Seen this 1958 HD original paint bike and need to know what the color is. It is for sure factory original paint but it was a custom color from the factory. I have a couple of angles some in the shade and another I took on shady side. Not faded too bad. Heard it could be an earlier year color maybe.
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I am certainly not a paint expert, but I DID stay at Holiday Inn Express....
... and I have a copy of The Legend Begins, in which it is clear that the color configuration shown on the motorcycle above is a standard factory configuration.
While "Calypso Red" was a shade first introduced in 1958, "Pepper Red" was the factory offering from 1953-57.
I can't tell you if the color shown is Pepper or Calypso- or some other special red, unless I stay another night at the Inn.
Sorry, that's all I got.Comment
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Thanks Holiday, to me Pepper red seemed a bit too red but Calypso red was close when I looked at samples. Then take in the age it gets a little hard. More..........#7558 Take me on and you take on the whole trailer park!Comment
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Go back to 1952, and "Persian" was the shade of factory red.
I recently painted all the appropriate pieces of my 52FL with Persian Red. Remarkably, the DuPont code for that color still exists and is a valid code/color.
When viewed from different angles in different lighting, the tones and tints vary greatly. My painter said it's obviously a vintage paint by the way it "looks"; he called it 'muddy', even though it's a two-stage paint. I can post a few photos tomorrow if you'd like....Comment
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The color looks like faded Calypso Red, a standard 58 shade. It is not Pepper Red.
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