This ‘Illegal’ Cobra Mustang Paint is Rare and Costs $26,000 Per Gallon

Motor Biscuit ^ | 12 July 2022 | Braden Carlson

[DUMBGRUNT]

When Mystrichrome was fresh and new, it was not an easy paint to get ahold of. If you owned a Mystichrome Cobra and got into an accident that required paint repair, you were in for a nasty surprise. Only certain body shops around the country could spray the paint, and to do so, a Ford representative had to be present. Not only that, but that Ford rep was responsible for bringing the paint, overseeing the work done, then re-sealing the can and bringing the leftover paint back with them.

...In Patterson’s video, he shows the cost of just 16 ounces of Mystichrome paint, which comes in at a whopping $3,335.27. That works out to over $26,600 per gallon. Keep in mind that that price figure is only for the paint...

[DUMBGRUNT]

A blind guy would love to see it.

If it don't go; chrome it!... or maybe shoot it with Mystichrome.

[DUMBGRUNT]

[Yo-Yo]

It’d be cheaper to spray your car with inkjet printer ink.

[Red Badger]

There's a BMW i8 Supercar around here that has the wildest blue metallic paintjob I've ever seen!................

[Skywise]

I just want a car paint that changes color when wet like my old hot wheels!

[drSteve78]

First world problems.

[Red Badger]

just want a car paint that changes color when wet like my old hot wheels!

I had a car that did that once.......................just once.......................

[Yo-Yo]

I had a car that did that once.......................just once....................

Me, too. Went from Pearl White to Rust Orange...

[central_va]

I have the “candy red” ( $400 option ) paint job on my ‘13 ‘stang but this is better.

[Joe 6-pack]

I saw somewhere where a guy painted his car with black chalkboard paint and let his kids dress it up any way they wanted. Different color(s) every day! (At least until at rained.)

[mn-bush-man]

“Hey look... my idol cost more than your idol!”

[z3n]

once!

[Bikkuri]

Remember "mood" rings? Imagine a car like that, lol 😉

[Mathews]

I saw a Challenger the other day painted copper. Not the deep brown/gold copper, but shiny, new penny copper. It looked awesome and the first thing I thought to myself was, “that was a bitch to shoot.” I remember the candy paints. Red and orange were my favorites, but they were pretty susceptible to orange peel. Guy really had to know what he was doing to spray that stuff. Nitraulic Black too. Sprayed a ‘69 GT 500 Cobra Jet with that stuff. You could see a reflection from 12’ away.

[JBW1949]

My son spray painted his old pickup with black paint...He used my tobacco sprayer to paint it with...It had a strange texture when it dried...

Someone asked him what the strange looking coat of paint was and he told them with a smug look...”It’s a custom job...”

LOL

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”It’d be cheaper to spray your car with inkjet printer ink.”

Difficult to determine since joe the jamoke came around.

A dated reference:
A recent article in Consumer Reports highlights how expensive printer ink is and how much ink is never used or wasted. Ink costs $13 to $75 per once. That would be $9,600 a gallon. For the same price, you could get 2,652 gallons of gasoline or 2,791 gallons of milk.Jul 21, 2013

https://justtech.com/printer-ink-the-most-expensive-liquid-you-buy/#:~:text=A%20recent%20article%20in%20Consumer,or%202%2C791%20gallons%20of%20milk.

[Bob434]

LOL that way you could tell, what kind of person steps put of,their vehicles, and whether you wish to engage them or not 😆

[Rio]

[Bob434]

That’s about only 200 gallons of gas today

[Joe 6-pack]

Some years back, a lot of people in the Jeep off road community started coating their entire vehicles in epoxy bed liner, which can be tinted pretty much any way you want it. It's a little pricy, and if you're not concerned about being able to drive around with a high gloss waxed look, it's a pretty durable way to go...