Paint color codes

[47heaven]

Okay guys....in a rut here. This weekend I am taking my Plymouth down to be painted. The color I have chosen is from the 1947 Chrysler color line called Seaquest Green.

http://www.vintagecarsource.com/Pages/vintage/47Chrysler.htm

Originally, I had wanted to paint it Balfour Green, but then decided that "pea soup" wasn't the color I had wanted on my car after all. Anyway, One Day Paint is painting my car and all they use are Dupont paints. They can go back and match the colors from old color codes, as long as they are Dupont. The only problem is that Dupont didn't offer Seaquest Green in their 1947 Chrysler paint line; though it was offered by other auto paint companies that year. One Day tells me that without an old Dupont paint code for that color, they can't match it, unless I bring in something painted that color. Unfortunately, there aren't many things painted that color anymore. I want the paint to be exactly like the original Chrysler color. So what do I do? Are there places that can take these old paint codes and make a recipe for One Day to follow? Don't even know where to look for this on the internet.

[randroid]

Yup. All automotive paints have a code to describe the color, and with that code you can match anything you want. I don't have it at hand but it is there and if I find it first I'll post it. I also think you can search this site and find the answer because this question has been asked before.

-Randy

[Plymouthy Adams]

Any DuPont store can call their main distributor and get the paint code for all the other brands if you have a paint code. Just a phone call away...

[Frank M.]

I have a old Du Pont paint book. I think thats the brand Chrysler used.

Seacrest Green could be mixed in either DQE ( quickset enamel) or DAL

( automotive lacquer ). The Ditzler paint code was 40523. It was a popular

color. I had a club coupe with that on it and it looked good. They didnt use

Seacrest Green in 1949. It was dropped, according to this paint cataloge.

If any of you need any more info from this book-just let me know. All the

color chips are still in GOOD condition. I also have the firewall data plate

code transfer to what color the car left the factory with. Frank M.

[Tim Frank]

http://tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/cgi-bin/search/searchpic.pl?1948-chrysler-pg01.jpg

[BobT-47P15]

There is an auto paint place called House of Kolor that has alll sorts of colors, not just factory offerings. Might check with them. Otherwise, can you take your paint chip to an auto paint store for spectro-analysis to see if they can match??? Or simply look thru what books they have available to see if there is a color like the one you want. May be a totally different name for some other make of car.

Link to House of Kolor: http://www.houseofkolor.com/hok/index.jsp

[D25_Steve]

Frank,

Can you check your book for firewall paint code 4020? I doubt it will be in there, as it is a D25 firewall, but I would really like to know what colour this car was originally painted.

[Tim Frank]

On this site under "Reference" is a selection of Plymouth and Dodge original colours c/w current PPG paint code.

If you have no worries about using a Chrysler colour on a Plymouth you might want to check out the 2 Dodge colours "Windward Green" and "Orinoco green" #s 304 and 305. (who dreams up these names? ) After looking at the link you sent, these colours seem to bracket the target that you have. The blurb called the colour on that woody/convertible "Avocado".

The Seaquest green colour chip that is available is a bit washed out and hard to project on a big scale such as a car.

The modern paint code should allow as exact a match as is possible.

My 5 cents worth. Tim.

[Frank M.]

Hi Steve. You are right. I looked at two sources for paint code 4020 and

couldnt find it. Id bet if someone had a color book from a Canadian paint

store , it could be found. Frank M.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I have never seen a tag like that on any of my old Plymouth or Doges..either they were not affixed or removed before I got them. I see the oval red maunufactuerer tag and the Briggs body number only when under the hood.

[BobT-47P15]

Steve......do you think that tag with paint code, etc is really original?? It looks to me like someone replaced the original with a later model tag and added the info.

[Allan Faust]

Steve,

On the ppg access online, I've found a few possibilities..... some that there is no ppg "formula" for.... they are;

1945 Delwood Green

1949 Larch Green Poly

1946-48 Pastoral Green Symphochroma

1949 Gulf Green

1949 Green (just green)

46-48 Pacific Green Symphochromat

However, I can't tell you what they'd look like unless I'd mix em.... and some of them don't have a formula available....

Allan

[D25_Steve]

Steve......do you think that tag with paint code, etc is really original?? It looks to me like someone replaced the original with a later model tag and added the info.

Bob, the tag itself is original. The information has been re-added over top of the tag as it was fading. Its a really shoddy job.

I have never seen a tag like that on any of my old Plymouth or Doges..either they were not affixed or removed before I got them. I see the oval red maunufactuerer tag and the Briggs body number only when under the hood.[/Quote]

They were not affixed to American Plymouths or Dodges as far as I know.

[Uncle-Pekka]

Hi, I found a Dizler chip chart of Dodge 1941...46 at the net page which was mentioned also in this thread:

http://tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/cgi-bin/search/searchpic.pl?1946-dodge-pg04.jpg

In the chart there is a green called "Harbor Green", short code 307, PPG code 40952. I fancied this color and am considering it for my D24, a 1946 acc. to Illinois title record, but what I found to be a late 1948 by the VIN code.

Now, the question: First I thought all the colors in the mentioned chart were available all through the mentioned years, but looking at the reference section of this site, the Harbor Green has not been around in 1946 anymore? Will it be a major mistake to paint a 1948 D24 Custom in "Harbor Green"?

Second question: (Please consider, that I am a finn never lived in U.S.) How come the title can carry EARLIER mfg. year than the VIN code clearly states the car actually is?