it became a weekly wash or sometimes a daily wash due to the salt encrusted environment that rolled into the coast every afternoon. Salt water fog and mist was one of the most damaging things for cars and trucks. But a good wax coat helped keep the rust away. But, as we got older and there were more pressing things like family and responsibilities, the weekly wash/wax and detailing was sporadic. The lighter colors stayed cleaner and so goes the progression of car purchases as we got older. My wife and I had a run of silver grey station wagons and that was fine for us. She tried another small red color car and ended up two years later in another silver-grey station wagon. Then one day, she got the idea from a car she liked and wanted to trade in her silver-grey station wagon. It was a black color car and now I knew the detailing that comes with such a daily driver. It lasted two more years and the next station wagon ended up being in the grey family, again. Jnaki Her current car is a White station wagon that has a great Pearl metallic color mixed into the factory paint. It stays cleaner longer than any car we have owned. Now, we are in the last stages of driving and her White Pearl color and my Grey color falls into the “keep the car clean longer group.” It makes driving around pleasurable and they stay cleaner longer. A simple wipe with a detail spray does wonders and keeps the Grey color sparking in competition with a Pearl White color sitting next to it. We saw this old Buick sedan in an odd neighborhood. It was so low to the ground that it was amazing that it actually cleared the deep ruts and dips in the road to get where he/it was parked. But we thought the color was cool and it looked like the popular “frozen” concept in the latest painting process. Frozen to us is a fancy name for primer paint that we are all used to seeing, black or red. But the style of the 50s Buick, the color and custom accessories just made our day as a step back in time. It stood out, not only for the color, but for the cool effect it had on folks driving by the area. Then we hadn’t seen the light purple Buick sedan for quite some time. All of a sudden, it appeared at a local cars and coffee event and had some new clothes. Not only did the body get repainted, but a different Grey(also very popular in modern cars) the final step was to accent it with a darker grey color. Now, it was a tri-color cruiser with some attitude and lots of coolness. Who had a tri color hot rod sedan these days, anyway? It is a very nice local So Cal custom car that gets used for cruises and daily driving, too.
My buddy, Tom built this great truck. 396/400 turbo and Ford Dove gray. I took the truck to B TT50s to sell it for Tom...it sold.
Hello, On two separate sunny days, my wife and I saw what we thought was a Silver 1965 Mercury Comet. But, this is where the choice comes in. One of us said it was Silver Grey. The other said it is just Light Grey. So, we both agreed it was in the Grey family. Then, most would call it Silver or others, just Grey. We have owned several silver/grey cars and each had their own custom color names, as per manufacturer or custom painter. But, it was all in the “Grey” family. When the color goes darker, then the words… “dark grey” comes into play. Silver Grey becomes, Dark Grey, then others were Metallic Grey and Silver Metallic which was a very light Silver Grey, almost white, in color. Those factory design folks are very creative when coming up with a fancy name to signify a Grey color. Jnaki When driving by a row of cars parked on the street, recently, for a monthly pickleball tournament, almost 90 percent of the cars were in the Grey/Silver family. One yellow, one dark blue, two black and several white. But, where were the reds, greens and other colors from the mass palate of factory color charts? The silver/grey family rules from the newish cars... or at least the ones we see almost every time we are on the road in So Cal. YRMV
Photo out of the front windshield… Hello, One day, my wife and I were driving toward the beach and she spotted a convertible parked on the street. I then saw it and took a photo with my digital camera. But, as usual, the traffic was a little confusing and we moved along toward the ocean and the waves. But, I noticed a grey Ford hardtop parked behind it and to keep the conversation as started by my wife and her “convertible” spotting, I did not mention the hardtop sedan. I knew that I had seen it in a different part of this south coast shoreline on the streets. So, one day I will see it again. Jnaki Lo and behold, my wife mentioned on another day that, “… some old hot rod,” was in the lane up ahead. I could not see it, but she told me that if I kept my camera pointed straight ahead, I could get a good photo of it as it turned. It was the Grey Ford Hardtop that was seen several weeks earlier and it was actually in motion. So, I took a short film of the cool hardtop Ford sedan.
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