Med. Gold Paint Match PSA

[1970GMC350]

Putting this out there as a public service announcement. My medium gold (#526) 70 GMC still has its original paint. The tailgate was pretty rough and there were a few areas of surface rust that I wanted to fix and paint. I was having a nightmare of a time trying to find a correct paint match for 52 year old paint. I don't have a place that makes custom match spray paint anywhere near me so I had to resort to taking my ash tray to different stores to compare it with different spray cans but couldn't find a match. Even the actual paint from automotivetouchup.com didn't match (not knocking them, they make a quality product. Just tough to match 52 year old paint). I was at O'Reilly's yesterday getting a plastic float for my sending unit and bought a can of gold Dupli-Color engine enamel paint (DE 1604 Universal Gold) to give it a shot and it's almost an exact match. Hopefully this helps!

Side Note - I want to thank everyone in this thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=666161

I bought a Omix-ADA Fuel Level Float (#17729.01) to replace my brass float and it worked like a charm! It's designed for 55-86 CJ's but it was a direct fit.

I don't work for any of these companies, just wanting to pass along some good info.