Assembly# 25804 what color..?

I have an idea for you having just been in this space. Take out the ash tray or look up under the dash and see some steel body parts and check the color. Mine are red but I'm not sure that is red primer or the red from the color of my car.

 

Great idea except he does not own the car yet.

 

What bob is seeing is overspray since his car is red , anyone near their car right now can check this , pull back the carpet in the passenger footwell and you can see the chassis sealer color is grey , and misted over that you should be able to see your cars color. I have not seen red oxide primer factory applied to cars since possibly the 1970's


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I'm with you and Dave. I have a yellow 97 and it looks white/light gray and no red anywhere I can find. I can't imagine anyone painting yellow over a red primer but...

 

Good point.

 

Dave , you mentioned once you worked in a body shop , did you ever sand thru factory original paint to expose factory applied red primer ? i never have , not even on 80's cars.
The point of giallo yellow is to be bright, ted primer would tint the yellow to appear darker , thats why they use a light sealer , so the final apperance is brighter , many times manufacturers will use a dark sealer under dark colors , light sealer under light , even on red the light sealer makes the red brighter , seems like ferrari used light , even under black

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John, man, that was a long time ago. I really can't recall. I do remember we used red and grey primer. The gray was a primer filler. At that time, we always used a sealer (gray) before paint. I can't remember the brand but it was great stuff.

I'm 100% with you on this.....that clip looks like Rosso Corsa paint (shinny) not rust color red primer.

 

Yes many years ago , cheap body shops used red oxide primer on rust bucket american cars to fill pits from rust and combat future rust, i've never seen it used otherwise , and never factory
Thats why thst chip looks so deep , they appiled many coats of yellow to cover over red , prolly done by a pretty low tech shop , or a cheap job.

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My point is that if you want to know the original color of the car do what I said.

 

I do know for sure that the primer on my 308 is red.

 

Hey John, so here is my 1st car and 1st car I painted, done over red primer coz I knew know better
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I think the op has confirmed the original color , that is why we are questioning the red , it probably indicates used replacement parts , but yes under the carpet or ahtray is a good way to determine original color if you have doubts


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And that looks like many years ago , red oxide was the product used , but tefinish products are light years ahead now, and possibly in the 308 era they were done red , and ferrari was probably hand paintingthe cars then , but by the nineties that was a thing of the past, the 348/355 chassis looks like the chassis sealer coat may even be dipped and baked as the first step. Btw , that orange has become cool again, what was that a charger?

And a turbo z in the back , those were good days , i'd love to turn the clock back , i was 18, all we cared about was getting served at bars or getting stoned ! No responsibilities .i was in college , worked in a gas station , a doctor would come in with his testarossa , i dreamed of having a ferrari someday , it took me a while , but i got it . And over the summer i was at a show and dr van koch ( the dr from the gas station) wandered by , admiring my 348 , i told him i used to pump his gas and he remembered and we had a real nice conversation , told me he still has the first tr, along with a slew of other f cars. We had a good summer , 4 first place trophies at car shows !
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I want to lower my s6 , put some cool wheels , like fiske 's or somthing , and wrap it in matte orange , but i'm 46 years old and probably wont, Lol


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Plymouth Saporo. My dad's Dodge Daytona in back and his 64 or 66 Imperial in the garage.

 

Ahhh yes the saporo , kind of funny that chrysler falls under the fiat hat now ! Lol

How funny would that be if ferrari came out with the special edition " 458 saporo" to celebrate the fiat/ chrysler union . Lol
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Dave , this pic actually brings up s good point , red oxide primer is not actually red, its brown .


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Drock, can you post the VIN (or send it privately via PM)? If I have any information on it in my database, I'll let you know.