Seminole Red Wheel Paint - What Matches

[36VictoriaCoupe]

Does any one know what the closest match in rattle can for the correct seminole red wheel paint for a 56 Buick?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Leif Holmberg]

If bying a 1956 color chart on e-bay you can go to your paint shop and compare the colors with the color chart they have in the shop.

Leif in Sweden.

[1957buickjim]

I think it is called Tangerine. The match that I had that was the closest to original was Dupli-Color Engine Enamel - Chevrolet Orange-Red DE1607. Matched the wheels on my 1957 perfectly. Otherwise, I would follow Leif's advice. Hope this helps.

[36VictoriaCoupe]

Thanks guys. I found a paint chip sheet I can print out. Will print that out and take it to the auto parts store with me. The color I saw on the paint chip looked more red than chevy engine orange. I wonder if 57 was a different color.

[Leif Holmberg]

I think you make a misstake if printing it out,the color will change a litle bit from the original.To get the right color you need the original paint chip sheet in my opinion.

Leif in Sweden.

[Guest Rob McDonald]

Somewhere here there's a recent, very thorough thread on wheel colours. I seem to recall that Seminole Red was used up to '56, then Buick switched to Tangerine for '57, which matches the painted centres of the sweep spears.

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Rob:

That's what I remember also! Also 1957 BuickJim indicated that there was a spray can at Auto Zone or some such parts house that matched very nicely.

Gary