FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

We are restoring an FC Station Sedan which has been in my wifes family since 1961.
Do you know where can we get the mixing formula for Cape Ivory 2158 and black 6258. Also what is the grey color of the dash.

Any asdistance would be greatly appreciated.

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What is your location? Complete Auto Paints at Westall, Melbourne, have lots of old paint info, they could probably help, Cheers, Fraze.

Sydney Crash Supplies  .. Hornsby .. mixed my 2 pack ..India Ivory and Dominion Maroon and gave me print out of formula ,would prob do your colours .If need help lets know I can go there easy ..Vern ..

John Rap from the NSW Club recently restored a wagon that is Cape Ivory, and provided this photo from the paint tin.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190113/afb27a325763dcdb3c6268b57f5d4bc6.jpg)

Thankyou everyone that replied. I will certainly follow up on all the leads . My car is up to the painting stage .  For those who asked I'm in Mildura Vic.

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Can anyone tell me the color and the code for the top of the dash in an fc holden. It's a charcoal color

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What no-one has really said here is that today's paints need different mixing codes to those previously used as there is no longer any lead in the paint and also use different base chemicals.  Further none of the local manufacturers have done any translations as the market is to small.  So the common method is to paint match with unfaded samples and keep their own records.  Eastern Auto Paints had a good library but it changed hands a few years ago so not sure how reliable that is.

Cheers Keith

I believe the dash colour is called Cinder Grey but don't have the code

Clinker Grey, available from Paint Powerhouse outlets.


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Cinder grey it is

(https://i.postimg.cc/RWKcHsNr/image.jpg) ($2)

Ken

Ken ..I note this spec sheet refers to station sedan ,are Special Sedans also Cinder grey ,In matt or flat ?

I had a flattener added to mine

I didn't have a flattener added but now wish I had.

Can't believe how helpful everyone has been Thankyou .It's now time for her to go off to the paint shop on Saturday.
 Thanks again.

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Flatter added, it was designed to be non reflective.
Ken

so you only need small amount of Cinder Grey for dash board top ,so what did you guys do when you did your cars ,details type of paint and method of application ,and what additives pls.THX

Just asked the supplier to mix the colour and add some flattener to it.  Just sprayed it on the dash.  I think the smallest quantity I could buy was 1ltr

http://forum.fefcholden.club/index.php?topic=24151.msg150654#msg150654

 This link was some info I copied a while ago. It gives the ratio of flattening agent in the original paint formula for the dash.


Cheers Stewy   8)

FYI - dash top colour. As Ken posted, Cinder grey 253-9558 is the colour for FE FC. The 253 in the code denotes nitro-cellulose laquer. Later on, during the FB model run GMH changed the paint to Acrylic laquer. the paint code designation changed to 585. The paint colour name then changed to CLINKER grey and the code became 09963. I had some mixed to 09963 yesterday and to my untrained eye it looks the same as the Cinder grey on my FC. Incidentally when I asked for 09963 the guy at the paint shop looked it up on his computer and got the formula so I guess it is still a current code available to all. Cheers, Fraze

I keep Clinker Grey supplies on the shelf just in case .