History Competition Orange paint

This is Poppy (Hot Licks), and the frame is powdercoated Bittersweet, very close match.

 

1969 and 70 Dodge offered a very bright orange paint ( code 999 ) as a "spring color".
In 1974 I was working on a 69 Dodge when a guy a with a gray 59 Mercedes comes in and wants me to give him a price on painting his car that orange. Turning his car in what everyone in the shop called the great pumpkin Pant Code 999.

 

The Only shade of orange around here is "Volunteer Orange".

 

An acquaintance of mine when I was really young built junk on a weekend in his uncle's body shop and everything he built was either Case tractor orange, or John Deere yellow. Really easy to find at the local farm equipment dealership and dirt cheap.

 

At least he had the presence of mind not to paint them John Deere green.

 

We painted my son's 57 Allied Van Line orange. It's a PPG fleet color.

 

Hello,

Shades of 1961 in the Summer for a teenager in the Long Beach cruising grounds. After our Willys Coupe accident, my brother was laid up for over 1 year and had minimal outside contact for the following year. His attitude was still bright, but he remained “House Bound” until the mental and physical healing took place. We went to the Winternationals at his request in February of 1961 in the black 58 Impala. But, stayed in the car for our ring side (dragstrip side) front row seats somewhere down the middle of the spectator side.

During one of the weekend drive-in restaurant parking lot forays, a cool looking 348 powered 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery rolled into the lot with a great sounding motor and attitude. It was my old friend from junior high school on the Westside and now in our high school. It was the latest build and it was a doozy. In the lights, it looked orange, with black steel wheels and small hubcaps.

But, we later found out that because of the all day finishing hours, the long day into a late night paint prep and spraying in plastic covered car port did a number on his being. What was supposed to be a cool looking “Racer Orange” paint job mixture, he must have added a little too much of something. The paint job looked wonderful in the parking lot lights at night, but up close, it was not “Racer Orange.”

The word was spreading for the name of the paint among the teens in the lot. Then one name stuck out, “Salmon Pink.” That stuck and the owner was now ticked off at that silly name for a custom paint. So, he left in a huff. Weeks later, he showed up again and had a for sale sign on the 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery with a price that made most wince. I offered him a fair price and he laughed, despite being old friends. Ha! He told me later that he just did not like the moniker of a “SalmonPink” tag on his custom build.

So, another week goes by and I made him the same offer and he said if he took out the 348 Chevy motor, he was going to put in in another drag racing only build, so a Flathead motor would go in the sedan delivery along with the 3 speed LaSalle transmission. So, we agreed and I was the new owner of the Flathead powered sedan delivery for all of my teenage coastal surf road trips.


Jnaki

Over time, the color name given to the sedan delivery did not make a difference to me. I was happy and the sedan delivery saw plenty of road trip miles all over So Cal coastal areas and great surf spots from Santa Barbara in the North to the Southern, Baja, Mexico beaches.

Racer orange was a theme. The color stood out well and it was the one of a kind sedan delivery that stood out, despite the moniker of “Salmon Pink.” It was not racer orange, but the sedan delivery was my first paid for car and it did not make a difference. Most people had never seen a sedan delivery rolling around the teenage cruising grounds and/or at the numerous surf spots along the So Cal coastline.

The color did play a part in the future for my wife and me. We wanted a hot rod for our cruising needs and for our photography endeavors. We looked for an orange one and came close as the owner called it an Orange Red, a custom color. It was a project sedan delivery, running, but not too well.

It took many months of repair, replacing parts and get it done right for the sedan delivery project to be a cool, well handling, driveable hot rod for many road miles everywhere without any worries about problems. The color looked more red than orange, but at the time, who cared?


But, for us and future color for cool photography, the pure orange was a color that attracted others to any build like flies to jelly. YRMV

A real competition show/race car with Orange paint.

 

<<<<< My avatar is Omaha orange. Each paint companies formula for it will differ.

 

Pretty much most colors are trendy unless Black, Red and White. My avatar color is Chrysler Red,looks orange