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I have a car that needs to be painted, and I'd like to know what the finished result would look like before I do it.

I have in mind a computer program that can change the wheel colors and leave everything else the same so I can see the finished car with my color selection.

Does anyone know of such a program?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Bill Everett

Cell: 901-496-8795

Would the Microsoft "Paint" program allow that? How about Photoshop?

BillEverett wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 21, 2024 10:20 am

I have a car that needs to be painted, and I'd like to know what the finished result would look like before I do it.

I have in mind a computer program that can change the wheel colors and leave everything else the same so I can see the finished car with my color selection.

Does anyone know of such a program?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Bill Everett

Cell: 901-496-8795

Lots of choices to review
https://www.google.com/search?q=color+c ... s-wiz-serp

Nason Full Thane reasonably priced easy to spray dries well and rubs beautifully For the black. I can get you the paint code if needed. Respectfully, Mark Eyre

Do it the way they would have done it back then. Colored pencils…

Let's start with the basics. What year, what body style, wood or wire wheels? What color scheme are you planning on using.
There may be an example out there that someone could share with you.
I found my color scheme on a '12 touring in the MTFCA museum.

I had good results with the nason full thane paint too. Simple and reasonable to use. It’s single stage and polish’s out really nice. But if I had to do it again I would paint my 21 Touring with black fenders and grey body. I later saw one that was painted those colors on the forum and it was an Australian scheme I think. Can’t remember for sure but it looked really sharp.

Fully agree with using Nason Ful Thane. A very good reasonably priced single stage paint. From what Ive been told Grass Valley Ca where I purhased mine sits in the only county in California that permits the formula I used. Sacramento, Placer counties, etc also have Nason paint but its a different formula. I didnt dare mix the two so I continued to purchase what I needed in Grass Valley. It lays down very well, color sands and buffs out nicely. Was able to touch up flaws such as burn thrus and runs adequately.
The colors I used were the Mercedes midnight blue and an onyx black . I have the codes somewhere.

This one is in Nason full base coat clear coat.I just wanted to try it. Little too glossy prior to cutting and buffing. Respectfully Mark Eyre

Hi Mark
I have to say I’ve heard that before about being over glossy. I had a friend that painted his 14 with the base color coat and then used clear coat. After a while he decided it looked to much like plastic! He changed it to a single stage. Others will have a preference about what to use but the single stage paint is nice enough for me and lots of others too.

I’m right there with you. Clear is perfect on cars with a bunch of Metallic so it doesn’t get blotchy when it buffed through layers of paint. The clear coat eliminates that issue. It is my opinion that a good single stage urethane is a good choice for a Model T. Respectfully Mark Eyre

I have always used single pack lacquer. I have no spray booth, so its quick drying is most helpful. A major benefit is I can easily make corrections if i get a run or two, or a mosquito lands on it while it is still tacky. The finish is more akin to old time paintwork than it is to plastic.

I need to see colours in larger samples than paint chips to be able to visualise them. I toyed with a red body colour and black fenders for my 1915 tourer, but was hesitant until I saw just that combination on a 1970s Holden Commodore sedan. My last two cars were easy. my 1924 Tarrant Special T tourer is painted fawn, the colour being duplicated from a patch of original paint behind the rear mudguard skirt. My 1925 Duncan and Fraser wide body roadster is khaki all over, that colour being duplicated from the original in the same way as the tourer. These old time colours look right at home.

We can do this because the bodies on Australian built cars were made by various body builders in each of the states, so they were virtually custom built. Come to our next National T Rally in September 2025, and see for yourselves.

Allan from down under.

From about 1914 through 1925 the Ford color chart is a good guide.

I like Ford’s wording on the paint code chart for the 23 year which was “really really black” !! Quite frankly black is black to me!! I guess Ford thought he was giving people options for their cars. I guess.

I'm assuming the paint code chart was someone's clever joke....I like it!

Go to the picture gallery on this site or Bing and Google images for Model T’s. There are lots of pictures of Model T’s in various colors schemes that will show you what the finished products will look like.

Back in the day, Ford offered a limited color scheme and upholstery schemes that all T’s of certain styles and years were to be painted. If you want the paint job to be correct, only the very early T’s (1909-1914) and the 1926 and 1927’s were offered in colors. Everything in between was offered in black only.

Lots of information here need to scroll down to capture it all https://www.mtfca.com/encyclo/P-R.htm#paint2

I'm assuming the paint code chart was someone's clever joke....

Tim got it.