Rootes Paint

Jay Laifman (Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com)
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 08:23:00 -0700

I recently learned of a place called Tower Paints, in Wisconsin. They have all the Rootes paints and will sell you a spray can of whatever color you want simply by calling them (800) 779-6520, and giving them the Rootes paint code. I just did this for Color 106 - Commodore Blue. I received the can in about a week, and sprayed a card. It kind of felt like Indiana Jones discovering some long lost manuscript - just too easy.

I am going to bring up the card I painted to Tiger's United to compare it to "Hobbes". Hobbes was originally Commodore Blue from the factory, and they used an uncovered spot on the car to match it. So I will let you know next week how close the colors are (assuming Joe's painter matched it well). If the match is good, I will probably just have my local guy use the spray can to match it with his paints.

My dad just did the same for your color 86, and painted his car. I forget if he used the Tower version, or a slightly darker one that a local shop had. He will be at TU too. So, you can see the color there, if you will be in the neighborhood.

The whole thing cost about $12.

Jay