Guest Rob McDonald Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 'Round here, common knowledge is that 1957 Buick Paint Codes were always letters - A for Carlsbad Black, B for Castle Gray, C for Dover White, etc. First letter is the colour above the sweep spear and the second letter is what's below that line. If a third character, the letter I appears, it means Tangerine wheels were specified. That matches the painted centre of the sweep spear on most '57 Buicks.A '57 Roadmaster 2-door Riviera model 76A has shown up with Paint Code 66. It does not have its original paint, now being finished in pale green with a white roof. It has a blue interior, which is original.Would anyone, maybe living in Tukwila WA for instance, know what the original paint scheme would have been? Here's what the cowl tag says:1957 MOD. 57-76ASTYLE 57-4737XBODY No BL 82TRIM 721PAINT 66ACCThere's no urgency to this, just a couple of forum buffs hunting down some Buick trivia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancemb Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 You sure it isn't GG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob McDonald Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Pretty sure. Check it out - Buick : Roadmaster 76A in Buick | eBay MotorsGG would absolutely make sense because that's the Paint Code for Dresden Blue, above and below the sweep spear. This car could very well be that, just faded. The white top is almost certainly a later touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireballV8 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Could it be BB for all white? or SS? It is hard to read. I know the 54 Buicks used numbers, but that was the last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick man Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Rob: You know it sure looks like 66 but must stand for GG. Must not of had that type on hand and used the old 54 number type system 66 to stamp it as a GG. Interesting. Here is the color chart for 1957 Buicks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob McDonald Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) DAVID, here are the 1958 colours from PPG. It includes 1957 Spring Colours, coded 57-F, 57-S, 57-U, 57-W, 57-X, and 57-Y. It also notes that the then-new acrylic enamel paints were coded with numerals, 58-1 through 58-5. At the time, this paint was replacing nitrocellulose lacquer.So, my dear Watson, if the coupe for sale in PA was late production, as suggested by the roof spear delete, then it could have been painted with acrylic lacquer, colour 6. A single tone paint job would be Paint Code 66, as seen on this coupe's ID plate. Trouble is, PPG doesn't give us a danged colour 6! Edited January 8, 2013 by Rob McDonald (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Falabella Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Maybe the number corresponds to a letter,maybe F. Both years being a dark blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick man Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 DAVID, here are the 1958 colours from PPG. It includes 1957 Spring Colours, coded 57-F, 57-S, 57-U, 57-W, 57-X, and 57-Y. It also notes that the then-new acrylic enamel paints were coded with numerals, 58-1 through 58-5. At the time, this paint was replacing nitrocellulose lacquer.So, my dear Watson, if the coupe for sale in PA was late production, as suggested by the roof spear delete, then it could have been painted with acrylic lacquer, colour 6. A single tone paint job would be Paint Code 66, as seen on this coupe's ID plate. Trouble is, PPG doesn't give us a danged colour 6!Well Mr Holmes, you may want to note that all 1957 model 76A's had only a trunk band of chrome and not rear window or roof strips from day one of production in late august of 56. Only the model 76R's had this treatment of chrome and usually a two tone paint job as the model 76As went mono tone. Really and truly the only difference between the two model lines. They did very little to create an image of having different models where it was really just tack on stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean1997 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 The serial number for this car is 7D3010630, with the last six being 010630. The range for Linden, NJ was 001001 to 047645, making this car 9,630 out of 46,645 built at Linden, so I wouldn't think that this is a late car. I would agree that it is probably meant to be GG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob McDonald Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) I'm throwing in the towel on this one. Let's call this car Gigi and accept that she was dressed all in Dresden Blue the day she left Linden NJ.As for Tiara Tops, I'll wait for TG to weigh in, if he wants. My model 73A, without roof spears, was 2-toned in Flint. Just sayin'. Edited January 9, 2013 by Rob McDonald (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean1997 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 If you look at the 1957 order form I posted awhile ago, it says that 73A and 76A have chrome mouldings on the rear deck only.1957 Buick Order Form, Options and CodesI suppose the paint code could be some sort of special order color. Oldsmobile used a paint code 66 in 1957, but it was a kind of a dark pink color, so that seams unlikely.Paint Chips 1957 Oldsmobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean1997 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 If you look closely at the picture of the trunk, the hinges and the lip below the weather seal appear to be painted a light blue which looks like Dresden Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 If you look closely at the picture of the trunk, the hinges and the lip below the weather seal appear to be painted a light blue which looks like Dresden Blue.yep, that's Dresden blue...or a pigment of your imagination (groan). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick man Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Well ..... the car just sold today for $ 10,201.01. Apparently the entire car had been repainted at some point so not a pure unviolated survivor but damn close by today's standards in my opinion. ... And I am unanimous on that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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