Just a little photo update on my lark restoration. I got some color back on it and now I just have to find some part numbers and I can get the doors/windows put back together.
I had stripped all the paint and filler down to take a look at the metal underneath and found two layers of paint.
The outside layer pictured was a lot lighter then the underside green layer. Anyway we found with the owner's manual what appeared to be a card showing that the factory color was Hawaiian Green so that is what I had it sprayed with (matched the best they could anyway). This website http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...r=1959&rows=50 shows it pretty dark green.
It sure is different from the color that was on there before, I think perhaps in the past it had been repainted with late '59 "Sea mist Green". I think it doesn't look quite...right, I've never seen another lark quite this hue...I guess that makes me origianl
Anyway just some shots below, before, during stripping and after. The painter did an 'alright' job, it certainly leans toward the CASO side but hey, the price was right.
I had stripped all the paint and filler down to take a look at the metal underneath and found two layers of paint.
The outside layer pictured was a lot lighter then the underside green layer. Anyway we found with the owner's manual what appeared to be a card showing that the factory color was Hawaiian Green so that is what I had it sprayed with (matched the best they could anyway). This website http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...r=1959&rows=50 shows it pretty dark green.
It sure is different from the color that was on there before, I think perhaps in the past it had been repainted with late '59 "Sea mist Green". I think it doesn't look quite...right, I've never seen another lark quite this hue...I guess that makes me origianl
Anyway just some shots below, before, during stripping and after. The painter did an 'alright' job, it certainly leans toward the CASO side but hey, the price was right.
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