On Canadian vehicles It seems like this is the pattern When the paint code is 3 digits And the first digit matches the last digit of the model year In your case 8 for 1948 Then you 830 means paint color 30 And 8 is just whatever it was mixing to in 1948 30 is commercial blue Whatever that means It’s not the same blue as in the USA Canada made their own paints Good luck
Edit 30 as commercial blue is from a 1954 Canadian paint book In 1948 the code 30 could have been anything else As other codes totally changed colour between a shorter time span I am trying to compile a list of known codes from actual vehicles but 30 is not yet on my list -s
thanks for reply do you have any idea on the Trim 394 code ? PO farmer painted dash and inside cab canary yellow with runs and drip accents, I have tried some some acetone in small area to try and get back to factory paint but not great headway might try heat gun and or paint stripper, as last resort I will sand and rattle spray, its a work/farm truck in nice shape but function over fashion,
Trim code is 394 - Brown Leatherette trim is not paint, it is the finishing detail option like material and sometimes if things will be chrome or paint etc. the same way "trim" is used to describe the finish option of a modern vehicle aka - what "trim" package you have
don't ask me about other trim options, all my trucks are trim 394 because that was the default, there is a trim option that made the seat and door panels gray in stead of brown, but i don't know what that number would be or what all the options would have been -s
Highlander ,check areas like under the dash by the front vent for some original paint or under the hood on the firewall .my gmc was two tone from the factory FC56 paint code which means nothing to me other than the remnants of the two tone blue on the truck.
Check the link in Tim's post HERE As was said earlier, the number of the code is the last digit of the year.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
