Originally Posted by
67Carlton
Murray Missile , I'm very happy to find this thread as I've recently picked up a Carlton for my household. Really enjoyed your thinking here and wondered how you're getting on, particularly with the repaint. Mine has what I think is original paint in the team BMB subtle metallic blue, yellow and white, but it's in pretty rough shape and I'm pondering a process to you. Did you end up stripping/blasting and going with the metallic copper? How did it go? Were you able to get a color match?
Life's been a bit crazy lately so nothing has been done on Carlton, more unexpected medical issues, nothing life threatening or debilitating but damn scary just the same. Had an episode of "Transient Global Amnesia" earlier this month. Scary, scary stuff! Fortunately they said it's normally a one time occurrence but they have no idea what causes it. But now when I tell my wife I forgot I have the documents to prove it LOL. On a brighter note I did find a head badge yesterday, it's on it's way from the UK. Not perfect but acceptable, it's just beat up enough to pass for original. The frame will get stripped and media blasted. I thought I had a match for the copper but when I did a test spray it was totally different, the hunt for correct paint continues.
