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[Mack]

Anyone know what shade of red Cotton was painting the 500s and Daytonas with? Thanks
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[john843]

Mack, for what it's worth, I used Krylon "Red Pepper" red to do the '69 500.
There's probably someone on here with some knowledge of what the color actually was and will chime but I picked the Red Pepper after looking at LOTS of pics of the '69-'70 cars. Like a lot of the colors of the various liveries, this one can appear significantly different depending on light, film, angle, etc.
I was at the '70 Southern 500 and saw that car up close after the race and also saw the re-creation in the Weatherly museum quite a few times and am pretty confident the Krylon is close.
That's the race that I got a Champion spark plug decal and the "40" off the rear panel of Pete Hamilton's Superbird after the race...wonder if that's enough to rebuild the "real #40 Superbird" once and for all:)

John

[Mack]

Thanks for the help.
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[odcics2]

[Mack]

[Tom M.]

The color was '68 Dodge Bright Red/'69 Dodge Charger Red. Very close to Ford Poppy Red, maybe not quite as orange. 2nd from the left in order of "more orange" to "more red":

[Mack]

Thanks Tom.
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[odcics2]

Do a search on the showcar #6 Daytona.

Seeing the 6 and 71 together, the 6 looked blood red...

Of course, that was 50 years ago, lol!

[Mack]

Thanks!!!
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