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| | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 123 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 123 | 1950 3600 - I am trying to deceide on a color to paint my truck. I have found the list of colors that were available back in 1950 for these vehicles. Does anyone know where to find a color chart that actually shows the colors? thanks. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 887 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 887 | www.tocmp.com/manuals/ Chevy/46-54paintcodes.html You can also go to GOOGLE and click on the IMAGES link and then type '50 Chevrolet' and you'll see lots of pictures and links to color chart galleries. Good luck!
'51 Chevy 1/2 ton w/'62 261, HEI, offy, fentons, dual carter/webbers, t-5 & 12 bolt posi
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | 1947-1950 Acme Exterior Colors : these are 50+ years old and are distorted by age, by scanning, and by poor Internet/PC color-rendering. Nonetheless, these will give you an idea of the colors (to compare with the link above). | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 355 | I dont see any colors in that link for trucks, just alot of stuff for cars of that time frame. My 47 resto pac came with the names of the colors used and the strip, none of the ones at this site match the info GM sent me. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 887 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 887 | I think the link I posted was for cars- Sorry. I found it doing the google-image search and can't find the link to the truck colors just now. There is a link out there somewhere...
'51 Chevy 1/2 ton w/'62 261, HEI, offy, fentons, dual carter/webbers, t-5 & 12 bolt posi
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | the link deeper in the Old Car Manual Project site for truck & car paint codes the color sheet Tim has is the numbers and names from that particular paint company, but the actual color names will be quite similar to what GM called them - at the bottom of the color sheet page, there's a navigation bar - click the arrow to get to the 2nd sheet w/ more colors Bill | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | The names on the Acme paint chart/chip pages are/were the Chevrolet truck/commercial exterior color names for 1949-50. This information is from a 1949, with 1950 Supplement, Chevrolet Truck Data Book. Thanks, Bill, for pointing out the navigation arrows for the pages in my first reply (navigation is a little odd). Here are the two pages: Acme Sheet 1 Acme Sheet 2 The paint codes are for Acme and are of little use (different from the Ditzler/PPG codes, which are also different from the DUPONT codes). Tim | | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 36 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 36 | Have you tried http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/index.html. They have a paint section which I used to get the colors for my year to do a restore of my '53. Good luck. John | | |
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