Dodge 1973 Touch Up Paint

1973 Dodge Touch Up Paint (47 OEM Colors)

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Paint Pen

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Paint Bottle

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customized Color Paint Bottle. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the included basecoat delivers a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Spray Can

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using ourcustomized color Spray Can. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun.

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Pens

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish. Each order includes a basecoat and a midcoat pen.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Bottles

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customized Color Paint Bottles. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the basecoat & midcoat deliver a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Spray Cans

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using our customized color basecoat & midcoat Spray Cans. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun. Each order includes a basecoat & a midcoat paint.

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How to Find Your 1973 Dodge's Color Code

Older Dodge paint codes were placed on top of the radiator support, often obscured by engine grease and oil. Later models list them on the drivers door jamb. The typical format is BS/GBS, but only BS is the color code; it can also appear as QBS, PBS, TBS with the first letter as a confusing Year Code. The G in GBS is not part of the color code. BS corresponds to Deep Water Blue Pearl Clearcoat; lately codes are simply listed as BS.

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1973 Dodge Background Info

The 1973 Dodge Vibe

Welcome to 1973-the year the party started to wind down but the colors stayed loud. Dodge was in a weird spot, balancing the end of the High-Impact era with the fuel crisis reality of the imported Colt and the hardworking D-Series Trucks. Our database tracks 47 colors for this year, and it's a absolute masterclass in 70s aesthetics. You had the final stand of the legendary Top Banana and Bahama Yellow, while the "sensible" crowd was moving toward Spice Poly and Dark Tan Poly. Whether it was a workhorse truck in Meadow Green or a Bright Red cruiser, these cars didn't just have paint; they had personality.

Paint Health Check

If you're looking at original 1973 metal, you're looking at the Single Stage Era. This was the time of honest, pigment-heavy acrylic enamels and lacquers. There's no clear coat "shield" on these trucks or cars, which means they face a specific enemy: **Oxidation**. If your Pacific Blue Poly or Bright Yellow Green Poly looks like it was rubbed with a chalkboard eraser, that's not "dead" paint-it's just thirsty. Without a clear coat, the sun literally bakes the top layer of pigment into a chalky, matte finish. It looks like it's beyond saving, but as long as there's still color on the metal, there's hope.

Restoration Tip

Before you grab a spray can to fix a chip in that Bronze Poly or Sea Green Poly, you have to deal with the "chalk." Use a dedicated paint cleaner or a light rubbing compound to strip away the oxidized layer and reveal the vibrant single-stage pigment hiding underneath. My golden rule for 1973 iron? **It needs wax or it dies.** Because there is no factory clear coat to protect the color, a high-quality sealant or carnauba wax is the only thing standing between your Dodge and a one-way trip to "Primer Gray" territory. Buff it back to life, then seal it like you mean it.

Dodge Models Released in 1973

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