What Paint Would YOU Do?

well... you've got me stumped on the mystery color of the noted 69 m-code barracuda. with the magic of more "power point presentation" software, here's a comparison of the two colors you've discussed beside the noted car. the problem with all this is that as anyone who has had a lot of experience with "car paint" knows, the final "shade and appearance" of THE SAME COLOR can vary dramatically based upon a number of variables including: level of air pressure at the spray gun; concentration of metallic based paint particles as a result of the individual painter's paint technique; "correct" mix of the paint; color of the underlying primer; and finally - the kind and chemical composition of the actual paint - i.e. "water based paint", "one step old style acrylic paints"; multi-step and component paints with hardners and separate clear coat top coats; temperature of the paint booth at time of spraying.

so i don't know really whether the 69 Cuda is bahama yellow or bronze fire iridescent. do you know for sure what colors are on the cars you included?

don't you love "paint debates"?

here's that comparison picture...

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Jim, those old chips are never spot-on. I have some from '68-'70 and they all seem to darken with age. Plus, the lighting (or lack thereof) makes a huge difference. All I can say is I did a Google image search for "1969 Bronze Fire Plymouth", and these pictures popped up amongst dozens of others. I clicked on the links Google provided and the cars I posted here were described by the sellers as being "Fire Bronze" or "Bronze Fire".