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| | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 | guys,
do any of you know the name of the color of my truck ? i know its blue, LOL, but what kind of blue ? is it an original color ?
some have told me its an original blue for 1957, but some say it's not.
do any of you know the paint code for the color ?
kind of reminds me of a ford "grabber" blue....
i am filling in the vent cowl and will eventually need to paint it.
thanks guys
leonard | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 | oh yea, there are pic's of my truck in my photbucket album in my signature....
leonard | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | the only 57 truck color similar would be Indian Turquoise, and possibly yours is someones attempt to mimic that [popular on 57 car restos], but the only way for you to match it is to take a piece to a paint supplier that has computer matching, otherwise any number you come up with couldn't be more than "no cigar"
Bill | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 | thanks for the info bill...
thats what i will do when i get ready.
take care.
leonard | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 443 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 443 | I was painting my 57 that color. It is actually a 1958 color, Tartan Blue. upper & lower grille panel
1957 Chevrolet 1/2-ton Stepside LB in the Gallery My Photobucket shots The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 |
Tartan Blue, now that's a colour I like! (cue the bagpipes) 
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 | thanks very much alan.... where did you buy the paint at ? thanks again for the help. leonard | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 443 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 443 | I would take Bill's advice to be sure, but I think you will find it is the color I said. I was living in Lakeland Florida when the picture was taken & I got the paint from Auto Paint Supply there.It was single stage urethane, brand was Lesanol.There is a paint chip link here in the body forum that I got the code from & the supply shop matched it up their their product. Good luck with it.
1957 Chevrolet 1/2-ton Stepside LB in the Gallery My Photobucket shots The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 190 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 190 | but the only way for you to match it is to take a piece to a paint supplier that has computer matching, otherwise any number you come up with couldn't be more than "no cigar"
Bill I agree. Because any sun fading to your paint would make a newly painted area stick out like a sore thumb.When I was painting bike at a shop Honda red was the worse, so we would have to special mix to match any repairs, also pearl whites were a pain to match. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 29 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 29 | It looks a 59 color Orbit Blue. | | |
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