Parnelli 1963, Simple Question

[bluesmanmark]

Was his car plain white or pearl white?

[illeagle10]

Hi Mark,

The pictures that I have are of a replica, when it was a Pocono a couple of years ago. The car's color white, was pearl white. However, this is a replica car. I cannot attest to the actual race day color of the car. There are a couple of guys here on the forum that are better qualified to answer your question than I. As I am not a connoisseur of the front engine Indy cars.






Jim

[2lapsdown]

I'm also interested in the correct color. I built the 64 winner and painted that one pearl white.

John

[illeagle10]

Jul 3, 2021 12:14:25 GMT -5 2lapsdown said:

I'm also interested in the correct color. I built the 64 winner and painted that one pearl white.

John

Hi John,

It seems that all of the Watson's that were painted white up at Pocono, were pearl white.  As you can see Foyt's car in the background of the third picture.  I think they were all replicas, I could be wrong.  However, I cannot say what the actual race day color of the cars were.  I have a sneaky feeling the oldphotos may know.

Jim

[MrIndy77]

The real 1963 was pearl white, no question about it.