History of the external color

The car was re-painted in the current silver-grey tone during the last restoration in 1984 (maybe a more recent refresh occurred before the 2005 auction). Number “12” on the picture marks the layer position in lacquer stratification history of the car.

According to the original pictures and to the previous owner records, we supposed the car to be of a different original colour scheme. We knew that a dark tone car was presented at the 1954 Ford Motor Show and the owner from 1968 to 2005 remembers that the car was of a light-tone, probably an ivory white.

We started making several surveys on the car fenders and trunk lid, hood, and doors. The picture shows many layers, over the bare metal, from no.1 (lead-oxide minium red) to late light metallic grey no.12

The paintwork was hand sanded until each single colour layer appeared.

All the colour patches are here represented.

The body side shows all the colour scheme during the car life.
The three larger patches on the rear fenders show the main colours before the silver paint

The same lacquer stratification appears on all the body components (doors, front and rear bonnet, front and rear fenders). This means that the body is completely original in all its components

BODY – Bare metal

RUST PREVENTION – Lead oxide red

PRIMER FOR THE GREEN PAINT

DARK METALLIC GREEN – original color
THIS CAR WAS FINISHED IN THIS COLOR FOR ITS FIRST UNVEILING AT THE FORD MOTOR SHOW IN 1954 AND FOR THE “CAMPIONE D’ITALIA” CONCOURS, IN THE SAME YEAR

RED COLOUR
THE CAR WAS REPAINTED IN RED

BROWN COLOUR
THE CAR WAS PAINTED IN BROWN

PRIMER FOR THE WHITE-PEARLY PAINT

WHITE-PEARLY COLOUR
THE CAR WAS PAINTED FOR THE 1st TIME IN WHITE

WHITE-PEARLY COLOUR
THE CAR WAS PAINTED IN WHITE AGAIN.
THE 1968 OWNER REMEMBERS THE CAR BEING WHITE

1st PRIMER FOR LIGHT METALLIC GREY PAINT

2nd PRIMER FOR LIGHT METALLIC GREY PAINT

LIGHT METALLIC GREY COLOUR
THE CAR WAS REPAINTED IN GREY IN 1975 BY THE OWNER AT THAT TIME, HE DIDN’T LIKE IT IN WHITE