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Touch up paint!!?
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Kurt, it may be hard to purchase the tartan paint off the shelf. This is what I do when I need some touch up paint. Just go to an automotive paint dealer/supplier (a store/vendor that supplies stuff to auto body shops) and they'll match your paint using a laser thing and mix the paint that's perfect for your color.
I did it on my GT6 and my Midget. One body shop did it for me free of charge, they had the correct color mix for glacier white.
You'll get a small bottle or rattle can that will last a long time. Worth the effort.
I'm pretty bad about scratching and small scuffs, this really comes in handy.
Good luck, let us know! :thumbsup:
I did it on my GT6 and my Midget. One body shop did it for me free of charge, they had the correct color mix for glacier white.
You'll get a small bottle or rattle can that will last a long time. Worth the effort.
I'm pretty bad about scratching and small scuffs, this really comes in handy.
Good luck, let us know! :thumbsup:
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you can buy it online - these folk reference classic colours
https://tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/
also
the editor of our club's newsletter sells touch up kits - a little more spendy (like $50) but complete with primer buff pads etc. I'll see if I can scare up the website
https://tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/
also
the editor of our club's newsletter sells touch up kits - a little more spendy (like $50) but complete with primer buff pads etc. I'll see if I can scare up the website
Darn it spritenut, my BMC dealer musta moved. Last time I was by there it had been replaced by a shopping mall!!
Seriously though the last brit car dealer I know of in our area just closed up last year! "Motor Service Co." in Rapid City SD. John had to go into a nursing home. Great guy and great shop. Whenever we were in the Black Hills (about once a year) we would stop in to visit. He kept a stock of used brit cars and a mechanic that knew them. He fought in the pacific theater during 2'nd WW and when Toyota approached him in the 60's he told them to shove it. Did'nt care to sell cars for the enemy!!
I imagine for half a C note I won't have any problem finding some paint. Just hoping for a simple and cheap way out.
Tnx, Kurt.
Seriously though the last brit car dealer I know of in our area just closed up last year! "Motor Service Co." in Rapid City SD. John had to go into a nursing home. Great guy and great shop. Whenever we were in the Black Hills (about once a year) we would stop in to visit. He kept a stock of used brit cars and a mechanic that knew them. He fought in the pacific theater during 2'nd WW and when Toyota approached him in the 60's he told them to shove it. Did'nt care to sell cars for the enemy!!
I imagine for half a C note I won't have any problem finding some paint. Just hoping for a simple and cheap way out.
Tnx, Kurt.
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Well, its a small world, spritenut! Hope you enjoyed your stay in the Hills before it filled up with humanity.
Poor John was a hard luck case. His father and him sold Studebaker before they took on BMC. We know what happened to both. He turned down Toyota and last new car dealings he had I believe were Alfa Romeo. Last few years he had his De Lorean in the show room and a early Land Rover in the front of the lot. Lots of parts cars out back.
I made it to the Sturgis RACES and rally every year(to race) till the late 70's cept for a reluctant stint in service to my uncle Sam. Just thru there at the beginning of the rally and there was only one night of short track scheduled. Sad!
Ray, thanks for the sight! I'm going to use it.
Tnx, Kurt.
Poor John was a hard luck case. His father and him sold Studebaker before they took on BMC. We know what happened to both. He turned down Toyota and last new car dealings he had I believe were Alfa Romeo. Last few years he had his De Lorean in the show room and a early Land Rover in the front of the lot. Lots of parts cars out back.
I made it to the Sturgis RACES and rally every year(to race) till the late 70's cept for a reluctant stint in service to my uncle Sam. Just thru there at the beginning of the rally and there was only one night of short track scheduled. Sad!
Ray, thanks for the sight! I'm going to use it.
Tnx, Kurt.