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| | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96 | Hey guys,
I've been trying to find out what my original truck color is, and I'm a little stumped. It's a 59 3200 fleetside, and I'm pretty certain it was originally 2-tone. The upper color looks like it might have been Omaha orange, and the bottom would be bombay ivory,right? I've looked at the autocolorlibrary.com site (which is pretty cool, if you haven't checked it out!), and can barely read the codes under the paint chips, but I don't think I see any that match. My code says:
"PPO 740D"
Anybody know what that means?
I'm getting pretty close to being able to paint it (I know, I said that in early spring, too). I'm also getting pretty broke, pretty overwhelmed, and pretty excited!
I'll post pictures if I ever get it done. (you can see "before" shots in the gallery, "tyler bolles' 59 apache".
Thamks! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | vtapache,
I know nothing about paint combinations in 1959; however, I have a set of Dupont paint chips (sheets) for all 1959 Chevrolet vehicles.
I do not know what PPO 740D stands for.
740D seems to be the code for Cardinal Red (lower) and Bombay Ivory (upper) on a standard cab. The sheets state that the D indicates standard cab with two-tone combination colors.
The upper body color on all combination color cabs was Bombay Ivory (Dulux 93072961) and the lower body was one of 14 colors. Omaha Orange is Dulux 93-082 (same code back to early 50s and probably used even earlier). The wheels were painted the lower body color (on combination color cabs).
In case you are interested, Cardinal Red is Dulux 93-58209-H.
I might not be reading the sheets properly, so I hope someone else with knowledge of 1959 models answers your question.
Good luck,
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