RobertKB Posted October 23, 2009 Report Posted October 23, 2009 The old D25 is off to the spray booth tomorrow and should be painted by Monday. The guy doing the car will then take it back to his place (no spray booth there) and do quite a bit of the reassembly. I am looking forward to getting the car home and doing the final finishing. I have polished all chrome, redone most of the red paint on trim, got a better radiator and heater core for it from parts cars, etc. It will be repainted the same colour as before, a deep blue. Once home, I will get it on stands, take the old tires off, get the rims sandblasted and painted, and have the pin striping redone as well on the rims. Quote
Joe Flanagan Posted October 23, 2009 Report Posted October 23, 2009 Everything looks nice and smooth. That's going to be beautiful when it's done. You'll be like a kid on Christmas morning. Quote
Frank M. Posted October 23, 2009 Report Posted October 23, 2009 Would the original color happen to be Lullaby Blue? I almost bought a 48 Club Coupe that was on a car lot back in 1951 ,or around then. It was a low mileage car sold from the Chrysler dealership here in Omaha. Went home and arranged to get the money by borrowing on my life insurance. Selling price was $300. Showed up first thing in the morn---and sales guy said someone bought it right after I left. Man---did that hurt!!! I guess I never got over that car. Thought about it MANY times since. I wound up with a 40 ford tudor, but before that, bought a 41 Caddy. Had that one a while. It was a stick shift, and we used to street drag with it. Few stock autos beat me,until the Olds Rockets came out. Then it was all over. How the heck did I get here from asking about the color??? Take notice guys. This is what happen to octogenarians. Good thing I aint on more. Wouldnt be much room on the Forum. Frank Marescalco Quote
RobertKB Posted October 23, 2009 Author Report Posted October 23, 2009 Not sure what the original colour was called. I first painted this car about 30 years ago and I took in an original trunk hinge which was matched to a 1955 Chrysler colour called Yukon Blue. I took the hood lace off for this repaint and the colour underneath was identical to what the car was repainted. I took the cowl vent in this time and they scanned it for colour. It is being painted with PPG acrylic enamel called Rhine Blue. That's the best I can do to let you know the colour. I have attached a picture of the car partially stripped that shows the colour it was. Second picture shows the car as I got it but the quality of the print is not good. Quote
Frank Elder Posted October 24, 2009 Report Posted October 24, 2009 It's a plymouth body with a dodge name....I wonder what paint codes were actually used, plymouth or dodge? Quote
55 Fargo Posted October 24, 2009 Report Posted October 24, 2009 Right on Robert looks great, and will look fantastic with new color on her. This was done pretty quick too, can hardly wait to see the finished product.....Fred Quote
B-Watson Posted October 24, 2009 Report Posted October 24, 2009 It's a plymouth body with a dodge name....I wonder what paint codes were actually used, plymouth or dodge? Neither. Canadian-built Chrysler cars all used the same codes and colours, whether the car was a Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto or Chrysler. And the codes and many colours were different from the U.S. prior to 1965. In the case of the blue Dodge, what is the paint code? Bill Vancouver, BC Quote
RobertKB Posted October 24, 2009 Author Report Posted October 24, 2009 In the case of the blue Dodge, what is the paint code?Bill Vancouver, BC I'll have to look next time I see the car. Not sure what it is but the tag is on the firewall. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.