[1965gp]

Getting ready to finally paint our 58 Bonneville. The original color is Redwood Copper over white. The car was painted a very similar (but not correct) color prior to us getting the car so the dash and interior match, a color change isn’t really an option. The body work is done, the spear and top are painted white and we are having trouble with the paint code.

It appears that Redwood copper is only available in very high level paints. The additional cost for this color is 2-3x normal paint.

Options are:

1) pay for the extra cost of the paint to be correct. The cars value warrants it, probably never sell it and want it to be right.

2) spray a test panel with the expensive paint and use a sensor to match it. This gets us close to the color with minimal additional cost.

3) take the glove box off and have it matched. The dash will match the car perfectly but the color isn’t right. The color on the car was more ‘chocolate’ when the correct color is more ‘root beer’.

4) pick a modern color that is close

In my opinion only #1 or #2 are viable options. The car drives great and is in very good condition - the previous owner/ body shop did not prep correctly and the paint started to bubble up and flake off.

Once the paint is done the car is ready to be enjoyed….. what would you do???

Looking forward to the thoughts and comments!