EMS Silver Paint codes?

[Rallyho]

Anyone know any codes that will get me a color mix that is close to the original EMS Silver of the 70's?

Google says the original code was SK1DP, but that's an old # and hard to mix to evidently.

Anyone know?

[Luke]

I looked it up on http://www.martinsenour-autopaint.com/formula/
which is the paint you get from NAPA. They say SK01B for 1974 ems silver.

[Jordan]

I think it is Sterling Silver Metallic SK01... but I'm not sure what you can do with that code. I know you used to be able to order paints directly from PPG at ppgpaints.com but that site is no longer public. I've heard people mention paintscratch.com before also.

Edit: I just that code using Luke's site and came up with the same thing.

[Rallyho]

ahhh, ok, here is some more info...with itty-bitty paint chips.

http://www.saabhistory.com/colors.html#

looks like the code for silver changed to SK03 in '76.

I'm trying to find a single stage silver, not heavy on the metal flake, not dark or grey. As I remember and from what I can see of EMS pics, this is pretty much what they used.

[Jordan]

looks like you can add 'B' to just about any of the saab color codes for example Sunset orange (Y11) is Y11B if you put in Y11 you get a 2008 Mitsubishi. I thought the later color 77+ SK03 was a lighter silver color than the original EMS silver. I'm not 100% sure though.

[Rust_Never_Sleeps]

more....


http://saabpics.com:3000/gallery2/v/Dou ... /album154/

[Jordan]

I think my previous statement was reversed...older, lighter, newer, darker.

According to these pics that *used* to be on the saabvideos.com site.

This is SK01 (which looks like the original color of Luke's new '74 shell)

This is SK03


Again I don't know how accurate these are and the lighting is obviously different so YMMV.

[Rallyho]

Very cool...ok, so if the pics are correct, it's the newer/darker that I'm looking at.

Thanks Jordan.

Oh, the paint scheme is silver with an orange swoosh...orange is a Triumph bike color called Lucifer Orange...sounds evil enough...:)

[fiasco]

So, does the car have paint? TTIWOP of shell, man!!!!

--The Accidental Codriver