im about ready to paint my firewall and underbody of my 69', the question i have is what color ? are they both the same color and if so how can i get it,
how do i get the correct shade? the area of the dash is black also but it looks like a flatter color. the car is daytona yellow, yellow houndstooth and black vinyl top w/black stripes. its a frame off resto.

The firewall should be 30% black. The dash is a soft semi wrinkle type paint that is available through Ricks First generation.

Wacky

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1969 (http://www.hobbystage.net/camaro/wacky) Fully Papered and Documented Coupe.

hey wacky.. is that 30% gloss or flat? nice 69 that you have ,alot of work huh! im kinda doing the same thing to mine.

Use Rustoleum 7777 you'll be very pleased.
Corvette restorers have been using it for years.

PPG offers a recipe page to mix their paints to different gloss levels. I have used this to mix acrylic enamel to match the gloss levels as stated in Jerry McNiesh's 69 Z/28 Camaro book. I also mixed some white in with the firewall and bottom paint to lighten it up a little.

SS Clone w/ZZ502 & 700R4 in progress http://my.core.com/~ss502

69 406, That's 30% gloss on the firewall. Thanks for the kudo on my car..

Wacky

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1969 (http://www.hobbystage.net/camaro/wacky) Fully Papered and Documented Coupe.

SS502 and I are exhanging similar info on the Topic: engine compartment paint, in this same forum if you want to take a look. I'm doing the same car I drove as a kid, a 68 SS/RS Camaro convertible BB with 4speed and I want to get the paint factory correct.

Your info is a great help. The white mix in the paint is one I will try out. I always thought the firewall got a different higher gloss (say 50%) than the rest of the body bottom.

Also I have 1983 NOS GM inner front fenderwells and 1983 NOS GM front clip, firewall top panels and rear quarters. The fenderwells look like 60%-70% gloss while the black primed body panels have a really pronounced sheen like 50% other than the grey primed ones which are dull primer. I scraped off the undercoat on the rear wheelhouses and the black there looks like the new panels. Any clue on why this is? Is the new stuff a later ecoat process?

Also I just looked at the dash top and it is a very different black low lustre finish, is this the "semi wrinkle" you mentioned wacky174?

This is very different than the dash face itself which seems to be 50%-60%?? gloss. Is this a special lacquer like on the console?

Thanks

Sorry for confusion but when I say a 1983 clip etc I mean I bought all the parts for the 1968 car from GM is 1983 so they are old stock.