[tom406]

If it were anything other than a MOTION car, I'd say life's too short to reshoot ugly colors....hmm...that's a tough one.

The guys are correct about quality paint. I've seen outstanding, attractive examples of Burnished Brown, Fathom Green, and Granada Gold. But if you don't nail the quality, they're as ugly as they sound. One note here-take the time to shoot a test panel first. Have your painter "tweak" the color a little if it doesn't look right. On rarely seen colors, you have some latitude to play with the color a little, because people don't remember the color well enough to call you on it. I have a friend that uses modern formulas with more visual snap when he restores silver cars. Silver cars are so few and far between, nobody notices the difference, other than the car stands out more than the original, duller formula would have.

I also have a customer who paints almost all his cars Tuxedo Black (including an original Cranberry Red LS-5 w/AC '70 Chevelle), because they're his cars, dammit, and he wants them that way. If the test panels just don't work out, pick another '73 era color and shoot it right. (I'd lean towards red with a white Motion stripe...)

I'll go out on a limb and say that a color change will cost you $5-10K resale on a top flight, documented Motion car. But if you can't stand the look of it when its done, what's the point, unless you're planning to turn it right away. Good luck.