Does anyone know a source for a trunk pain that is close enough to stock that I can do some spots repairs without it standing out like a sore thumb?  My trunk is gray with the white specs. 

 

The 1972 ford part number for the original light gray trunk paint is: 4013-G

 

The Sherwin Williams part number for their light gray 1972 trunk paint is: J4-3821

 

These are both the same exact gray color as in the picture below.

 

 

You will need a very large nozzle on your spray gun to spray this spatter finish.

 

This is a different color than the light gray color listed above.

 

I have heard people say that some of these are a "relatively close match", to the original paint. But I have never tried them myself, so I can not confirm that.

 

Eastwood item number 10009Z has been used by some people.

It has been described as a "relatively close match".

 

http://www.eastwood.com/ew-trunk-paint-gray-black-aerosol-12-oz.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.eastwood.com/ew-trunk-paint-gray-black-aerosol-12-oz.html

 

I believe that someone had said that the plastikote 501 Black/Gray base coat is a "relatively close match". It probably will not be a perfect match, but it is cheaper than buying a whole quart of the perfect match paint, plus the catalyst.

 

And they make other trunk spatter paints as well, the 500 gray/white, the 502 dark green/aqua and the 503 gray/black/white spatter base coat paints. 

 

You will have to scroll down the page to see the other available colors.

 

To see more of these trunk base coat paints for sale http://www.plastikote.com/products/Specialty/Trunk-Paint-Base-Coat.html" rel="nofollow - Click here.

 

These base coats are used with a top coat.

 

To see the plastikote top coat for sale http://www.amazon.com/Plasti-Kote-505-Coat-Trunk-Paint/dp/B000CP89GU" rel="nofollow - Click here.

I have heard people say that this is a "near perfect match". 

 

Others have described it as "a perfect match".

 

I believe that the smallest can that you can purchase is a quart size at a cost of about $49.96

 

I am not sure if you have to use a catalyst with this paint. You will have to ask the seller.

 

To see the catalyst for sale http://www.tcpglobal.com/ZOL9251-000C-16.html#.VX5O4pBFDhk" rel="nofollow - Click here.

 

To see the paint for sale http://www.tcpglobal.com/ZOL-DX1776-QT.html#.VX4xzpBFDhk" rel="nofollow - Click here.

 

 

 

You might be able to get a color sample from the seller, to match it with your existing color.

 

 

 

Interesting. I'm just about to paint mine using the Eastwood paint but mine appeared to have the light gray with white splatter. A side note for the Eastwood paint is that it is water soluble and requires clear coating. 

They do sell a kit consisting of 3 cans paint w/ 2 cans clear but I'm not sure that 2 cans is enough for the insides of the quarters and trunk floor. As such I decided I'm just going to mix some catalyzed clear and spray it with that after it dries for a day.

        

edit Not for use over un-primed metal

 

To see it for sale http://www.amazon.com/Dupli-Color-DM100-White-Spatter-Trunk/dp/B00296BB60" rel="nofollow - Click here.

 

 

 

There is a picture of this color below.

 

There is a sample of this color below.

 

http://www.eastwood.com/ew-trunk-paint-grey-white-aerosol-12-oz.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.eastwood.com/ew-trunk-paint-grey-white-aerosol-12-oz.html

 

Click the link below to see the same paint in a kit.

 

http://www.eastwood.com/trunk-paint-gray-white-kit.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.eastwood.com/trunk-paint-gray-white-kit.html

 

There is a sample of this paint below.

 

 

 

So short of repainting the entire trunk, which I don't really want to do since the original paint is 90% good, I started looking at all the on the shelf grays, until I found one on my own shelf.  Eastwoods Cast Paint is very close to the gray in the trunk.  It is just a touch darker and has more shine.  I touched up a small spot with it, then added some specs manually.  I then scotchbrited the finish to take away the shine and it's an acceptable match.  I mean it looks like a touch up, but it doesn't stand out like a sore thumb as I am sure the other paints would have.  And, it's not water based so I don't have to worry about putting on a clear coat.

 

My original trunk was undercoated by the Ford dealer when new.  For years my dad just had mats back there to keep things from getting dirty.  So for reference, I included a couple of pics on the original paint in the trunk for anyone who is doing a restoration (the seam sealer had to touched up in a couple of spots, that is the white in the pictures).

 

Original Trunk finish:

 

 

 

Close up of the trunk paint:

 

The Dupont color code is: 389-257

 

This color was also used in the trunks of some 1965 mustangs from the factory. The name of this color in 1965 was 'Black White Brown".

 

This paint color has also been described as a gray color with a slight brown tint added to it. It has also been described as having white and black specs (spatter) added into it.

 

It was also used in the trunks of some ford vehicles (like the Torino) in 1969 and 1970 as well as 1971, originally from the factory.

 

 

 

those plugs are original.  This trunk is basically as original as you'll find, as it was coated on day one by the Ford dealer.  Maybe different factories used different plugs?  They did have quite a bit of seam sealer on them from the factory some of which came off when I was cleaning the trunk. 

 

Dave,

 

Thanks for the info.  I tried mentioning all your info to the paint shops but they don't seem interested or able to use the old paint codes.  In any case, as you can see from my pics, the original paint is just gray with white(or off white) specs.  No black specs, and doesn't seem to have any brown in it.  Who knows, there could have been variation between factories too.  In any case, if you were restoring a trunk and repainting the entire thing, probably one of the repro colours would be fine or close enough.  No one would notice unless you have an original to compare it too.  But in my case I am just touching up the trunk so it is protected from rust and want to keep as much of the original paint as I can.  I don't want to leave the steel bare or seam sealer that had to be repaired unpainted.

 

The look like ones in the catalog for the earlier body style Torino. Is yours an early car (mine is June)? 

Or maybe they just used two different suppliers.

Mine also had generous amounts of sealer used. I'm finishing up my trunk this weekend so the subject just seemed topical at the moment.