For a repaint, whether body or cladding, I would think the usual procedure would be not to get the paint from Alfa but to rely on the color mixing system of the painter. There are a few companies such as the well-regarded Akzo Nobel or PPG that painters subscribe to. The companies deliver primary colors that are mixed to replicate an exact color as specified by the factory's color code as well as the year (colors with the same code often change a bit from year to year).
The lower body cladding color on the S is different from the B/L. The color would be called something like Grigio Scuro Metallico. I think there is a reference to it in the 164 Digest Archives, along with its Alfa color code. A few years ago I did a search for this color in the Akzo Nobel database. It was not listed in the US database that was available online but I found it in the database on its Swedish site (the company is based in Sweden). You should be able to bring that recipe to any painter that uses the Akzo Nobel system and he will be able to give you a perfect match, as determined by Akzo Nobel's analyses of the paint used in 1991. Sonny 1990 164 S Baltimore -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
