If you could change the colors of your car...

[Fred Douglass]

Chris,

I agree with the black idea.......

Someone---I forget who----said the original 427s were one of three colors: black, red and white. I have been to Mike McKluskey's in LA and he has a large collection of ORIGINAL 427s. There was one in an absolutely eye-destroying red, but he said that it was not original.

I have JAMO's old Butler and have had it in brilliant red for three years. Since I decided to pump up the volume a tad on the 351C---I had the opportunity to work on some of the body's imperfections at the same time. Since there is another black Butler in my neighborhood (in rural Cape Cod!)----that I felt looked terrific, I decided to go with black and no stripes. My friend has black pipes, black roll-bar and Ron Butler's inserts (which make Centerlines look like Halibrands). The net reult is a very subdued car which is still very much a cobra.

I figure that basic black is the best for me. With chromed pipes, roll bar, etc., it should stand out well enuff and not attract quite so much (ahem) "official attention as the red.

On another thread, I stated I was looking for some BBS-type "snowflake" wheels with gold center-sections. This might be the greatest asset for the entire black-and-chrome assemblage. I already have some rims which look pretty much like what I want (Enkeis). In any case, I should be back on the road with everything done by Spring). I'll post the final product.

[Power Surge]

Originally Posted by Fred Douglass

Someone---I forget who----said the original 427s were one of three colors: black, red and white.

Well, they'd be very wrong then. Here are all the colors you could get on a 427 car. Black is NOT an original 427 color (the chip that looks black is actually dark blue). Photo courtesy of Jim Maxwell...

[jdog]

It's hard to beat 'Basic Black'!



jdog
P.S. Black, may not have been an AC color, but sure was a Shelby color. Check the registry Sal, there were quite a few 427 cars (&289 cars) delivered in Black. I saw one myself in 1967-68 on a Ford dealership showroom. I know it was black for sure!

[Power Surge]

Originally Posted by jdog

P.S. Black, may not have been an AC color, but sure was a Shelby color. Check the registry Sal, there were quite a few 427 cars (&289 cars) delivered in Black. I saw one myself in 1967-68 on a Ford dealership showroom. I know it was black for sure!

Yeah, I could be wrong on that. I DO recall someone saying black was not an original color, but then I thought I recalled seeing black cars in the registry. Then I found that color chip pic, and also the reverse of it that has the colors printed on the back, and no black. But you're right, SAI painted comp and S/C cars in America, not at AC.

I'm sure Ron will know.

[JTD]

Get your driveway paved. I did, it is 1/8 mile long!

[Gene Gorman]

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Pave your drive. Nothing looks as good as a clean and polished black car.