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This ‘Illegal’ Cobra Mustang Paint is Rare and Costs $26,000 Per Gallon
Motor Biscuit ^ | 12 July 2022 | Braden Carlson

Posted on 07/13/2022 7:30:26 AM PDT by 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...

(Excerpt) Read more at motorbiscuit.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: autocollision; automotive; bodyshops; cars; ford; mystichrome; paint
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To: tnlibertarian

On the wallet at times. I am not a paint and body guy plus I don’t have the capability where I am to anything besides use a spray can on small stuff.

Throw in welding and replacement sheet metal on a couple of occasions.


61 posted on 07/13/2022 9:08:44 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: MHGinTN

—”used a bursh to paint the whole car a deep purple. “

Used to be more than a few quick buck painters that used house paint on a hot summer day in direct sun.

Not too bad and you could spiff it up by rubbing it with de-scented kerosene. might last long enough to sell it?


62 posted on 07/13/2022 9:09:28 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Clay Moore

That’s funny right there!


63 posted on 07/13/2022 9:11:21 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Grandfather drove it, not sell it.


64 posted on 07/13/2022 9:14:05 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: painter

ROTFLMAO!


65 posted on 07/13/2022 9:16:51 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: MikelTackNailer

Audi A8s are all aluminum. People have stripped the paint, buffed to high gloss, then clear coated them. Here’s an article about one:

https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/audi-a8-spit-and-polish-14707

Terrible pic, I’ve seen better, but it’s what I could find.


66 posted on 07/13/2022 9:17:29 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: MikelTackNailer

Enjoyed your link. Hadn’t heard of this before.


67 posted on 07/13/2022 9:17:37 AM PDT by mairdie (Trump - Nessun Dorma, from Puccini's Turandot - Luciano Pavarotti - https://youtu.be/MigUKGKr-nQ)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Every Automotive Paint Guy I ever met were colorblind. Perfect for matching paint by shade not the color.


68 posted on 07/13/2022 9:19:28 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !)
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To: MikelTackNailer
I saw one of these cars with special paint a few years back in Japan.

First thing I thought was that it is a perfect getaway car. What colors could you report about a constantly changing ( color by angle) car? .. 😉
69 posted on 07/13/2022 9:32:52 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: painter

—” the green tint in the paint is the same ink used to make Money!”

A wayward friend was a graphic artist for a megacorp.
When bored they would run $5 bills through the copy machine then hand color some key parts and cash them in the change machine to verify their work.


70 posted on 07/13/2022 9:38:29 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: 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 😆"


Who knows, could be a marriage saver :D
71 posted on 07/13/2022 9:39:59 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

—”My ‘58 VW bus was kept rust free by a top to bottom coat of roofing patch thinned with gasoline. “

A friend’s father straight from the old country used to paint the underside of his VW with the used drain oil!!!

He claimed it was in the older german owners’ manuals!!!


72 posted on 07/13/2022 9:44:17 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: TexasGator

That reflected light color theory makes my brain hurt!

Easier to just call it a photoshop job!


73 posted on 07/13/2022 9:47:49 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: moovova

All 2K automotive paints are (or can be) toxic if you don’t use PPE. They are polyurethane, and some people have a bad reaction to the isocyanates they contain.


74 posted on 07/13/2022 9:50:32 AM PDT by brianl703
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To: Bikkuri

lol- coulda saved a lot of bad relationships


75 posted on 07/13/2022 9:54:47 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: MikelTackNailer

—”I always thought a car done entirely in chrome would be cool”

Local gearhead legend has it that Ford built a few stainless cars? And supposedly illegal on the road in many states.

I got the one from the same source as the cheap Corvette because they could not remove the odor from the decomposing owner???


76 posted on 07/13/2022 9:56:03 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Boogieman

A local landscaping truck has the back end covered in fake grass turf.

What is that funny green thing ahead of me???


77 posted on 07/13/2022 10:06:49 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Ugly ass paint.. guessing that’s the LGBTQ colors in the sun.


78 posted on 07/13/2022 10:08:40 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Bikkuri
Oh wow.

He's driving horny n' she's passengering cold as ice.

79 posted on 07/13/2022 10:13:44 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . . . I may not have proof, but they're true !)
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To: mabarker1

—”Every Automotive Paint Guy I ever met were colorblind. “

We had some very expensive equipment that was scratched!
OH MY!

I asked my friend the body shop guy, he recommended a local paint supplier... This very old guy takes my sample and asks a bunch of questions about the type of light bulbs...
We make a deal, he will mix a very small amount by eye if I do not accept it I have to pay for a quart mixed by the computer. I only need a few drops!
He recommended a brush and everything needed and if the shop was empty, hot to do the work.

For years I went to him for all my paint needs and gladly recommended him.

One day I returned, and they said he had been the owner for many years and passed away, that he was one of a kind, not many can do what he did.


80 posted on 07/13/2022 10:42:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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