Seeking paint code for 1987 Grand Villa Maroon paint.
Nancy,
It would really surprise me if a 1987 Foretravel was originally painted at the factory.
Do you know who painted it?
Even if you knew the original paint code you probably want to have a really good paint shop (like Xtreme) look at it. Whatever it was, time and sun will change the color. A good paint shop will match it exactly.
Picture of GV, seeking code for touch up, thanks
I've not seen a coach painted that way, but everything seems to match. When you say, 'touch-up', do you mean the lower skirting? The pic looks familiar, Oregon?
Mike - you're right. Looks like a pic of a coach that former forum member posted a while back....
Yes lower skirting rock dings, picture of MT. Shasta from the Intermountain Fairgrounds RV Park, McArthur, Ca.
Well, I was close, we miss that country (in the spring/summer/fall). Are you in that area? There are some hot shots in Oregon off I-5 that could take a look-see. Let us know where you'd like to have the work done & the forum can chime-in.
That purple color on a 85 that I owned was a Ford Mustang Color , don't know how you would confirm that but maybe it will give you a start, the lower skirt on this pic is the color I am referring to.
Gary B
http://www.foreforums.com/index.php?action=media;sa=media;in=654
Gary, So do you think that both yours and Nancy's coach were factory-painted at the skirting?
Mike, I know for a fact that that lower skirt was painted by a local shop for the prior owner. The shop owner had a mustang and that is why they used that color. Shop owner has recently retired so I don't have access to his color chips. I believe ( but can't prove ) that FT used the same color on the older coaches as a part of the design that included an orange and a brown in the striping.
Gary B
I watched a paint pro tie-in to a small area of a coach that had some work. He had a bunch of dixie cups and would mix and try. Each try, he'd clean the gun and spray, until he got it right.
When he was done, there was NO WAY I could tell what was what. ^.^d
If you are looking to do it yourself, call around and find an auto paint supplier that has a camera for matching paint. Tell them you what you are wanting to use the paint for and they should be able to fix you up.