1955 Century four-door hardtop two-tone choices

[Guest David_Temple]

What were the available colors paired with a white roof on a 1955 Buick Century four-door hardtop? Wasn't Cherokee Red available for the lower body in this case?

[old-tank]

What were the available colors paired with a white roof on a 1955 Buick Century four-door hardtop? Wasn't Cherokee Red available for the lower body in this case?

David

Yes, it was available for all of the lower body or some of the lower body with white or other colors below the sweep spear.

Willie

[55 SURVIVOR]

DAVE;Mine is bone stock original,never painted,dover white roof,lower is carlsbad black. MARK

[Guest David_Temple]

Thanks for the replies. I will be writing an article on Bob Coker's 1955 Buick Century four-door hardtop prototype which was exhibited at the 1955 GM Motorama for AACA's "Antique Automobile" magazine. Some of the history provided about the car to Mr. Coker is that GM would not sell the car to the person who ultimately bought it unless the buyer agreed to repaint the car. If the paint scheme had not been offered by Buick I could see some logic in this requirement. As best Mr. Coker can determine the original colors on the car were Dover White (roof) and Cherokee Red (entire lower body). There is no paint code on car's data tag. Perhaps the shades used differed from stock offerings. However, some of the original red paint was found on the car during its restoration and it seemed to match Cherokee Red. Can anyone offer an explanation or a reasonable guess as to why the car had to be repainted as a condition of sale?

[bhambulldog]

Maybe Buick was unhappy with the paint finish?