I purchased this vehicle (65) from a fellow lister a few months back. A great experience as I purchased it off of the Classifieds page, It was originally Carmen Red and I was initially compelled to respray the same color and simply have it as a driver. However, I have always felt drawn to this color and upon seeing it for the first time I am now up to my neck in a very Big Project.
Very happy with how the paint came out and simply wanted to share as it is achingly beautiful. I have still not seen it in broad daylight (came home on a foggy day) and I know the dark garage does not do it justice.
Anyway, thanks to the former owner (you know who you are). I’ll do you proud.
Yes. Stripped to bare metal and there was a fair amount of rust and a couple former repairs that we addressed. The floor around the left radius arm required repair as well. But for the most part I was very lucky
Even as a Carmen Red owner I too think your color looks better on an E. I have always been partial to the darker colors since they help camouflage the vertical bonnet and door shut lines that kinda disrupt the wonderful front to rear flow of the curves. One of my personal quirky rules for my cars though is that color changes are not allowed so I will have to “suffer” with red for the rest of my life.
Hi, I had my 65 OTS resprayed in the same Opalescent Dark Blue, it is one of my favorite colors!Here is my car on display at the 50th celebration of the E type in New York.
