Randy Ayers Nascar Modeling Forums

[Jeffaary]

Does anyone know what purple the Yarbrough Charger was? Dodge did offer the Charger in mauve metallic that year, but the pics of Yarbrough’s car all look like a darker shade than that.

[jh63fan]

Where's Hawk at, he'll know.

[Bill J]

!955 Ford Regency Purple. Lee Roy was a Fireball Roberts fan and that was the color of Fireball's last rides.

[Jeffaary]

[Tom M.]

The guy who painted it for Jon Thorne told me it was '59 Buick Lido Lavender. They were going for a Fireball Roberts homage but they either didn't know exactly what color Fireball's car was painted or more likely the pearl that was applied over the Regency Purple changed it so much that Regency Purple without the pearl isn't a great match (I know this for a fact, plain Regency Purple is much too gray for Fireball's cars). It's also possible they were going for the '63 Firecracker winner which was painted '56 Lincoln Wisteria but with a heavy purple pearl coat for that race. Remember, peoples' memories were affected a bit by the replica Fireball Roberts car in the Weatherly Museum that was painted a completely incorrect color too.

[Jeffaary]

Thank you for that great info!

[hawk22]