356 colour ID

[calogero anello]

As per title, help welcomed.

Friend is restoring a 356.
May change colour during repaint.

This looks very attractive



Any ideas?

[stevewak]

What was original colour? It will have a hit on value and it's going to end up a lot of cash to do it.

[calogero anello]

currently a tatty Radium 510 hue, needs a full respray in any case.
values of no bother.

can any body ID the colour?

[shoestring7]

calogero anello said:

currently a tatty Radium 510 hue, needs a full respray in any case.
values of no bother.

can any body ID the colour?

You'll probably have better luck asking over on DDK

http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/index.php

SS7

[SCO]

If that is an original speedster then it would probably be Jade Green Metallic. That is the closest original colour I can think of. It was an option on 356A but I think discontinued for B onwards. The 356 registry has a thread on orginal colours and there is quite a bit of discussion on jade green as it looks different in different lighting conditions.

One thing you might want to suggest to your friend is to take a look at Willhoit in the US: http://www.willhoitautorestoration.com/ They have "spray cards" for the original colours so that a paint shop can match to them.

I hope that helps.

Steve