Another argent silver or green tint question

[Pete B.]

The question...restore to the manual and be safe, or resto to the way I think it was delivered?

Issue: Early 71 rally wheel paint, I know the car was repainted and I believe they re-painted the wheels the proper argent silver.
All 5 rim date codes are the same (July 70) but one, the spare, is aged green tint.
Short history, the car was built in the strike zone of fall of '70 and dates are all over the place as far as the body is concerned (july-sept)
Drive train and final build is December of 70. Car delivered in December of 70
My gut tells me that it had the 1970 green tint wheels as delivered...
But judging guide tells us that they were the argent silver. I have not seen any 71 with the green tint should I be safe or maintain what I think is original configuration?

[Terry M.]

Re: Another argent silver or green tint question

Match the tint of the spare so long as you believe the spare is original to your car and that it has not been refinished. You might want to be prepared with photos of the road wheel dates and be prepared to remove one of the wheel covers or trim rings, if requested. Just my opinion.

Restoring to the JM will eventually bite you.

[Paul O.]

Re: Another argent silver or green tint question

Pete my 71 early production s/n 1914 the rims were of a greenish tint was 2nd owner in 1974. If I remember build date Sept 9th don't know how close it is to yours. Also just helped a friend finish his 71 Jan build I believe 2nd week s/n 6??? were just silver. Hope that helps you. Paul 18046

[Greg H.]

Re: Another argent silver or green tint question

I just went through a similar situation with my 70 at the regional. I have one original paint rim and had to color match the other four previously repainted rims to match the original. The wheels are dated two consecutive days and are original to the car. The color was discussed at length as it did not appear to have enough green tint to the trained eyes of the judges. Once convinced the one original had not been painted they came around to accept it. Bring your evidence. Apparently the colors fluctuated from time to time. While it is easier to just "go by the book" my personal opinion is you are doing a service by maintaining the evidence where you can.

[Joe L.]

Re: Another argent silver or green tint question

The question...restore to the manual and be safe, or resto to the way I think it was delivered?

Issue: Early 71 rally wheel paint, I know the car was repainted and I believe they re-painted the wheels the proper argent silver.
All 5 rim date codes are the same (July 70) but one, the spare, is aged green tint.
Short history, the car was built in the strike zone of fall of '70 and dates are all over the place as far as the body is concerned (july-sept)
Drive train and final build is December of 70. Car delivered in December of 70
My gut tells me that it had the 1970 green tint wheels as delivered...
But judging guide tells us that they were the argent silver. I have not seen any 71 with the green tint should I be safe or maintain what I think is original configuration?

Pete----


A "feature" like the very subtle green tint used on otherwise argent silver wheels is VERY unlikely to be a feature which began/ended on the day of model change-over. So, I'd say it's a virtual certainty that EITHER it ended before 1970 production concluded OR continued after 1971 production commenced. Looks like it was the latter.

[Steven N.]

Re: Another argent silver or green tint question

Be wild .............paint them yellow............

[Pete B.]

Re: Another argent silver or green tint question

Thanks for the replys...hey even yours Steve!

Paul, mine is sn 3133so it was in the early run of the year. I will attempt to get the green tint paint. Does anyone have a formulation for this...maybe Eastwood?

[Terry M.]

Re: Another argent silver or green tint question

Your most accurate chance is having your spare color matched locally. You will likely have to shoot test panels and adjust the tint for exact match even after computer color matching. It is not the least expensive method, but it is the most accurate.

[Greg H.]

Re: Another argent silver or green tint question

Thanks for the replys...hey even yours Steve!

Paul, mine is sn 3133so it was in the early run of the year. I will attempt to get the green tint paint. Does anyone have a formulation for this...maybe Eastwood?

I was unable to find someone with the formula, but heard there was one out there for $65/can.

I had two cans mixed for $50 locally. I only used one and don't intend to do this again. If you want the extra can send me a PM. Problem is it may not match your wheel. I'd sure like to know though. Mine were from early March '70.

Greg

[Paul O.]

Re: Another argent silver or green tint question

Pete when painting do some tests by painting a flat piece of steel. Paint the whole piece then tape off a section paint again. Do this several times then you will have several sections each one with lets say 1 to 5 coats of paint. Then place that next to the original wheel and you can see how many coats of paint it will take to get the finish you need. Paul 18046

[John D.]

Re: Another argent silver or green tint question

One time I bought every brand of argent silver that I could get and not one of them had a tinge of green in them. Now I needed this argent silver for the 57 to 62 FI oil filler tubes.

When you google the term argent silver you will see no info about any green tinge in the silver of yesterday. Another case of a famous name picked out to depict a certain color.
Argent silver is a very loosely used term as so far I have not been able to find such a color in any spray can so marked.
Dupli-color made a silver with a greenish tint to it. The judges loved the color of my oil filler tubes on 57 to 62 FI's. But you know the rest don't you??? Yep. Discontinued!