Dan, I checked the color bulletin for my '53 and I don't know if this will help you or not. For interior colors, they list several. The mast jacket and gear shift assembly are gray and they give a Duco code number of 246-70811. The instrument panel on all models except Suburban is called a sheen gray metallic. Duco code number is 202-81407. When I painted my interior, I went with champaign color paint that is supposed to be the same as the original interior. It was a Sherwin Williams brand Acrylic Enamel and I got it from Jim Carter or from Chevy Duty (can't remember which). It went on very smoothe. I didn't do the steering column in something different. I sprayed the whole interior the same. I think if you were to give the above number to a NAPA store, they could match it for you as well. Hope this helps.
