Thanks for all the interesting anectodes and tips in answer to my question. As i am restoring an Imsai, before asking my local car paint shop to repaint the cover, i was hoping to get the exact color reference from someone of our group. Just for the sake of exactitude of the restoration. It would be marvelous if Sellam Ismail would give us beside the address of his friend the reference of the paint he used, or was it a "decorative" paint far away from the IMSAI blue? Living in Switzerland sending the cover to California would be a rather expensive exercice! Incidentally yes i tend to agree that the original paint was powder coated (at least on on my cover). Kindest regards Charles