JPHIL Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Looking for a source to buy Grey/Green engine paint used for early Chrysler products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dep5 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Attached are the paint formulas I have shared with others. The paint is a blue/gray/green.About 20 yrs ago I took original generator brackets from seven 1932 engines to get a paint match.What a surprise, they were all a different shade.The PPG paint vendor submitted a sample and I shared it with success.In 1998 I took the paint into PPG and had it analyzed so we could reduce the number of mix colors and offer astreamlined formula.The PPG hand mix is on the left, the PPG DAR Acrylic Enamel is top right and the PPG DCC Concept is at bottom right.I hope this is something you can use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSayak Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Would this be the same color as used on 1932 Dodges as well?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylormade Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I'd like to know that myself. My engine appears to be plain gray, but I don't know if that's original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Would this be the same color as used on 1932 Dodges as well?Thanks!All of the original engines I have seen in the '32 Dodges are silver. I believe that 1931 was the last year for the green/gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylormade Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Interesting. I know my 48 Plymouth and 50 Dodge were silver. Phil Kennedy's 32 DL has gray paint also and his is a very original car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 If Phil's engine has never been rebuilt or re-painted, then I guess I am incorrect or it may have been a mid-year change like so many other items during the '30-'32 era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylormade Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 My DB is a very early 32, made in the first month of production. It has a long tail light stalk, where Phil's (later in the production year) has a short stalk. His window shade brackets are also different than mine, but both are the originals. Chrysler probably used up what they had in stock and then started using the new supply. That could explain the engine color differences. Our cars may have been built in different plants - although I don't know if Dodge had more than one plant in 1932. I know 48 Plymouths made in California had different woodgraining than those made at the same time in Eastern plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Re the blue/gray/green engine paint in 7 different shades.Some years ago I read an article in an antique car magazine about Ford Model T gray engine paint . Some people had done a lot of research but could never pin down the exact color, surviving original engine parts seemed to vary so.Then someone turned up the information that they had a big vat or barrel at the Ford plant where they threw all the leftover paint. If you mix all different colors together, you get gray. This is what they used on engines and transmissions.Wonder if other car factories used up old paint this way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hjeltness Restoration Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 hello dep5, i was wondering if you could tell me if the 1932 Chrysler CO 6 cyl motor would be blue/gray/green or would they ever be semi gloss black? Also, if the block is blue/gray/green does that mean everything else is as well except for head which should be silver? eric@hjeltnessrestoration.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hjeltness Restoration Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 hello dep5, i was wondering if you could tell me if the 1932 Chrysler CO 6 cyl motor would be blue/gray/green or would they ever be semi gloss black? Also, if the block is blue/gray/green does that mean everything else is as well except for head which should be silver? eric@hjeltnessrestoration.comAttached are the paint formulas I have shared with others. The paint is a blue/gray/green.About 20 yrs ago I took original generator brackets from seven 1932 engines to get a paint match.What a surprise, they were all a different shade.The PPG paint vendor submitted a sample and I shared it with success.In 1998 I took the paint into PPG and had it analyzed so we could reduce the number of mix colors and offer astreamlined formula.The PPG hand mix is on the left, the PPG DAR Acrylic Enamel is top right and the PPG DCC Concept is at bottom right.I hope this is something you can use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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