64 Avanti Red - Need formula?

[Ren]

I am in the process of restoring a 64 Avanti and the local Sherwin Williams Automotive Finishes group does not have the formula to match the Avanti Red. Can anybody help?

[Gunslinger]

Most good automotive paint suppliers should have it. They have books that go back many decades and have modern formulas for them. Try a shop that carries PPG paints.

[Ren]

Thanks. I'll give them a try.

[silverstude]

I am in the process of restoring a 64 Avanti and the local Sherwin Williams Automotive Finishes group does not have the formula to match the Avanti Red. Can anybody help?

PPG has it in their archive as P-6334. You have to get a PPG jobber to call them.

[MikeValent]

Look until you find it. That's the most gorgeous color ever sprayed onto an Avanti. (I'm talking about the 1963-64 almost metallic red that I used to call "burnt red", not the later opaque red reds)

[Ren]

Look until you find it. That's the most gorgeous color ever sprayed onto an Avanti. (I'm talking about the 1963-64 almost metallic red that I used to call "burnt red", not the later opaque red reds)

I know, but no one has come up with anything yet. I took an original dealer book with the paint, interior, and carpet samples yesterday for them to try and match. I also took a couple of parts from the car, but they are just too old. We're still working on it. I wish someone could give us the original color code and/or formula.

Thanks for the input!

[Gunslinger]

If you have a sample of the paint to take them, a good auto paint supplier can computer match it. When I took the roll bar cover in for matching interior paint, it was matched perfectly.

[MikeValent]

Don't know if this is what you need, but check a site called www.theavanti.com. Among other stuff theyseem to have a full list of paint swatches and paint codes for the 1963-64 Avantis.