1928/1929 Paint schemes and roof color 526/626

Posted by sanford mitchell On 2011/6/4 16:59:12

A little brain teaser here..

I have two 526/s coupe and sedan
Looking at color schemes for 1928 and 1929. 126 inch w/b
For those who have either series, the material for the roof it is a type of rubberized material usually seen as black and streched and tacked onto the upper side rails

I say normally black becaue the upper body is black but in both Salesmans Fact books for the following paint schemes for 1928/1929 say the roof color is the same as the upper body color . However in standard paint schemes 1928 and 1929 where the upper body is.EA(Highland Green)KB (Copra Drab)N,(Killarney Gray) it says the roof is one of the above colors. Evidently to match the upper body color.

1) Did they paint that rubberized material in the colors above or order it from some vendor. Surely they wouldnt have used a nitro lacquer because of the flex and cracking with time.

attached is a factory photo of a 626 from our archives. Even though it is a black and white photo, you cant tell it matches the upper body color by the shading.

Your thoughts..

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