I just had a set of wheels painted for my 68 and while we thought we had the paint matched, it tured out a little too gold and not enough green (Car is 68 Ash Gold RPO GG)

The shop I use has Spies Hecker paints and their charts don't cover American cars from that era, but they'll use different paint if I supply it.

Any suggestions on who has the best accurate stock colors? There's a good body shop supply place here, so I think I can get most brands, I just need to know which one to look for.

Thanks, Kurt

Good news, bad news. Specifying any formula(color) to a paint supplier does not get you the proper color unless by sheer luck it matches, especially if the color contains metallic. Pick any brand, almost all colors have to be tinted to match.

Good suppliers will work with you to tint the color to match; however, you will have to provide them with something to use to match to...the car, fuel door or part with the original color that they can use. Beware those suppliers who use the fancy computerized scanners(such as DuPont) to match the color without checking/tinting the final color.

Keep two things in mind: NO ONE can match age. A good painter can match texture, gloss and metallic spread but not age. 2. There ain't no such thing as a "perfect" match. Even brand new vehicles built on different days can have a very slight color variation, sometimes more than slight.

Regardless of how the color was tinted, temperature, humidity, reduction/thinning of the paint, air pressure and spraying technique can alter the color.

Unless you are an expert painter, don't expect a reasonable match even if the color was tinted properly.

BTW, I consider myself one of the best painters who ever blew colored snot, but I'm not worth a crap at the final tinting of colors. I never learned the hue/tint charts.