Hello there. Ive have just began the rust repair phase of restoration on my 68 442 and am trying to prepare the best i can for the bodywork and paint ahead. Im picking out colors etc.. but am havibg trouble figuring out what colors to use. I want it to lool like it just rolled off the line. Mine is going back in its original willow gold but im not sure what color to paint places like the interior, inner fenders, trunk and especially the engine bay. Were they the same as the body? Black? Something else? Where did the color change happen? Im also looking into the fender stripes. I know about the positioning of them but were they a decal or paint? Where would I get the decal? Thank you for the help!

 

The interior was bare metal unless it had overspray from the body color. I recommend you paint the interior either something like body color or black, and be ok with overspray of body on it. Your inner fenders are black plastic, leave them as such. Your engine bay is mostly a satin black, that's almost flat. The AC box cover is gloss black. Your engine is bronze. Your transmission is raw aluminum, you could clear coat it, or they make a raw aluminum paint. The underside of the decklid is body color. The entire trunk compartment is spatter paint. It's in spray cans. I believe 68 was black and gray, not the later black and aqua. The underside of the hood is satin black. The fender stripes were painted. I recently used Duplicolor Universal Flat Metallic to repaint my core support upper on my 68. I liked it over ten other various flat or satins.

 

Thanks for the help! By inner fender I meant the inside of the actual metal fender, not the plastic piece. Was that black too? Also where does the cowl area go from body color to black?

 

Ok, the entire metal fender is body color. The entire cowl is whatever black you choose for the engine bay. There is no body color on the "front" of the body.

 

Just to clarify from where my hand is at the seam up should be the same black that I use for the radiator support firewall etc.. right? Is this also the same black as the dash and chassis?

 

Here's a shot under the hood of my '68 4-4-2, which might be closer to yours if yours is not a W30 or Hurst Olds. I used Seymour GM Chassis black for all the painting under the hood (firewall, core support, cover over the radiator, bracket for alternator/power steering pump/AC compressor, underside of hood, etc.).
Randy C.
'68 4-4-2 convertible
'69 4-4-2 convertible

 

Thanks! Which brand paint should I use. You both used different ones, Seymore and Dupli color. Is there a difference, is one better than the other? I was thinking of using Eastwood Extreme satin chassis black for everything, chassis firewall etc... I plan on doing the Eastwood roll on epoxy primer for the body and the internal frame paint with the 360 degree nozzle for the hard to get tooo places just to seal them. The other issue I've been having is finding the willow gold paint. I thought Eastwood would have it in their advertised 75,000+ OEM colors but they don't have the OEM Olds paint.

 

Tony, that should be body color. That's the side of the body. I meant the front, like the plane of the firewall.

 

Oh,I thought you meant the whole thing. What about my last post? Above this