I Hate Making Decisions

It seems like every video I've recently posted on YouTube contains some mention of my struggles to settle on the right paint scheme for the LeMans. It's been a monthly, if not more frequent, activity scanning the web for different colors. Currently, at the top of my list is Sunfire Red, offered by GM in 1964 on Pontiacs.



It was code WA3240, which also appeared on Buicks as Coral Mist.

Last spring I went to the Charlotte Autofair with my buddy, Bill. My shopping list included paint, so, with the above two images residing on my phone, I wandered the rows of vendors at looking for an affordable source for this color auto paint. Early in the afternoon I came upon a table stacked high with mixed cans of auto paint. Each can had a color name, but nothing else to indicate what shade lay within. The booth's salesman wandered over, and I showed him the GTO photo on my phone and asked if he knew if there was a match on his table. After a bit of searching, he unburied a quart can of Wild Pomegranate Red Metallic. He then produced a paint chart that convinced me to spend the $35 for the paint plus catalyst. Discount Autobody Supply carries Kirker paints, as does a number of other online sources.

The more I stare at it, the more I like it better than Sunfire Red. It's got some orange and gold to it.



These are the other colors under consideration.

Iris Mist

Go-Mango

Spicy Orange


Next I need to lay out the interior decisions that have to be made. Arghh!