Oddly enough it was the closest match to a vintage Ford pickup I was painting. Only real difference was it had a lot more metallic. I'll end up using it on a rod myself
Can't offer many names, but Hunter green is a medium to dark shade as is British racing green. Neither has flakes so either looks "vintage" on old rides. Flakes and metallics have their place but not on early cars except for show, IMHO. Think of '40 Ford green(dark or o.d. army color), '48 Ford F-1 red, '40 Ford Washington blue, '40 Ford truck dove grey(don't know actual name). These were all non-metallic colors and definitely are attractive without taking anything away from the style and profile of your old rod, even if it isn't a Ford body ! Just kiddin' about that last comment.
Hey @redroaddog No that wasn't a Nomad. Thanks for asking. Thanks from Dennis. Just to be a bit more clear as to what the car was, I looked back through my files and the car is a 56 Chevy panel delivery.
I'll second this one. I've owned multiple '55-56 Fords, and that's my favorite color by far. It has a hint of metallic in it. If you want two-tone, pair it with Meadowbrook green. Beautiful! Ford was pretty big on two-tone that year, but most were a color with white. A few red/black ones are seen, but the dark/light green combo has a richness lacking in the other combos IMO....
I suppose it's what you like, & you haven't said - yet. I tend to like the lighter/brighter greens on the Lime, LimeGold, & RothGold end, and also on the dark end such as ~'96 Kawasaki ZX11 green(almost a candied-black-green, or the ~'54(I think, maybe '52/'53) Packard green(which had either poly or fine metallic in it, not really noticeable until the sun hits it & then it seriously "pops!' . Marcus...
My cousin ordered a big block Barracuda back in 1967. He got it in a dark metallic green. I am not a great lover of green cars, but his Barracuda looked nice.
Model A pick up. That's what I call dark green. Looking oh so good. And my m y dark green lakes modified. Top 5 trophy Charlotte Goodguys. I made it look like old lacquer. Even primer showing through.
Nissan trucks had a dark forest green and it had gold metallic it was nice not sure what years. And Highland green '68 mustang?
Darrell Waltrip has told a story on Junior Johnson saying the same thing. Said one guy was wearing a green shirt in the pits one day and Junior made the dude take his shirt off. Darrell said the next year, Mountain Dew sponsored the team and then everyone was wearing green shirts and all the cars were painted green!
My 29 had some original color on the inside of the body panels when I pulled it apart to sand blast it. Checked with my parts guy at my home town store, we came to the conclusion it was rock moss green a choice of several ford colors in 1929. He did some looking in his paint books and said he could make enamel if I wanted it, he had found the recipe . Told him go ahead and do it. Came back the next day to get the paint and reducer. Terry charged me for the reducer but said he couldnt find a price sheet to charge for the paint and gave it to me. Something about the supplier didnt have that particular paint and it wasnt used any longer, What the hell it worked for me and was the most reasonable paint job I ever did.
@Truckdoctor Andy really did nail it . British racing green , is just such a nice , deep , dark , simple green with a pretty decent albeit European, bit traditional racing flair . Another amazing colour is Aston Martin “ money green “ honestly could pass for a house of kolor , colour . It’s a metralic deep like ocean deep green with colour and flair but dark and light at the same time , awesome colour . pic does not do it justice , you really have to see it on a car to appreciate it.
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