Convertable color only avalibility

[bobostski]

Anybody know about how easy it was to order a car with a "convertible only" color that was not a convertible. I have a 1949  Chrysler Windsor  4 door sedan that is  painted with code 23 Noel Green Metallic (convert. only color) that was special ordered  by the original owner. Is this a rarity or do you think it was a fairly common practice.

 

 

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[Plymouthy Adams]

I think the authority to this would be the historical society and perhaps start your search by ordering a builder card for your vehicle.  records for these ole cars are not that common on the web..and only a few people have access to any data of this nature...

[bobostski]

Does anybody know of any other non convertibles, of this time period, with factory "convertible only" paint colors? I know that this car was born with this color as it is stamped on on the paint code label and the firewall is the same color and still has the inspection  stamps on it.

[BobT-47P15]

In 1946-1948 there were two colors that were only for the convertible and the station wagon...........Sumac Red (a dark red) and Charlotte Ivory (a light tannish yellow).

 

I have never seen an original one of these cars like a sedan with either of these colors.  Not to say it wasn't perhaps done. 

 

I imagine there were exceptions made for certain buyers who had the money or the clout.  

[Dodgeb4ya]

Noel Green.. a medium metallic was a 1946-49 Chrysler Town and Country convertible only color as far as I can find info on.

I own a 48 T&C convertible that Noel color.

The paint code #23 Noel Green is not shown in the factory 1949 Chrysler paint and upholstry book.

But.. a code #22 Continental green painted page (looks the same as Noel Green) is shown.

Only red is shown as a convertible only color in this same 1949 chrysler paint and upholstry book.

According to the Town and Country registry code #23 Noel Green is shown as being used only 1949 Town and Country convertibles for 1949.

Post a pic of your body info tag...

Bob

[bobostski]

Here is the firewall tag.You have to zoom in on it but under paint is code 23 Noel Green. If you look in the rectangle on the firewall in the upper left corner of this picture  you'll see a hand written 23. I didn't notice this until I posted the picture just now. It must have been written there so painters know what color to paint the car.

Edited May 13, 2015 by bobostski

[casper50]

nice car Bobo but if the 23 is on top of the paint it was already painted when they put it there.  lol

[Plymouthy Adams]

from some of the stuff I have been reading, convertible only means that the convertibles were only available in that/those colors...NOT that the paint was not used on other bodies..this paint code was also used in 1947

 

while the Plymouth convertible color was listed as only..the same color was found on Chrysler cars...while the paint was name xxxxxx on the Plymouth it was xxxxxxx on the Chrylser...paint mix codes were identical..

 

also found indication that some paints were "limited" and that was usually special order for that series/year

 

the more you read the less you know for certainty...it seems...confusion abounds

Edited May 13, 2015 by Plymouthy Adams

[BobT-47P15]

The P15 convertibles apparently came in every color available on sedans........plus Sumac Red or Charlotte Ivory if so ordered.

 

Looking on eBay......there were several P15 color charts for sale.  They showed Sumac and Ivory with no notations about limited

use.  Finally found one from Martin-Seanor that listed Ivory as "convertible only".

 

Edited May 13, 2015 by BobT-47P15

[bobostski]

paint chip page showing convertible only statis for  #23 Noel green.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Bob T.  that Charlotte Ivory is known as a convertible only color by paint number....but is also same year a base color on other Chrysler cars by yet another name and number...HOWEVER  regardless of number and name assigned..the paint formula is the same...thus the very same color.....

[bobostski]

nice car Bobo but if the 23 is on top of the paint it was already painted when they put it there.  lol

The number is under the paint and it's on the left side of the firewall also.  I'm guessing that the numbers were put there to notify the painters of the special color.

[BobT-47P15]

Well....my solution to a color for my convertible was fairly simple.    

 

Based on some remaining original paint on the underside of certain things -- my car was Sumac Red when new.

It had been repainted to a turquoise or "robin's egg blue" sort of color.

 

So, I painted it 1967 Ford "Springtime Yellow" ........  to match a '67 Ford convert I had at one time (otherwise known as - until the divorce.)

 

The Ford color is a bit more "yellow"  than the originally offered Charlotte Ivory.....which is closer to beige.