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I want to paint my interior on a 49 the original color. It was a brown/bronze color. Does anyone have the factory paint color numbers and what primer I should use????

Rustoleum 7272 metallic dark bronze is about as close as you are going to get.
Carl

Sorry to hijack this thread but I would like some opinions on the interior paint I have been using in my 52 2 ton. I got interior paint from Jim Carter a year or two back when I got ready to paint the cab. It is PT107E described as being for 47-53 Chevy and GMC, this is said to be the exact color. After painting the inside of the cab and dash I thought it looked too brown. I did the inside door panels in the last few days and decided to try a comparison with one of my old parts trucks with the original paint. The first picture is of another 52 cab, the paint is rusted and degraded but it appears more silver. The second is of one of the access covers from a door. I took it outside since my camera usually makes this paint look more silver in the floressant lights in the shop. It is for sure brown and I don't think it is even close. I won't try to redo the cab at this point anyway, the paint looks ok but don't think it is right.
Steve
Original cab color on a 52
New Interior Color

Check the sticky

I believe there was more than one interior color availiable depending on year


7272 is a close rattle can match for one of the colors, but not the silver tone

I used that 7272 on my 53 and it's really great about as close a match I've seen out of a rattle can. The other interior color I put in my 46 is a flat lighter brown from Chevs of the 40s called 'pearl beige' also a good color.
Best of luck
Jim

The different cab colors are a possibly I would guess. I have looked at my various pickups and trucks. In addition to my 52 2 ton I'm working on I have: 1 49 5 window 1 ton, 1 50 3/4 ton, 1 51 3/4 ton, 1 51 1 ton, 2 52 1/2 tons, and 1 other 52 2 ton. I've looked at the cab colors on these and every one is the light silver color. I would think with this number at least one would have a different color interior. I just wish I could have gotten the right color paint to start with, the pearl beige color sounds like it could be close to this lighter color. That said no doubt it is pretty difficult to mix modern paint that will be an exact match.
Steve

The problem with determining what the paint is supposed to look like is compounded by the type of light you have and the angle at which you are looking at the piece. The original color is almost like a chameleon. The Rustoleum 7272 also has that characteristic.
Carl

Yep Carl you are right about the color looking different depending on the light and angle. I know when I took pictures of the new paint it looked like it was close to the original but at least to me in good light it looks much more brown. It does look nice, when I decide to work on the interior of the 50 3/4 I have which is a mostly original pickup I will have to look harder for the paint. Like I've said before I'm not going to worry about changing the paint at this point. Thanks for the response.

Steve

I am a newbie here but have restored a few trucks over the years. My last restoration I used Martin Senour 43697 for the interior, because it looks close to the factory finish and is more durable. I have a theory why some old paint looks silver, lead paint. Have you ever noticed the high metallic blues look more silver when they fade out? The blue pigment disappears and the durable lead stays but the paint takes on a grey finish. It is hard to find a part on these old trucks that haven't been around the suns uv rays at some point.

Dustin

The lead turning it silver is a possibility I guess, the only thing is the area in my one picture would have been hidden behind the seat all these years. Like Carl said the paint tends to look different in different light, the paint I got from Jim Carter is said to be the right color and from an angle in the right light does look a little on the silver side only darker. There may be something to your theory. As far as durable paint the brown interior paint I've noticed chips fairly easily. Enough to make a guy cuss when you are putting stuff back together. Good thoughts, thanks for letting me know.

Steve