ppG GALLery
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ppg dream Car Awards are given annually to
the two vehicles judged to best demonstrate
outstanding color, design, gloss and execution in a
paint job at the goodguys ppg nationals, held in
Columbus, ohio. this year's winners were a 1962
plymouth panel truck owned by barry and Vicky
Cawley of Hardy, Va., and a 1957 ford thunderbird
owned by ken and darlene Wallace of parish, fla.
the Cawleys' panel truck, an original factory
conversion of a 1962 plymouth Valiant, caught the
judges' eyes with its lustrous red flake finish—
achieved with ppg's liquid Crystal
Candy Apple red from the
Vibrance Collection
®
with
deltron
®
dbC basecoat,
followed by dCu2002
Concept
®
High solids
polyurethane
Clearcoat. specialist
tim degraff painted
the truck, and ppg
distributor blue ridge Color Company of
roanoke, Va., supplied the paint.
the Wallaces' car features a custom-blended,
gleaming blue finish with flames dancing on the
hood and sides. the paint scheme was executed
by Wes Adkins of Wild Wes paintworks, dover,
ohio. Adkins used ppg's
deltron dbC500
basecoat and dCu2002 clearcoat along with
Midnight sapphire topcoat and o-so-orange,
yella, and Candy Apple red liquid Crystal toners
and tints from ppg's Vibrance Collection.
goodguys dreAM CArs
