Closest match to Grabber Orange

You can get the original "Grabber Orange" paint from PPG @

Yet another $.02 worth from a proud owner of a "Calypso Coral " 1970 Mach 1

My .02. I like Calypso Coral over Grabber Orange. Don't do metallic. It just doesn't look right on a classic for some reason. Again, just MO. I was going to put Audi's Nogaro Blue on my '69 which is a pearl and metallic. It's gorgeous, but after a few test panels with it, I decided to go with the same shade of blue but without the pearl and flake. It looks much "cleaner". Check my website, can you imagine pearl over that beautiful color?? Don't do it to yours.

Huh? There were a number of metalics back then...

For 1970 Mustangs: Dark Ivy Metalic, Med. Lime Metalic, Bright gold metalic, Med. Blue metalic, MEd. Gold Metalic, Sliver blue metalic.

And they all looked like crap, IMO. It was hard to get the metallic to look right for very long in the single stage paint they used back then. Ever seen a Med Lime Metallic car after it's sat in the sun for a month? Yech!! You had to wax that stuff every week!! I know, my '69 used to BE Med Lime Metallic.

The durability and care requirements aside, the colors are not incorrect for those cars as the colors were factory choices. If one is repainting a car the durability and care requirements of the no longer available paint formulations is moot.

One of my favorite colors btw, is Dark Green Metalic, and if I should buy a new mustang, I would want it in that color if Ford could only see to offer it instead of that modern version of lime-gold.