Re: Engine compartment details 1939 Packard Six
Posted by John Wogec On 2018/12/27 13:43:49
Hi all,
I recently went through the research on engine colors for my 1929 model 645. The research was a dead end as I couldn't find any decent paint chips. I spoke to a long time restorer who has forgotten more about these cars than I will ever learn, and he suggested that the color was a dark green, but that Packard may not have used the same shade of dark green from year to year. I have seen blocks painted with the Bill Hirsch color and they come out very nice.
My father had the exterior of the engine on my car sandblasted in the 1970's, so I thought I had no legitimate color samples to go by. However, as luck would have it, I took the cap off the end of the starter, and there was a fairly good original sample of that dark green paint. I matched it to a stock Valspar color at my local automotive paint store. I could have had them do a custom match, but the guy said that given the curvature of that starter cap, and the fact that the light bounces around down inside the cap, the custom color wouldn't be any better than the stock color. I can look up the Valpsar number if you are interested. The results are below. The block and head were both shot in two stage polyurethane with a satin clear coat at the same time. Mine is shinier than the original, but just a little bit, because I went nuts with the polishing compound. The difference in shade is due to lighting. This shade is slightly darker than the Bill Hirsch, but again, it may not matter.
You may notice that the aluminum crankcase is also painted. Yes, they painted them silver from the factory. Again, I went to that same guy who has done this for a living since he was a teenager. He assured me they painted them. As to the shade of silver (there are probably a hundred shades of silver), this is Valspar's pure silver tint, nothing else. Your guess is as good as mine!
Just sharing what I have learned in my quest to try and get it right.
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I recently went through the research on engine colors for my 1929 model 645. The research was a dead end as I couldn't find any decent paint chips. I spoke to a long time restorer who has forgotten more about these cars than I will ever learn, and he suggested that the color was a dark green, but that Packard may not have used the same shade of dark green from year to year. I have seen blocks painted with the Bill Hirsch color and they come out very nice.
My father had the exterior of the engine on my car sandblasted in the 1970's, so I thought I had no legitimate color samples to go by. However, as luck would have it, I took the cap off the end of the starter, and there was a fairly good original sample of that dark green paint. I matched it to a stock Valspar color at my local automotive paint store. I could have had them do a custom match, but the guy said that given the curvature of that starter cap, and the fact that the light bounces around down inside the cap, the custom color wouldn't be any better than the stock color. I can look up the Valpsar number if you are interested. The results are below. The block and head were both shot in two stage polyurethane with a satin clear coat at the same time. Mine is shinier than the original, but just a little bit, because I went nuts with the polishing compound. The difference in shade is due to lighting. This shade is slightly darker than the Bill Hirsch, but again, it may not matter.
You may notice that the aluminum crankcase is also painted. Yes, they painted them silver from the factory. Again, I went to that same guy who has done this for a living since he was a teenager. He assured me they painted them. As to the shade of silver (there are probably a hundred shades of silver), this is Valspar's pure silver tint, nothing else. Your guess is as good as mine!
Just sharing what I have learned in my quest to try and get it right.
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