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I have a 76 F-150 Supercab that I have torn apart for paint. I started this last year but it to cold to paint in my unheated garage.
This is my first paint job I have done my self.
I have been going back and force on all different paint ideas. The only thing I have came up with is that I do not like flashy colors.
How the Truck looks now (sorta all in primer now, patch panels welded in, and underside is undercoated.)
How it looked when I got it.
I have a 76 F-150 Supercab that I have torn apart for paint. I started this last year but it to cold to paint in my unheated garage.
This is my first paint job I have done my self.
I have been going back and force on all different paint ideas. The only thing I have came up with is that I do not like flashy colors.
How the Truck looks now (sorta all in primer now, patch panels welded in, and underside is undercoated.)
How it looked when I got it.
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The paint scheme I have always liked is actually a factory ford stripe down the sides, but paint the stripes and do a colour that you actually like. I really like black, and would do the stripe in a metallic blue or copper. I know black is hard to do, but if you are doing it yourself, the imagination is the limit. Good luck.
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Talked to a paint shop and they recommended a factory color as they are less critical to work with so I have chosen Viper Blue Matalic and a good paint shop can put it in rattle cans for less critical spots and they also sell by the pint,quart ,and gallon. .... I would so to the nearest paint shop and talk to them you can learn a lot from them and look at a lot of colors factory colors are also usually less money as compared to custom colors ..... good luck
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Paint color is a lot about personal choice, but like you, if I repainted my truck, I probably wouldn't go with a "loud" color. I always thought a gunmetal grey would look nice on one of these trucks.
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Just a "plain vanilla" Wimbleton White would look good too, and white is about the most forgiving color if your body work isnt perfect. It wont hide your shortcomings, but it wont make them jump out at you like a darker color. Stay away from black unless you are an expert bodyman................
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I am partial to gray also. I wanted to paint the Torino Hot rod Gray but my body man talked me out of it. Went with a Silver metallic on it.
I thought about painting it Massey Ferguson Grey so If some body asked me what color it is I can say MF Grey.
I thought about painting it Massey Ferguson Grey so If some body asked me what color it is I can say MF Grey.
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LMAO..........Arond here, a lot of people would know what that was...........Other places, not so much...........But not a bad color, especially if it's the more metallic looking older MF color. The later MF gray has no metallic in it and is similar to "battleship gray"............just a thought
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Personally, with just the upper trim, I like a solid color. I'm partial to greens and blues and reds. But I prefer tu-tones on these trucks, I still stay with the same colors, but go with Wimbledon white down the center. But I think they look better with full race track trim, and without the trim, I meet the colors at the center of the dent and at the bottom body line...basically where the trim would run anyway...and then a pin stripe to blend the colors.
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Battleship Grey? The Truck is about the size of one. 
I found that out while doing some wet sanding.
The Torino is a 68 GT Vert. With a 390.
The funny thing is that when I got the Torino it was about the same color of the truck
I found that out while doing some wet sanding. The Torino is a 68 GT Vert. With a 390.
The funny thing is that when I got the Torino it was about the same color of the truck
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