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Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee Pontiac Color

 
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jjsipes



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 12:07 pm    Post subject: Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee Pontiac Color Reply with quote

Was wondering if anybody knew the color of the Old Milwaukee Pontiac that Tim Richmond drove? I have seen a plain red, plain red that was a little on the dark side (similar to Folgers Monte) and I have seen build ups that appear to be a metallic red color. Also I believe I have seen pictures of the car with and without Gold along the bottom. Was the car run both ways?
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George Andrews



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I recall that only the 1983 LeMans had the gold lower body sides. The Grand Prix was solid color maroon or whatever that color was. That paint looked different in differing light conditions; I'm pretty sure it had some metallic to it.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jsipes, if you will check on about page three of the Showroom forum, Old Coyote did a beautiful Old Milwaukee Pontiac that he used MCW-2056 on.
The original post was Apr. 4th 2018. It looks as close as I've seen and as George said, that was definitely one of those cars that looked different depending on the light and conditions. Kinda like the 99 STP Plymouth, which seems to look different in every shot I look at.

John
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I took this picture on a Polaroid in 1985 and saw it race that year at Bristol. Many pictures make it look Maroon or dark red but that car was red....gloss red.

This is a digital shot of the original but it caught the color well.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The car on the postcard that Tim signed that day was not even close to the color of the real car sitting there but it's how it looks in most pictures.

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George Andrews



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TG wrote:
I took this picture on a Polaroid in 1985 and saw it race that year at Bristol. Many pictures make it look Maroon or dark red but that car was red....gloss red.

This is a digital shot of the original but it caught the color well.

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Well OK -- there's proof that Blue Max did paint the lower body gold on at least one Grand Prix. Embarassed
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Tom M.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

john843 wrote:
jsipes, if you will check on about page three of the Showroom forum, Old Coyote did a beautiful Old Milwaukee Pontiac that he used MCW-2056 on.
The original post was Apr. 4th 2018. It looks as close as I've seen and as George said, that was definitely one of those cars that looked different depending on the light and conditions. Kinda like the 99 STP Plymouth, which seems to look different in every shot I look at.

John


The #99 Plymouth was flourescent red like the STP Indy Cars. That's why it looks different in every shot.
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Shadetree Modeler



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Would it be safe to assume that you could take an Old Milwaukee Beer label or can and the red would be a match to the car? Then you could take that to your LHS/box store and find a match. That is, if you don't use the MCW paint.
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