My First Post - Dodge D24C - Down Under!

[B-Watson]

Thanks for the kind comments guys.

The colour....

No, it's not the original. From what I've been able to find on the WWW at paintlibrary, her original colour was likely Windward Green or something very similar. There are remnants of the original shade of green in the engine bay and around a few chips.

I think that she was repainted about 25 years ago in NZ, I remember Dad stripping her down and spending countless hours with sandpaper...

I'm not certain on how the colour was decided upon as it really isn't a close match at all. AND, I sheepishly admit that the colour is probably the one thing about her that I haven't really liked since it was done (sorry Dad!!) However, since I have spent some time cutting and polishing her body recently, it has grown on me more. Not sure whether this is because I can see the acres of steel body ahead of me if I wanted to change the colour...not to mention the $$$ I don't have

Does anyone know of any other D24's in Australia or NZ who are on this forum? I've only come across a couple of these for sale in OZ.

Another question - where would be the best place to look for that missing piece of LHR fender trim?

Windward Green was an American colour. In the 1930's and 1940's Chrysler of Canada used different colours - some were even American GM colours!

There should be a tag on the firewall with the following -

Model No.

Body No.

Paint

Trim

Although I only have a few colour chips for the 1946-48 period, I do have the codes and colour names for almost all of the 1946-48 colours.

Bill

Vancouver, BC

[boxer_inv]

Windward Green was an American colour. In the 1930's and 1940's Chrysler of Canada used different colours - some were even American GM colours!

There should be a tag on the firewall with the following -

Model No.

Body No.

Paint

Trim

Bill

Thanks so much for this snippet of info.

I actually found that tag the other day - it was covered in oil/dust residue and so I carefully cleaned it off with some gentle de-grease. The tag has faded so much that only the bottom two lines reading "Paint Code" and "Trim Code" can be read, however the stamped info is all there.

The tag reads as follows:

Model No: D24C 4 DR

Body No: 1879

Paint Code: 4020

Trim Code: BAS

Photo of the plate below.

Perhaps you can provide some info on that paint code?? Any info on what the trim specification is - I'm thinking...."Basic" ?

Thanks - Rob.

[B-Watson]

Bill

Thanks so much for this snippet of info.

I actually found that tag the other day - it was covered in oil/dust residue and so I carefully cleaned it off with some gentle de-grease. The tag has faded so much that only the bottom two lines reading "Paint Code" and "Trim Code" can be read, however the stamped info is all there.

The tag reads as follows:

Model No: D24C 4 DR

Body No: 1879

Paint Code: 4020

Trim Code: BAS

Photo of the plate below.

Perhaps you can provide some info on that paint code?? Any info on what the trim specification is - I'm thinking...."Basic" ?

Thanks - Rob.

Rob,

Model No: D24C 4 DR

D24 - 1946-48 Dodge (119½" wheelbase)

C - Custom

4 DR - 4 door sedan

The Canadian plant built only the Custom series of the D24 model. Bodies styles were the club coupe, 4-door sedan and LWB sedan. The convertible was imported from Detroit.

Body No: 1879

1879 - 1,879th D24 Custom 4-door sedan built.

Paint Code: 4020

4020 - Riviere Mist (offered only in 1947). Do not have a colour chip for this colour. Sherwin-Williams of Canada Kem Enamel code was GK-232. Still searching for the CIL and CPI codes. DuPont paints were not sold in Canada - it was one of the two major shareholders in CIL. The other was ICI.

Trim Code: BAS

B - Engineering Dept model year code - 1946-48 model year

I do not have info on 1946-48 trim codes, but AS would tell you the colour and material of the interior trim.

Chrysler Engineering Dept. codes were A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, R, S, T, and V. "A" was used for 1924-25, 1942, 1965, and 1982 :

A - 1924-25 - 1942 - 1965 - 1982

B - 1926 - 1946-48 - 1966 - 1983

C - 1927 - 1949 - 1967- 1984

D - 1928 - 1950 - 1968 - 1985

E - 1929 - 1951-52 - 1969 - 1986

F - 1930 - 1953 - 1970 - 1987

G - 1931 - 1954 - 1971 - 1988

H - 1932 - 1955 - 1972 - 1989

J - 1933 - 1956 - 1973 - 1990

K - 1934 - 1957 - 1974 - 1991

L - 1935 - 1958 - 1975 - 1992

M - 1936 - 1959 - 1976 - 1993

P - 1937 - 1960* - 1977 - 1994

R - 1938 - 1961 - 1978 - 1995

S - 1939 - 1962 - 1979 - 1996

T - 1940 - 1963 - 1980 - 1997

V - 1941 - 1964 - 1981 - 1998

* - The letter "Q" was used once - for the 1960 Valiant, the only Valiant that was not model "V". The 1960 Valiant was model QX1.

These codes were also used on the paint codes starting with the 1969 model year. The code denoted the model year that the shade was introduced.

Bill

Vancouver, BC

[Plymouthy Adams]

That was a lot of typing Bill..is there a book out there for decoding the early Mopars?

[Ricky Luke]

Gday Rob from Bendigo.

I've seen a couple of D24's around, but they are scarce. Best idea is to join the Chrysler clubs, or at least browse their web sites.

Just as a side issue speaking of the fuzz, D24 is the Victorian Police radio emergency communications moniker - set up in 1939.

Cheers

Rick