Re: Forbidden Paint Question

Posted by Joel Rapose on March 28, 1998 at 14:38:03

In Reply to: Forbidden Paint Question
posted by geo. shebley on March 27, 1998 at 21:16:30

: I had asked a question about a color combination last night.I guess it wasn't an authorized Ford color as my posting is "forbidden" =-)
: Seriously.... Much to my joy I recently purchased a '29 Tudor. I'm the third owner (had been in storage for 30 plus years)It even came with the original Title.
: I guess every Model A is different, this one came from a Seattle Dealer with dual sidemounts a Karri-Keen trunk and a color combination I can't find in any of the books including "The Judging Standards".
: It was built at the Seattle Plant on Jan.5, 1929. Under a very thin coat of it's current black paint;The lower body is painted "light Andalucite Blue", with Black upper body and belt moldings, with a straw stripe.The revels are painted a very light blue ("baby blue", not another shade of Adalucite Blue).This light blue color I can't identify...It dosen't come close to matching any of the chips in the "Ditzler Repaint Book".
: Though I could probably never "Show" this car seriously with this paint combination as it's not recoginized,I would like to repaint to it's original colors.I'd rather have the paint mixed from a "formula" rather than a "color match".Can someone help identify this light blue color or why the Seattle Plant painted this car a "non authorized color" (special order?).
: Sorry for the long posting......Thanks.
George...I have heard that there are some colors that are not in the paint chips...a Yellow roadster color from 31 that I had never heard of.(a restorer in San Francisco told me)..and I think that there are several paint chip books...I know that 31 roadsters were sometimes painted different color schemes..as my old roadster had moleskin color behind the dash and in back of the firewall (really remote spots) I also have a photocopy of a factory letter saying that they would paint other than factory colors on Deluxe cars (1931) but I don't know if they would do anything different on 29 cars...

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