Well My winter project has turned into a spring project and now will probably run into next winter.
But things are moving forward and I am now close to painting the body.
I know color is a matter of opinion and preference but I am soooo torn that I am asking for all of you to help me decide on a color for my cougar.
I will either stay with the green that I have had it for 20 years or change it to a Red or Wine color.
here is a pic of my cougar last year before I started on it and the color I am considering sticking with.
x2 for Augusta Green; there are plenty of red ones out there already.
I also like the various shades of blue. B3Cat was just painted Madras Blue (sort of an aqua) and there’s always Wellington (dark) Blue. Both could look good with the Saddle interior.
I think Agusta green is a great color choice. That’s what I would pick if it were mine. Now if you’re looking for a color change with your interior I’d go with Nordic Blue. Here are some pictures of a GT-E but it will give you a idea.
I’d stick with the green but since it’s a 67, I would use the correct Inverness Green rather than Augusta Green which was a 68 color. They are close but not the same color.
Well Green is winning so far.
My wife really wants it red.
And I like red also, but the cougar is not a body style that looks great in any color IMO. This car was originally Dark Green but not the shade it is in the picture, and in the picture I had painted the chrome and stainless steel Charcoal Gray, and that will not be how it is this time.
I have a 68 xr7 that I plan on doing next, but I plan on doing it in dark metallic gray.
Well that changes everything. If the wife wants red you need to go red. If the wife is happy then everyone is happy.
On a serious note why not get sample cards sprayed in your color choices. Seeing a large sample might make your choice easier.
Steven
When it comes to the time for you to choose what type of red color Your wife wants, then go to a bodyshop, and see the colors from chips/testplates outside in normal daylight, that will give you the real color, looking at colors from Pictures/computers, and inside in various lightning, will distort the color, if you see a color you lie on the computer, it might not look what you are thinking in real life, a Bright red on photo may be dark red/maroon in real life