Anyone know the colour

[Canada Col]

I would appreciate it if anybody can tell me what colour my 79 Targa is, the code on the body{304} shows it as Minerva Blue on the Paintscratch website but the sample shown looks completely wrong. I need the right code so I can get touchup for a stonechip on the hood. Thanks

[svandamme]

red book lists 3 blues for 79

minerva blue metallic
arrow blue
petrol blue metallic

i'm sure it isn't petrol
and arrow isn't metallic

so minerva is probably it

problem is age, paint fades, that might explain why it doesn't match
i have the same on my light green metallic 924
nothing matches the right one is to dark
the one below it is to light

[D'STARGA]

That is Minerva blue. And I speak from expierience.

[Canada Col]

Thanks for the help with the colour, I needed the second opinion. Happy Holidays

[sketchers356]

I dont know what is with Paintscratch but their samples are more than a tad off from my experience.

[kilodawg]

I concur about paintscratch or at least their current formulas for certain mixes. I have an '84 in Kiln Red which is a brick red metallic. I ordered from Paintscratch and when I got it, I found it was way off almost a purple shade.
I then had my local wrench call his body shop and had him mix me a pint of paint instead. It came out very similar to the paintscrath bottle. So the body shop finally took an image of the car to get an exact match.

I wonder if some of the recipes have gotten screwed up over time. I'd have a body shop mix you up a pint. It's not much, if any, more than a littletouch up bottle and it should be a darn close match. Oh and by the way a buddy of mine has a Minerva Blue '79 and that's your color.

[jcc911]

Yup, Minerva... Nice Targa, mine once looked like that too.

[Canada Col]

Fantastic looking targa, the wheels must have cost a fortune. Thanks for the heads up with regards to paintscratch.

[p911dad]

I agree with Kilodawg's solution. The solution I found was having a local large body shop use their computer paint matcher and make a few ounces of what my 84' Carrera's zincmetallik paint looks like in the sun today in the appropriate DuPont mix. They put the camera right near the surface. Nice fresh paint, not that gloppy crap you find in the little pre-made tubes. Plus, you make a local connection you might need some day.

[Canada Col]

Think I will go that route. Cheers

[BruceC]

When you say the sample didn't match, did you brush it on something and let it dry? Paint often looks different wet.

[turborat]

the Paintscratch web site has a disclaimer that paint samples before 1980 may not be accurate. My '78 SC (now black) was originally Petrol Blue. When I viewed the color for the '78 SC, It was nowhere close. I went to '80 and got a better idea of what the color looked like.

BTW, I just purchased a touch-up set for my 1986 Mercedes from Paintscratch (Black Pearl). It matched perfectly. They seem like a quality supplier.

[bill romero]

it could also be caribe blue metallic. to me, minerva seems just a bit darker.

[bill romero]

caribe blue metallic paint code 304-9-3

[efhughes3]

JCC: Cool Targa. Did you do the widebody work?

PS- I those wheels are nice too.

PSS- Canada Col, I like your car too!

[jcc911]

No, Luckily for me it was done when I bought it, so were the wheels. Hopefully, I will have the aero mirrors on before spring, I am just waiting for the gaskets which are on back order, so I have no idea when I will get them. I also need to have the mirrors sprayed...

So, Canada, let me know how you end up with your paint supplier search, and how you went about it. Thanks.

[Canada Col]

Will do cheers guys..