1967 250 SL - Advices on two tone paint job

[zak]

Hello gentlemen, I have not posted in a while and worse, I have not driven my Pagode in a year.
But I am planning remedy that in the spring and do some sprucing up.
New muffler system, deal some surface rust and clean and repaint the underside.

But the big thing I want to do is make the car two toned. I have seen images of 2 toned 113's and they look great. My car is a French delivery late model 250 SL that was originally Papyrus White with navy Blue MB Tex. But by the time I bought it in NJ USA in 1994 it was repainted Horizon Blue all over. The interior and dash were done nicely. For some reason even the door panels were recovered. I can't could never find any accident or fire damage to warrant a complete color change, so it is still a mystery.
So since the car has already been changed from original I don't see the sin in  repainting the hard top and hub caps navy blue- the French Racing Colors, I think for a French delivered car. It has a navy blue soft top and I always enjoyed the contrast of the light blue and dark blue color scheme.
Pls let me know your thoughts.
thank you,
jz
   

[wjsvb]

Sounds to me like an excellent color that will really "pop"!  Good luck with your "spruce-up" and get it out and drive it!  Jon

[Bonnyboy]

That sounds like a great colour combination.

You could try one of those home renovation / painting places with the computer modeling program to find exactly the right colour Blue if you are not 100% decided at this time.

 

[Garry]

The two tone blues look great. Mine is light blue 334G and 350H dark blue.
Hub caps have since been corrected to the dark colour.

[zak]

Excellent. Thanks for the comments. I plan to proceed with the spruce up during March.
I will even replace my 15 years old Pirellis with new 205/70/14 Michlins.
Good stuff.

jz