help me choose a color for my 1964 fst :)

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fireflyr said:
Yeah, I wasn't really thinking of that. Where I live you could go for years without the rust progressing. That FST was a great find and I like the fact that you're keeping the stock appearance. Are you going to put an Ehsan Paki Soft top on it?
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Thanks man.

Yeah I live in western oregon, so i have to be careful :)
It will be garaged in the bad weather however!

Yeap, ordered an Ehsan top from Southboston/paktops.
Super exited :)

Hopefully it will get here soon :)
 
I'd have to go with the original color......period....

Otherwise I'd have to go with cream white.......Mine is much more cream colored than white and I like it......It almost sparkles in the sun.....

Heres yet another shameless picture post opportunity.....

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destin said:
Thanks man.

Yeah I live in western oregon, so i have to be careful :)
It will be garaged in the bad weather however!

Yeap, ordered an Ehsan top from Southboston/paktops.
Super exited :)

Hopefully it will get here soon :)
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Cool deal. Alex is a great guy to deal with, I wish he had been up and running when I ordered mine. What color/material did you order?
 
Great choice, I think it will look very good with the red. I have a picture saved of that combo somewhere. It was the reason I ordere the olive for mine. Here's my shameless self-plug... That just doesn't sound right.

Here's your combo. I don't remember whose it is but he's here on MUD.

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Here's mine. I didn't stick with the stock color (Spring Green) because I really didn't care for it. I went with Dune Beige 416.

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od green top and red truck is way cool :)

here is ....well....bigredfj40's rig and a borrowed top ;)
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I've got the T309 Freeborn Red and love it. I didn't want a red truck when I started my search, but she found me and I wouldn't trade her for anything, now!

If you're doing a full on paint job, meaning that the ENTIRE truck's color will be done, I see no problem with doing a different factory color (love that nebula green!). If it's just an outside spray job....no way should you change color, IMO it would be worthless at that point..;-)
 
Oh....and a shameless pic opportunity....;-)
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Ziffdaddy said:
I've got the T309 Freeborn Red and love it. I didn't want a red truck when I started my search, but she found me and I wouldn't trade her for anything, now!

If you're doing a full on paint job, meaning that the ENTIRE truck's color will be done, I see no problem with doing a different factory color (love that nebula green!). If it's just an outside spray job....no way should you change color, IMO it would be worthless at that point..;-)
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I am taking every piece of and blasting and repainting it :)
Using acrylic enamel paint.
 
Awesome! Pick the one you like best then! I'm jealous....sounds like fun... Best of luck!
 
Thanks guys :)

Man there are some sharp looking rigs in this thread :)
I wish i had "insta-vision so i could know what it look like before i painted :)

Any one have any good photos of 1964 fj40 fst in color ( with out top just bows ), just want to double check some inconsistencies I have seen with what is pewter etc..

Could not find many so far, not any coral red ones either, which is a bummer :)
 
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and a few more :)
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and more
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I love 622 Nebula Green.

But for your truck, and seeing this red/OD combo I'd vote for the Coral Red T333. It simply looks AWESOME. Added bonus (OK, kind of a big bonus) is that it's original for your truck.

Either way it looks great!

Dan
 
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