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well were getting ready to paint the car. the color its supposed to be is oxford maroon metallic.

i found that dupont paint color on the 1948.com site. i went to the dupont auto paint store and they said they cant get it or make it. they are going to call dupont corprate and see whats up.

does anyone have a paint code or color recipe thats current or really close to the oxford maroon metallic? (since dupont isnt looking good) any brand doesnt have to be dupont. thanks -lee

I painted my '48 Lake Como blue. The problem the painter had was too large metallic flakes. He had to mix it 4 times to satisfy me. '48 metallic paint has very fine metallic. Oxford Maroon is just like my blue paint. My '48 DuPont color manual has the formula for your maroon: 31oz medium maroon, 1/16oz of black, 1oz of metallic base. That equals 31 1/16 oz. Was your car originally maroon? If so, you should have an example of the original paint somewhere. Perhaps on the door posts, firewall or the vent in front of the windshield. Take these samples to a old time paint supplier and you should have success. I know a friend who bought a '41 parts car and car and cut a large piece out of the firewall so he could have a great sample of Ruby Maroon..

I am currently painting my 1948 convertible Oxford Maroon Metallic. I am using the PPG base coat/clear coat "Omni" line of paints, and I'm very happy with the look of the paint and the fine metallic in it. They have a mixing formula for the '48 color in their computer. Hope this helps.