[sportylemans]

My 71 was originally Nordic Silver, It was repainted white when I bought it so I couldn't get a idea of what the color looked like. I've seen pics on this site, but I had 1 question. Is it more of a solid color or more of a metallic? deciding on SS or B/C. I've read that metallics are a little more difficult to paint.

[OVERULD]

Here is one that was at the GTOAA/POCI Co-Vention in Dayton this past summer. Beautiful color - but seems to me that it was more of a solid than a metallic.



BJ

[sportylemans]

Thanks, trying to see if single stage was the way to go, or if it was really metalic-BC/CC

[2002Z4CSS]

Beautiful looking car!

[getmygoat]

There are pics on ultimategto.com that show nordic silver being much darker.

See if this link works:

http://ultimategto.com/cgi-bin/showc...971/71_00087_2

[OVERULD]

I wonder if the picture on Ultimate GTO is that Bluestone Gray special order color that was available in 71 (anybody ever seen one or have pics?). DrDoug has a Nordic Silver 71 Judge he is restoring that was found in a barn, and it looks to be the same color as the photo I posted above from the Co-Vention. I'll see if I can post up a link to that thread.

Edit: Here is the link to DrDoug's thread. Lots of pictures beginning with post #24/25 on page 2.

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...ghlight=Notice


BJ

[judgert]

Is Nordic silver and Palladium silver the same color?

[sportylemans]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

Here is one that was at the GTOAA/POCI Co-Vention in Dayton this past summer. Beautiful color - but seems to me that it was more of a solid than a metallic.



BJ

Looks nice, I plan on putting a black vinyl top on mine.

Thanks,

[Jack Peters]

Silvers are the same. Only different names for different years.

I will look at the T-37 when I get home but IF memory serves me correct there is a metalic in it. I know they all fade quickly if not clear coated. I still have the color on the door frames as when it was painted black they did not do the door jambs.

I won't be home until at least Tue.

[Dar]

1970 Palladium Silver and 1971 Nordic Silver are not the same, but they are close. You would likely need them side by side to tell them apart.

To compare I looked at my PPG paint mix formulas. 1970 Palladium is DAR2059 and 1971 Nordic is DAR2327. The differnece in the mix is this: Palladium requires just a little Yellow in it, and has slightly more blue than Nordic. Nordic requires just a little green, and more black than Palladium. The actual paint chips look the same until you put them side by side, then you can see a slight difference.

To answer the original question though, both definately have some poly (metalic) in them.