[rycher]

Hi, I believe the trunk color in my 79 is original. It appears to be a flat black but when I look online, the colors seem to always have a mixture. I'm going to have to go the cheap route for now and use cans from Eastwood ( do not have a spray gun). The closest thing to me is the black/gray. Would one of the other colors be more accurate?
Thanks for any advice.

[bigborehunter]

For what its worth, all the low mileage unrestored TAs I've seen from the 1980-81 era had very low gloss black paint under their trunk mats. These were Norwood cars by the way. Why not have a look online at some cars reputedly to be un restored originals?

[rycher]

Thanks, that's a good idea.

[mikeb]

I sprayed some eastwood undercoating out of a rattle can in my trunk. It goes on thin, and seems to me to duplicate the original coating perfectly after it dries.

[yumpy]

I did some touch up work in the trunk of my original 79 t/a and used eastwoods under hood semi gloss black - 10% - 20% gloss - p/n 10024z - was happy with it matching the present condition of the trunk. wish i would of thought of the eastwood undercoating as i think it would hold up better to the abuse from golf clubs and car show chairs.


steve

[Aus78Formula]

Around 1977-early 78 they changed from the spatter paint to black, probably phased in until it ran out so some may have slipped through.

[lester]

the 79 trunk is in black primer, the floor pan got a satin black paint. the inside of the 1/4's and behind the seat/speaker area was left in blk primer. the tail panel on the inside of the trunk is the body color. the trunk mat if you had one , was a dealer install. and would be on the dealer info on the PHS.

when I did mine I used a roll on truck bed liner. it looks really good.

[rycher]

Thanks guys,
I wound up using Eastwood's black/grey spackle with low luster clearcoat. I had a little light surface rust, so I put a good coat of rust encapsulator down first. I did the floor of the trunk, inner quarters, and the "behind the seat" area all the same. I know it's not factory correct but I like the way it turned out. Thanks again for all the advice.

[Warren Seale]

Originally Posted by lester

the 79 trunk is in black primer, the floor pan got a satin black paint. the inside of the 1/4's and behind the seat/speaker area was left in blk primer. the tail panel on the inside of the trunk is the body color. the trunk mat if you had one , was a dealer install. and would be on the dealer info on the PHS.

when I did mine I used a roll on truck bed liner. it looks really good.

In 79 the felt trunk mat was standard equipment.

Warren