Paint Code sticker.....need a little help here

Well, Dave, here is what I can tell you. First, this paint code sticker does not look ANYTHING like what I would expect on a 400i of your vintage. My car (#049773) and all the other series IIs I have seen have a paint code sticker that looks like the one in the picture below. So, this is interesting to say the least.

Further, this sticker lists TWO colors, and this is weirder still. Now, there WAS a color in the sixties called "Blu Tourbillon" so maybe that is what they were trying to write with the first color. That would be an "out of range" but orderable color for your car. The bottom listing is for "Blu Sera", and that is an "in range" color for your car, of course. I can't explain why both are listed, but I think that the answer will lie in finding someone who can translate the bottom of the sticker, as it appears to me that the sticker is saying that the paint is Blu Tourbillon and something else (per ritocchi e riverniciature - perhaps this means dash and carpets or it was once two tone paint) is Blu Sera.

FWIW, from the photos it does appear to be Blu Sera, but you can't tell much from photos on a computer screen.

Does this help?

Alex
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Ah, ok some more information. Apparently, literally translated, the bottom of the paint code sticker (per ritocchi e riverniciature), literally translated, means "for pictures and repaint". Based on this, my guess is the car was either:

A)WAS originally Blu Tourbillon but repainted blu sera, at which point this sticker was affixed to note the change

B)IS Blu Tourbillon, but it turns out that this paint is a match for the later Blu Sera (i.e. only the name changed) and this sticker indicates to use Blu Sera for touch ups, etc.

Hope this helps,

Alex

 

FWIW your pictures do make your paint look slightly lighter / brighter than Blu Sera, but I assumed this was the lighting or my monitor...

 

Dave,
My recommendation to you is to avoid buying paint without knowing it's source. If you are only going to use the paint for dabbbing and touching, it may br alright, but should not be used for spraying large areas for many reasons. If the colour of the paint that you purchased was too dark, then one of the reasons could be that all the metallics settled at the bottom of the can, therefore you need to shake and stir the paint very very well. Every little piece of metallic sitting at the bottom of the can makes a difference(assuming the paint you purchased is a metallic colour?) And with regards to those touch up sticks, colour matching is even a bigger issue. Your best bet is to go to a autobody shop that has a good painter with a good eye for colour. He should be able to mix you up a little bottle of touch up paint.

 

Hi,
Ritocchi means touch-ups
Riverniciature means re-sprays or re-paints
Verniciatura originale means original paint
IVI is likely the acronym for Industria Vernici Italiana or Italiane
Hope this helps.
Regards,

 

-what the hell is "blu toubillou"?

That's a condition one experiences in Las Vegas after drinking too much alcohol and losing too much $ gambling!

 

That has many names...

 

True but his really sounded the best!

 

have you tried Glasurit on-line color? they list 3 blue sera's one is the std color code 504 line the other code 508, the code 504 has a line 90 listed as a lighter shade. they also list the blue tuorbillon met code 511 for dates '91~'93 and a non code one for dates '81~'85.

 

Hi everyone,
I also need a little help.
I was just at the Concorso Ferrari in Pasadena California yesterday with my 82 400i and the judges said that I was missing my color sticker.
Where should this be located and is Ebay the best place to find a replacement?
Thanks for your help