Re: 1940 110 Blue
Posted by Joe Santana On 2019/12/2 21:46:22
French Blue is lighter than the chip chart indicates, and in the sun it reads bright blue. Here is a 1940 1377 same as mine. It could be French Blue. I think the wheels should be blue, too, not red, but they would have had 3 pinstripes around each wheel in French Red. The car would also be pinstriped in French Red.
I'm not sure why Jim Hollingsworth was so adamant about 1940 NOT being pinstriped, because my car was originally and was still in the 1940 announcement Scheme Y (Harbor Gray with Flare Red pinstripe) with the owner initials just below the rear windows when I received it.
The pinstripe specifications are right in Jim's book 1940 A Pivotal Year. But he may have meant that this pin striping was not done at the factory, but by the dealers, or it was only done on the wheels. "Note that Packard did not pinstripe the beltline on any cars in 1940. This is a common error by many owners and restorers." Au contraire to it being incorrect.
About your 110 upholstery, Don, the Packard Data Book for 1940 says the 110 upholstery is a neutral tan and blue grey giving it a two-tone effect. I think the Data Book pdf is here in Literature.
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I'm not sure why Jim Hollingsworth was so adamant about 1940 NOT being pinstriped, because my car was originally and was still in the 1940 announcement Scheme Y (Harbor Gray with Flare Red pinstripe) with the owner initials just below the rear windows when I received it.
The pinstripe specifications are right in Jim's book 1940 A Pivotal Year. But he may have meant that this pin striping was not done at the factory, but by the dealers, or it was only done on the wheels. "Note that Packard did not pinstripe the beltline on any cars in 1940. This is a common error by many owners and restorers." Au contraire to it being incorrect.
About your 110 upholstery, Don, the Packard Data Book for 1940 says the 110 upholstery is a neutral tan and blue grey giving it a two-tone effect. I think the Data Book pdf is here in Literature.
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