Topic: speedometer/water temp etc needle color for 64 1/2

[michaelvonlanthen]

Hi early Mustang specialists,
my shop is about to restore my car. they say that the color of the needles in the instrument cluster should be a orange for a 64 1/2 Mustang. As you can see in the photo, in my case it is more a red. Which color is correct for a July 1964 Dearborn car? Maybe someone has a good photo of it. thx.

[rrenz]

A few years ago when I restored my 66 cluster I thought that someone sold the actual paint for the needles. Mine had faded to a light orange color. From what I could tell (where the needles hadn't faded) it wasn't quite orange but not quite red either. I ended up mixing some model paint to as close as I could to the undamaged area of the needles. Was always happy with it but was wondering this myself.

[CharlesTurner]

I've mixed fluorescent orange and red together to get what I thought was the closest match. 

[midlife]

I've heard Testor's model paint orange, with a 289 in the number is an excellent fit.  A google search found "FS28915 fluorescent red paint". 
https://www.amazon.com/FLUORESCENT-28915-Enamel-Paint-Bottle/dp/B004QJOCNC

[196667Bob]

Attached from NPD's Site.

Bob

[michaelvonlanthen]

great to hear there is simple solution with the NPD paint in orange-red
Thanks