Dove Grey or Not?

Not, too much like primer color...

 

My 46 Ford Convertible was painted Dove Gray with Red Sunset Pearl in the clearcoat. You could only see the pearl in the sun light. Thought it looked great.

 

I really like the look of that pickup!

 

I was just thinking that after reading that post! hahahaha

 

As the post of 58Fridge100 shows, Dove Gray is businesslike yet beautiful. It also looks wonderful as an engine paint with a few polished accents, especially in a black car.

 

Check the Audi TT grey they had back in 2002 or so , great looking color. No metallic or pearl just grey with a shiny clear.

 

Dove grey is a very subtle colour, that combines very well with almost any other bright colour used for contrast. One thing to remember--If you use a metallic colour, and drive your car very much, you will have a **** of a time trying to touch up any stone chips. If you use a solid colour like dove grey, the stone chip touch ups with a very small brush won't show.---Brian

 

...this is Platinum Gray, ..a 1956 Ford color. ...pretty close to dove gray.

It's a great color, ...spray it!!

 

My 48 coupe is dove gray....I love it .. easy to keep clean...

 

I'm not certain what you picture for Dove Gray, but a darker warmer Gray with bright red trim, scallops outlined in black with white edges or the SO-Cal type scheme sounds good to me...

 

Please Dear Jesus-Don't let him paint it silver!! Dove gray rocks-simple -clean easy to spot or repaint partials-metallics are very hard to match-I would not paint any metallics when I had a body shop!! Hey-Maybe thats why I don't have one any more--NOT!!---I was a piss poor body man!!The truth hurts- Oh yeah--I suggest the Dove Gray!!--Sololobo

 

...go with the Dove Gray. It's cool, ...I mean it's a COOL color.

 

58Fridge100: Beautiful 35'! Is that a Ford factory color for 35? From your picture, it appears to have just a small amount of red-tint to it. I should clarify that I'm also going with gray (been my plan for years on my build) but prefer darker than all posted here except for possibly the sweet 33-34 chopped coupe.

I've been looking at the super nice selection of 30's-era gray colors on Auto Color Library site but have a tough time chosing one from color chips on my PC.

Thanks,

- EM

 

With that engine I'd say it's gotta be mouse grey- fill the grille badge and paint two lil' mouse eyes either side of that area. Detail accents same colour as maple wood. Then you've got a 'Maple Mouse'.

 

I like gray better than silver. And, you can accentuate it with many colors. Yes, some may mistake it for primer.

 

so why do you guys not like silver??? just wondering>>>>?????

 

This looks alright to me?

 

yes!!

 

how about (1939)folkstone gray, or (1931)french gray?

Love the color on the one above, just dont know the color.

 

OOps- I was afraid that this might happen...that photo originally showed a Tan colored car. I just shifted the color in photoshop to be a warm grey.

BUT- that's not to say that the color doesn't exist--any decent automotive paint store should have a commercial color book-- or "Fleet Selector" with a whole buncha shades/hues of grey.

 

Fridge, I love that color you made. You have a good eye. I think I like it because it is a little tan and doesn't look like primer. cool.

 

I love the 39 Ford Folkstone gray also.

One word of caution don't ever choose a color for a car from a paint chip unless you have seen the color on a car in the sunlight. I've tried it several times over the years and it never comes out right. The last time, I wanted a dark non metallic green. I used the generic fleet book and found one that I liked. I took the book out side into the sunlight before selecting. I had a gallon mixed. I opened it up and immediately went back to the store and asked the guy to see if the chip looked like the paint he gave me...he agreed with me and spent another hour "adjusting" it until it got close to what I wanted. If you look at a 56 Ford color chip page for platinum gray, the chip looks like battle ship gray. It does not look like my buddies 56 P/U.

I had a friend mix up a test batch of 56 platinum gray. It wasn't even close to the original cowl area that has never seen daylight. This was critical for me. I want it to look like the 56 P/U above. I had these people send me a quart of 56 platinum gray base coat clear coat and it matches the protected area perfectly. God what a relief. It was hard to spend the money because their chip looked like it was US Navy issue also. I would not have selected it from the chip. I don't know if their paint quality is the best or not but at least I know it will be the color that I want. I've had so much trouble getting the color that I want over the years that I'm gun shy. I'm really not that picky but I've had trouble every time with different brands in different decades with different products.

I love silver on modern cars but it doesn't work for me on the older stuff.

 

What year was Dove Gray?

Love it, BTW.

Rich

 

There is a way to at least get a solid baseline of the tint/hue of that grey color.

.....It happens to match up to a PMS (Pantone Matching System) color very closely. It still really is just guesswork- but you're alot closer with this info. As someone mentioned above, the color just has a little bit of red (orange) in it..

 

Here's my friends Dove grey cabriolet. He always brags that he doesn't have to clean it and its true.
Glenn

 

We're not silver "haters". My car came with a silver roof and rear bumper. Maybe that's it, because it's kind of an imitation of metal or chrome. And those grays have a nice, subtle shine. No, not shine, glow- those grays have a nice, warm glow. Or, maybe it's a cold glow, a cold glow of sadness, which we relate to. Silver shines, like shining a light in your eyes. Silver doesn't glow.

And this made me think of "looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue."

Thanks,
Kurt

And, speaking of Breeders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrKhBeQGobs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYE_StcAcW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AsId-qVIb4

 

thats Nimbus Grey.

http://www.audittcca.com/photo_gallery/nimbus/mvc_020f.jpg/image_view_fullscreen

very cool color and i've always thaught it would fit on older cars or better yet trucks perfect. i missed out on a nimbus TT a year or so ago for a VERY good price. i'm still pissed. may not be a hot rod but damn fun to drive...ken....

 

Nobody mentioned or considered ERA. If it's going 60's, esp. LATER 60's style, silver is cool.

I'm ***uming it's going SHINY? Any solid gray is nice as long as the bodywork and prep is good, adding a little green or red to the gray helps richen the color. Old VW and Ford colors look great for 40's and 50's style hot rods.

 

Brilliant Silver