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I am starting a period style motor for my Imp .What is the correct color for the parts  ? Did they all come in purple ? Any formulas for the correct purple ?  Was thinking of doing the stacks on the Idas as well ,since the are hedious now?

Hmmmmmm An Imp you say - Now that sounds VERY interesting  ;) :) As for DDS Purple you might have seen I had some dds bits on my manx and I had a friend paint them for me (he's a model maker) basiclly we used a "2pack clear coat" and kept adding purple dye till we thought it was dark enough - as it is a clear coat type finish it give it that "Anodized look" and you can just keep spraying coats till its dark enough - let me know if you want any more info dude  ;D

P.S lets have some pic's of the Imp  :)

The closest colour out of a tin is called plastikote, its metallic and is almost spot on:

link here:  http://www.plasti-kote.co.uk/Product/pcode---4157/pccode---3620

not much help, but I had some custom matched from an original paint deano linkage. I will try to find a pic of it and post it on here - I sold it a while ago - so you can see the colour it came out.

Si.

   If you are interested I have the original paint formula for the Deano Purple which is from the original spray can that Dean Lowry had given me when he saw that I was collecting some of his high performance parts and restoring them. I have since had paint formulated in spray can .  You can see the colours of various items I have restored as you are looking to do. If you go on my website you can see in my showcase of Dean Lowry items.


   Thanks
   Frenchy

   Frenchysrides.com

Here is one of my Original paint DDS breather boxes.
Youi can see what the color is suppoosed to look like.

Thanks for all your help guys. 8)  Frenchy you have a PM.

How about some more pics. Here is a pic of the Imp waiting to be started on.

My favorite buggy !
Good luck for your project.
I post some pics to motivate.
And please don't hesitate to share with us your step by step project.
Cheers,

that green one is supadupacool  :o :o

I have a question about the rearwheels of that blue Imp on the 1' pic.
Are they original that wide or are they custom made?
And what seize are they?
Thanks.

normally  they're original maybe 8" or 10"   ;)

i love imps

(http://www.michaelliddle.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/EMPI%20NY/Full%20size/Empi-imp-Greenwich.jpg)

(http://www.michaelliddle.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/EMPI%20NY/Full%20size/imp-at-NY-auto-show.jpg)

They are Original 8's - I used to have a pair  :)

THX boys  :)

Cool dude but lets see some more pic's  ;) :)