If only that damn paint sprayed nicely out of the can, while the colour might not be the exact match it's pretty damn close to what you would of expected a clean unfadded paint finish to look like 50 years ago out of the factory, I personally feel this colour is a bit more modern to the duller colour they used back then as it has a kind of metallic shine that's not metallic but pops especially with the delicious reds and Chevy orange. I got about 6-7 half full cans jammed up from the box of replacements they gave me and another 5-6 can still unused. If they would only make a new batch I'm sure they would sell again through the Scott Bonnar community through word of mouth as the finish and colour is fantastic when it flows smoothly out of the can. Last time I was at the factory the manager/owner said they were just about to release a new colour to their hammer paint line black that he swared was something to see to believe so there not looking at stopping the hammer paint line. I told him that if the green hammer paint wasent so dodgy I could probably get the word out Australia wide and that there's a big market at the moment for this paint in the lawn mower restoration world, hence why I stayed quiet during my restoration on the paint job untill BB asked. I definately would of bought more of this paint to spruce up all my vintage cast power tool equipment which was mainly painted that hammer green in those days, I won't now as I may need 5 cans to do one saw. Just looking at that paint job you have done BB makes me think what a shame such a nice paint, as BB said the colour isent doing justice in the pic, here's a sample of mine which is what it really looks like, as for durability so far it seems fairly hard and hasent chipped or cracked, the guy from ultra colour recommended not priming under this paint as it dident need it, to be honest I did prime under mine and thinking about it now maybe I shouldn't as the top coat is only as strong as your primer, and the origional paint from the factory lasted 50 years with out a primer either, did you prime under your top coat BB?
Here a couple of photos of what the paint looks like on the finished product to give you all an idea with out having to look up my old threads.
