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Old Dec 25, 2013 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Priya
Pretty sweet Dabo. How much did the paint cost just for material?
In 1999 when it was done...

Chromalusion absolute purpleen....$360.00 per pint X 3 pints.
Chromapremier base....?? X 3 pints.
Chromapremier Clear Coat...$250.00 per gallon.

I am sure that some prices have changed.
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Old Dec 25, 2013 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by DaBo
In 1999 when it was done...

Chromalusion absolute purpleen....$360.00 per pint X 3 pints.
Chromapremier base....?? X 3 pints.
Chromapremier Clear Coat...$250.00 per gallon.

I am sure that some prices have changed.
I was looking at house of colours purple/cyan and they told me $1000 per pint.
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Old Dec 26, 2013 | 07:04 AM
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DLN1223, you are a great husband!! I love purple! I also love the license plate I love my American Car!!!
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Under construction. It was purple blue burgundy when light reflected before
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Old Oct 9, 2015 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by erieaddict
Glad to see other purple vettes. The wife nicknamed our 73, "Purple Haze"


Purple Haze is Sweet
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Old Oct 10, 2015 | 03:42 PM
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Reminds me of this:


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Old May 18, 2017 | 06:41 PM
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73 purple/blue. In the sun it looks purple; in the shade/low light it looks more blue.




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Old May 18, 2017 | 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Pro-Hunt
73 purple/blue. In the sun it looks purple; in the shade/low light it looks more blue.




Pretty sure this is my new favorite 73!...Yep it is! Damn nice, just the way I like my C3's...Full Tilt Boogie That is one fine machine you have there!


Here's my 73 in purple mode....with Chrystal Cobalt Blue Pearl. I get three colors. Black, Blue and it's true color Purple. Gotta love Pearl


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Old May 19, 2017 | 12:15 AM
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d555; I would like to see more pics of your car. It looks really good!!!

Thank you for the compliment on my new car.
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Old May 19, 2017 | 08:04 AM
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When we bought the front clip for our 71.... it was a deep purple. (Looks like it was originally red underneath.)
Now it`s on the car, and the car is back to Steel Cities Gray.



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Well ok, if we are gonna show off our Purple C3's then I might as well chime in;

My 74 is Purple, but on all pictures it looks blue.

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I love Purple Too
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Old May 19, 2017 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Priya
Pretty sweet Dabo. How much did the paint cost just for material?
Someone told me around here they Quoted $3,000. per gallon just for the paint . The basic red for my 72 corvette was $900. per gallon but I got it a lot cheaper at the swap meet .
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Old May 20, 2017 | 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Pro-Hunt
d555; I would like to see more pics of your car. It looks really good!!!
Thank you for the compliment on my new car.
Here's a few pics...Most think it's Black! Looks Blue up close..then the sun comes out turns purple from the rear and blue from the front.
Pump gas Big Block.


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Old May 20, 2017 | 07:49 AM
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d555; that is bad ***!!

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Old May 20, 2017 | 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 74Ken
Well ok, if we are gonna show off our Purple C3's then I might as well chime in;

My 74 is Purple, but on all pictures it looks blue.

... and it even looks purplier in person, looking good Ken.

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Old May 20, 2017 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Priya
Yes, its me with the purple AMC:




The restoration can be seen here:

http://forums.amceaglesden.com/index.php?topic=15595.0
That looks amazing! Love that color scheme!

Originally Posted by Priya
Thanks Jesse. It is 4 wheel drive. I figure 4X4=16 and its not a 16 wheel drive so I put 2X2(=4) because its a 4 wheel drive. Mine is full time 4 wheel drive.
You must be using common core math. The way I have known it to be since I was a kid was: First # = # of wheels on vehicle, and the second # denotes how many wheels are propelling the vehicle. 4X4 sound perfect. 4X2 has always sounded and looked stupid to me. I have always called them 2X4's even though I know it's not correct and sounds like a piece of wood. Then there are "4X4" which is technically a 6X6, but decals from the manufacturers still indicated that the vehicle was 4X4.
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