Have the rear out and attached a picture to show the original pink inspection paint on the "pig tails" put on with a paint brush. If you read Smoke Signals a couple of months ago, this was described in the factory article. Since Little Wife collects paint chips from Lowe's to change colors in different rooms in the house, I thought I could play that game.
Eddie Baurer Home Hibiscus Pink (color EB4-2) matches the original color perfectly!!!
....and a sample can is just $4.00--how can you beat that? This is the original pink paint in the picture. I took this picture before stripping it off.
I also attached a picture of the rear end cover. Since most of it was painted, I'll use black for it. But my brake backing plates received almost no paint whatsoever, and I have pictures to prove it. I may leave them bare and spray Boshield on them.
With working on this about 5 hours a week, I'll probably have another installment in the spring................