| In my haste I stated that the part of the door skin that is crimped around the door was painted yellow. I checked my notes and that statement was incorrect. I have included my original article that was printed in the Dec 1992 issue of the Cabrioletter. This article was written right after I examined the car for original paint. 68B PAINT COLOR
Provided by Bob Johnson I have recently resumed work on my June-July 68B.I am
currently working on the body. The original paint, Bronson
Yellow and Seal Brown, can still be found under coats of
white, green and red. I purchased a copy of Ditzler's paint
manual and compared the Bronson Yellow on the paint chip to
the yellow I found on my car. Ditzler's yellow is not even
close to what I found on my car. I called Ditzler and asked
them about the apparent difference in what they had and what
I found. They said that you can not tell from a paint chip and
that the color on my car is most likely faded. It is true that
over a 60 year period the paint may have faded but I have
found paint under the tank and on some of the window moldings
that has seen very little if any light over the years.
unfortunately paint remover and bleeding added red to the
yellow when I removed the old paint. However, the paint on the
bottom of the tank, on the firewall, and many of the molding
pieces had good examples of the paint. Ditzlers suggestion was
that I take in the parts to one of their jobbers and have the
paint mixed to match. This is what I did, but I used my local
automotive store which does not sell Ditzler paint. The color
that they made up is very close to the original yellow on my
car. It is not the golden color that Ditzler sells. Since my
car still has original paint under white, green, and red
paint, I would like to share the details of what I have found.
The entire body was first primed with a red brown primer. Then
it was painted Bronson Yellow. The parts that were to be
painted Seal Brown were also painted Bronson Yellow; however,
the coat was very thin in spots. Finally, most of the car was
"masked" and certain sections were painted Seal Brown. The
rumble lid and the moldings were Seal Brown. The door jams
were painted Seal Brown top to bottom. The part of the door
skin that was crimped over was painted Seal Brown. The part of
the rear quarter panel that is nailed to the lock post was
painted Bronson Yellow. The same is true for the part of the
cowl panel that is bent into the hinge post. The garnish
molding had original paint only on the back sides; the color
was brown but a lighter brown than Seal Brown. The metal front
bow cover was painted black. The metal bow facing out was
painted Seal Brown to match the molding. I could not find any
striping. It was most likely sanded off when the car was
painted red. These are not guesses. I have only included areas
that had the original paint intact.
I am sure that others have gone through a similar experience.
To help others going through this, I have gone to my local
hardware store and picked up color chips to try and match the
Bronson Yellow on my car. The best match for the "untouched"
paint under the tank and on the moldings is from Benjamin
Moore Paints. It is labeled 3/E 370. It is very close to the
color but just a little lighter that on my car. The closest
color I could find to the color on the front of the tank (the
part that had been covered with red) was from an ACE Hardware
paint chip number 33C-3D called Gladiator. This was a real
close match.
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