Re: Is this color correct?
Posted by JD in KC On 2012/8/16 8:39:58
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Sure enough, found this in the Databook:
{page 231} "All paint schemes are standard with the exceptions of H-Q-Z-Y and T which are announcement colors and will be available for a limited time only."
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I think the confusion over painted vs woodgrained instrument panel for the 1941 model year may stem from the fact that Packard offered a "Multi-Tone" option for the 160 line that did include a painted instrument panel. So... folks have seen correct examples of 1941 (160) cars with instrument panels painted to match the upholstery and made an incorrect assumption that it also applied to 110's, 120's, and 180's.
{Databook page 48} "In Multi-tone models the instrument panel is painted to match the lighter color of the upholstery material and plastics match the deeper tones."
I was hoping there was a similar option for the 180's but unfortunately there wasn't so I can't get away with just painting my totally fried instrument panel and plastics.
Owen_Dyneto wrote:
I think I have the answer to the Crescent Blue. Trade Letter TL-3047 explains why Crescent Blue isn't listed in the January 20, 1941 master information on the 1941 cars. According to this trade letter paint code Z and some others were discontinued about a month earlier. There are 3 additional pages to the Trade Letter...
...So if the car is Crescent Blue, that pretty much dates it as being manufactured before December 1940.
Sure enough, found this in the Databook:
{page 231} "All paint schemes are standard with the exceptions of H-Q-Z-Y and T which are announcement colors and will be available for a limited time only."
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Roger_Detroit wrote:
...The instrument panel MUST be woodgrained. Check out the Data Book for 1941. Look at pages 25, 26, and 28. There are multiple citations where Packard describes the 110 woodgraining as Cuban mahogany and the 120 has burled walnut. Nowhere does it exclude open cars...
I think the confusion over painted vs woodgrained instrument panel for the 1941 model year may stem from the fact that Packard offered a "Multi-Tone" option for the 160 line that did include a painted instrument panel. So... folks have seen correct examples of 1941 (160) cars with instrument panels painted to match the upholstery and made an incorrect assumption that it also applied to 110's, 120's, and 180's.
{Databook page 48} "In Multi-tone models the instrument panel is painted to match the lighter color of the upholstery material and plastics match the deeper tones."
I was hoping there was a similar option for the 180's but unfortunately there wasn't so I can't get away with just painting my totally fried instrument panel and plastics.
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