Michael CPA Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 So, Im at the paint stage of my 1955 Buick Roadmaster. Thanks for everyones help. I was able to get the gravel guards I have restored from a chrome guy in Nashville. They did a great job. So now I am at an impasse and need the forum;sadvice. I have never seen the color combinations but I had originally planned to go with Carlsbad Black, Cherokee Red, Carlsbad Black combination. My body shop guy is really pushing me to go with a redder red. He says Cherokee Red is really as much orange as it is red. What are your thoughts? My whole plan was to keep the car to an original stock. My interior is already made by SMS. Red and Black in original combinations. I could go all black exterior or another option, but am really at a loss. I have never seen the Cherokee red so I may be going blindly. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) Cherokee red is most definetly RED. And yes, it does have an orange cast to it. You would be best served by seeing actual cars painted in the color. Paint chips are VERY misleading as to what the car will actually look like, full scale, with all the trim on. If you do a forum search for .......Bob Beck......you will see...... bob beck 55 century project......Click on that and you will see my 55 Century in Cherokee red. If you go towards the end, (page 5 &6), of a long winded post there lots of pix in different light and stages of dress.............Bob Edited February 11, 2020 by Bhigdog (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdmn852 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Hello I would stay with the original color, and also agree the Bhigdog the color chips are a poor representation of how the color will look on a car .A good example of this is on my 49 Super,the sun mist gray isn’t to impressive on the chip but looks a lot different on car ,this is the color it was when new .The whole point of a restoration is to make the car close as possible as to when the car was built, not someone’s interpretation of how they think it should be.Good luck on the restoration, sounds like the red and black should be an nice color appropriate for the era. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Michael CPA said: go with Carlsbad Black, Cherokee Red, Carlsbad Black combination. Yes! Go with it. My convertible is Cherokee Red/Dover White, but the trim, dash and boot are black and the pops with the red: http://buickrestorer.com/centurys/66c/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 What were the car's original colors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael CPA Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 The car's original colors were yellow and white. I have already purchased the interior so it will either be stock red or a darker red. I think stock is how I am going to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y-JobFan Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 For the cost of a paint job keep it a red that was available on a 1955 Buick, if you ever would sell the car, a non-authentic color can be a stumbling block. Some buyers will pass if it is not the done in the original paint code, but being that BCA and AACA will not deduct for a color that was available that year it's the safest bet. Plus Cherokee Red is a fantastic color and with the black will really pop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) If getting away from the original colors and considering your black and red interior, and since you mentioned it as an option you're considering, I'd personally probably go with solid black. But then again, if your dad is a Georgia Bulldog fan ...... but with the orange tint you can clearly see here, he may get kidded something about Clemson Have you used Hometown Buicks configurator to try different color schemes https://www.hometownbuick.com/content/configurator/1955/72/index/ Edited February 12, 2020 by MrEarl (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Seems like the "Hometown Buick" website has some paint combination deals in the back of the website? Where you can take the colors and place them on the car to see what it might look like? Last time I played around in that area of the website, it was amazing at how many neat looking color combinations could be had back then! Enjoy! NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 2/11/2020 at 3:03 PM, Michael CPA said: What are your thoughts? What were your thoughts before he made the suggestion? If you were fine with it just ignore him. A lot of people just want to feel wind blowing across their teeth. My '86 Park Ave has four rectangular headlights. There were at least three people whom were beside themselves because I wouldn't take their suggestion to install the newer single lens composite lights from a later Park Ave. One still shakes and gets agitated when he sees my car with the correct headlights. Better to get the painter's thoughts on the color primer he will use. I have seen red and maroon paint jobs loose their luster when a painter taps his 55 gallon drum of red oxide primer when a light primer would have brought the job to life. Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Black top and red body! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 14 hours ago, NTX5467 said: Seems like the "Hometown Buick" website has some paint combination deals in the back of the website? Tha's the site and link I posted above. fun to play with https://www.hometownbuick.com/content/configurator/1955/72/index/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 1 hour ago, avgwarhawk said: Black top and red body! and while in the paint shop get them to chop the top and lower and elongate the body the way the promo ads did back then LOL 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 55 minutes ago, MrEarl said: and while in the paint shop get them to chop the top and lower and elongate the body the way the promo ads did back then LOL Perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Some GREAT artwork to accentuate the lines and such, back then, while maintaining generally correct proportionality. NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 23 hours ago, MrEarl said: and while in the paint shop get them to chop the top and lower and elongate the body the way the promo ads did back then LOL And they get little people to pose with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael CPA Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 Staying with the original thought. Clemson or not. Its that purest in me. Everything stock as much as possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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