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A particular white for a 250 GT Pininfarina cabriolet

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  1. PG1964

    PG1964 Formula Junior

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    Does anyone have a paint chip of the Glidden Salchi used in 1962 by Pininfarina called Bianco Salchi 254416 or Bianco Salchi 173 PF?
    Thanks a lot to everyone will be able to give me any suggestion.
     
  2. kare

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    I think the correct code is 25441 with suffix S.
     
  3. Marcel Massini

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    Assume you talk about chassis #3803 GT which was Bianco Pertito 254416 PF 173 Salchi?

    Marcel Massini
     
  4. PG1964

    PG1964 Formula Junior

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    It's possible, i'm not sure.
     
  5. PG1964

    PG1964 Formula Junior

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    Yes, that's the car.
     
  6. Marcel Massini

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    3803 GT is the only one originally painted that color.

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  7. kare

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    Besides that, I think "pertito" should be perlato. Old Italian hand-writing can be a little tricky to read at times and mistakes are particularly common with colors that are not repeated over and over again. A customer wanting a special effect would also perfectly explain why they fetched a can of paint they never seem to have used on another production car and also documented it in their own selection of special colors (PF173). I also think the suffix S stands for physically curing paint, majority of old paints cured chemically (i.e. by drying). Will check my hand-written copies of original documents as soon as I find them.
     
  8. Marcel Massini

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  9. kare

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    This is not an original document. It is a copy including many silly mistakes.
     
  10. Marcel Massini

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    #10 Marcel Massini, Oct 29, 2020
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    Nice provocation indeed. Love it.
    So you are saying this is not coming from Carrozzeria Pininfarina in Torino, not "original" (in what sense?) and "includes many silly mistakes"?
    Why then does Ferrari in Maranello use exactly this ledger, please?
    And why did Fredi Valentini at Carrozzeria Pininfarina hand out this document personally?

    Marcel Massini
     
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  11. kare

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    Don't put words into my mouth. The quality of the data is terrible as you most certainly can see for yourself. Just wanted to help original poster and am not going to get into a silly pissing contest here.
     
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  12. Marcel Massini

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    You may want to re-read your own posts..........

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  13. PG1964

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    Thank you Marcel, but i'm reading PARTITA in Italian. Which means nothing by the way....
    The problem is still: how this chip looks like?
     
  14. Marcel Massini

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    I agree with partita (not pertita). My typo in post #3, sorry for fat fingers.

    Marcel Massini
     
  15. PG1964

    PG1964 Formula Junior

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    No problem, i think the suggestion kare made might be interesting. In any case this is a special color.
     

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