What Color is my ‘71 40?

[GRM]

I bought some paint from cruiser corps, cygnus white T12, to paint some new steps for my cruiser.

They ended up much creamer than the white on my 1971 FJ40.

From the photo you can see. I used this spot to compare, because the vent was replaced with a used Olympus White vent, which is far bighter white than my ‘40.

Any thoughts? What color is my ‘40? Maybe there are two shades of Cygnus White?

Thanks for the help.

 

[onemanarmy]

Just checking....is your 40 rocking the factory paint?

 

[GRM]

I believe it is the factory color. I don’t see any signs of a repaint.

 

[JackA]

I would image paint matches are not the best and also fading and color changing over the last 55 years has occurred.
Just go with what looks best.

 

[firemanj92]

Also keep in mind, modern paints are very different from older paints

 

[Chamba]

Cygnus White is the color of your roof and headlight bezel, not your body. Your body is likely Olympus white, no?

 

[GRM]

No, I don’t think it is olympus white. My hood vent is from an Olympus White 40 and it is a much brighter white, almost appliance white.

 

[timmyisinthewell]

I am no expert on this, but looking a paint color chart I pulled from somewhere on MUD and it shows cygnus white being used on the '71 to '75 as an FJ40 body color.

 

[GRM]

I’m just going to chalk it up that modern paint looks different than the original paint. It looks really different, so it’s either that, or a bad paint mix.

 

[EWheeler]

I’m just going to chalk it up that modern paint looks different than the original paint. It looks really different, so it’s either that, or a bad paint mix.

You could try Canvas White from Rustoleum. May be too glossy, but its a bit whiter than Cygnus but not bright white. This member has used it on his later model 40. I bought a box from Home Depot to paint some parts on my 40 which is the same color as his.

Build Post in thread 'Body work - fixing my '79 floors and other stuff'

Jul 9, 2025

Just got through this thread front to back off & on reading....i saw I had been here before and recognize your avatar photo, but I had never seen the thread start to finish. Great work and persistence. Is the original paint code 031 on your 40? What Rustoleum aerosol can color are you using? It appears to be a near perfect match. I have some hardtop sides to try and match for my 031 1980 original paint 40.

Look forward to you getting to the finish line and getting to enjoy this thing.

Thanks for the compliment. It’s gloss canvas white. Unfortunately only available in spray...

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https://www.homedepot.com/b/Rust-Oleum-Stops-Rust/Canvas-White/N-5yc1vZblwZ1z0o3xs

 

[GRM]

Nice! They have canvas white on amazon. Ordered! I’ll report back how it looks

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PIG3AS?tag=ihco-20

 

[HelloKitty65]

Take a kick vent with you to the hardware store to see what matches the samples. If none are close enough for you, find a place to scan the kick vent and make up a spray can. That's not cheap, but the results are good.