re: Identifying Alfa paint codes

["Giller,Bruce C." <bgiller@domain.elided>]

John,
	I recently asked John Hertzman the same question when repainting my '73
GTV.  He gave a list of Alfa color codes for '72 GTVs which are listed below.

	Bruce

	'73 GTV
	'86 Spider

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#from John Hertzman #

For '72  GTV (not necessarily for '73, but probably same all the way)
AR 013 Chalk, w/black interior
AR 821 Desert Beige w/black
AR 525 Raspberry w/natural
AR 227 Moss Green w/pigskin.
AR 509 Plum w/natural
AR 501 Alfa Red w/black
AR 343 Navy Blue w/natural
AR727 Silver metallic w/pigskin
AR 827 Champagne metallic w/natural

I don't think there were other colors in the USA for '73 and '74 but there
could have been. There are several colors which were used in other markets
but not here, including periwikle blue metallic, Le Mans blue, piper yellow,
olive green metallic (on my 71 but not listed for 72), indigo grey, (a
bluish grey), a medium grey metallic, and ochre.


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> I recently purchased a dark maroon (original color I'm pretty sure) 1973 
> GTV2000 that needs painting. I thought I'd strip and repaint it myself, but I 
> can't find anything on the ID plate on the car to tell me the name or the 
> paint code of the color. I went to a DuPont auto paint shop with the cowl 
> panel from my Alfa. They pulled out some old "foreign car" paint books, and 
> we found seven different reds/maroons that were listed for Alfa from 1972-76. 
> I bought a quart (for $40) of DuPont #37015 "Raspberry" whose paint chip was 
> closest to my cowl panel, but when I started to spray, it was clearly not the 
> right color, being a more ruby red than the dark maroon on the car.
> 
> Since trial and error at $40 a quart can get expensive, I would very much 
> appreciate anyone e-mailing me directly at JohnHuntD@domain.elided with information 
> on how to identify the right Alfa paint code or color.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> John Doak in Baltimore, MD (410) 825-0108
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