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Tarbaby123
AMC Apprentice Joined: Feb/04/2021 Location: NM Status: Offline Points: 48 |
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Posted: Apr/29/2022 at 5:33pm |
Noodling about color paint my engine bay will be. Car is a 77 Hornet AMX in Alpine white. I really do not want to go with this color in the engine bay and just throwing it out into the AMC universe for ideas.
Edited by Tarbaby123 - Apr/29/2022 at 5:35pm |
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idocars2
AMC Apprentice Joined: Dec/29/2007 Location: Illinois Status: Offline Points: 53 |
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Well the choice is yours and what your trying to achieve with the car. My 77 AMX was Sunshine Yellow and not in bad condition so I just left it alone, since the rest of the car was original.
If your keeping the rest of the car original I like the engine compartment painted in matching body color.
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73 Hornet X 360 66 Rouge 290 4 spd 73 Mustang Convertible |
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BU1
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^^^^^^ This! ^^^^^^ Or spray it black like so many seem to do for some reason. Then you lose all contrast of color under the hood. Like staring into a dark hole. Like a GM car.
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AMO #2726
#1 1968 AMX Rally Green 343 Z code 4spd since 1975 #02642 #2 1968 AMX Rally Green 290 N code 4spd since 2019 #02959 |
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Cruzer
AMC Apprentice Joined: Feb/18/2022 Location: Sheboygan, WI Status: Offline Points: 49 |
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White is the perfect color. Not only is it original to your body color but it what the Trans-Am racers used. White is great for showing up problems. Any weld cracks show up and it's pretty hard to hide any leaks plus it's easy on the eyes when working on the cars. I agree that the black GM underhoods are dark to work on.
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Mark Quasius
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amxdreamer
AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/30/2008 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 8509 |
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White is my favorite color for an AMC engine compartment. The color, or lack of color, really makes everything pop. Especially the early 70's AMC engine color.
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Tony
Vancouver, BC 1970 AMX 1972 Badassador AMO#10333 |
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mrblatzman
AMC Addicted Joined: Oct/01/2008 Location: Alabama CSA Status: Offline Points: 2155 |
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Thankyou....Bob
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Cloudyday
AMC Apprentice Joined: Nov/27/2020 Location: Southern Indian Status: Offline Points: 68 |
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I almost did my Javelins firewall in satin black but ended up making it all Crush orange, no regrets, it looks great even with the turquoise colored v8
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