'53 Special Color?

[71gsx455-4spd]

I'm trying to determine if the color of this Special is factory, or non-factory. I bought it from a friend, but forgot to take a picture of the trim tag (doh!). I haven't picked it up yet and it's 2 hours away. From what I can see from the color chart, it seems like maybe Ridge Green? At least that might look closest.

http://forums.aaca.org/attachments/f115/218077d1381509908-1953-buick-skylark-paint-interior-color-gm_1953_buick_ppg_76x-p1.jpg

Edited May 9, 2015 by 71gsx455-4spd (see edit history)

[1953mack]

It is not any one of three OEM greens that were a standard paint color choice for any 1953 Buick Special 40 Series Model and I seriously doubt that it was a special order. If it was a special order for an extra charge, it would be noted on the fifth line on your BODY BY FISHER Number Plate. It would read: PAINT NO. BX (followed by a code number). BX = special order.

Ridge Green was not a metallic paint. There were only two 2-tone combinations with a white top and a green bottom: Paint Code #80 = Majestic White over Balsam Green and Paint Code #84 = Majestic White over Pinehurst Green. All one color Ridge Green would show a Paint Code #60 on your Number Plate. Yours is most likely a non-Buick Apple Green paint that matches who knows what.

To give you a better idea, here's a link for a knockout air-conditioned 1953 Buick 76R that looks like a Majestic White over a Ridge Green paint job.

http://gomotors.net/Buick/Buick-Roadmaster-Riviera/photos.html?pic=13

Al Malachowski

BCA #8965

"500 Miles West of Flint"

Edited May 10, 2015 by 1953mack (see edit history)

[71gsx455-4spd]

Thanks, Al

It seems a few owners back someone liked the shade it's painted. I'm anxious to find out what the data plate says. I'll post when I know.

[JohnD1956]

Is that a Special, or is it a Super? Not that it matters for the color question.

[1953mack]

FWIW. 1953 Specials have rear quarter panels.....Supers have rear fenders.....plus the grilles are different.

Al Malachowski

BCA #8965

"500 Miles West of Flint"

[Ben Bruce aka First Born]

Is that a Special, or is it a Super? Not that it matters for the color question.

It is a Special.

Ben

[71gsx455-4spd]

Yep, a Special.

Interesting to learn about Fenders vs. Quarters on the two models. Thanks.

[Ben Bruce aka First Born]

Yep, a Special.

Interesting to learn about Fenders vs. Quarters on the two models. Thanks.

'51, '52 & '53 were that way.

Ben

[buick5563]

Thanks Al and Ben. I didn't know that either.

[71gsx455-4spd]

Looks like the original color was Tyler Blue. Does one code mean top and bottom were all code 59?

Edited May 23, 2015 by 71gsx455-4spd (see edit history)

[1953mack]

- 1953 Buick Paint Code 59 = the same color Tyler Blue for the upper and lower body. 

 

- For 1953, all Buick Paint Codes were a two-digit number. Each of the 18 two-tone color combinations, for an extra charge, had their own two-digit code number.

 

- 1953 Buick Paint Code 69 = a Shell Grey upper (top only on 1953's) and Tyler Blue lower body. Note that the color separation point on 1953 two-tones was NOT at the sweep spear trim.  

 

- There were no other two-tone options using Tyler Blue for 1953 Buicks. 

 

 

Hope this answers your question.

 

 

Al Malachowski

BCA #8965

"500 Miles West of Flint"