Re: Our 1932 901

Posted by Marty or Marston On 2012/10/3 8:19:37

Well I've reached a milestone on the project. All the body work has been completed and the car is finally getting final paint. I went through over two gallons of primer, a little body filler, and uncounted feet of sand paper preparing the body and four doors. The hood, fenders and other lower parts had already been painted by the previous owner. He was going with Packard Blue and black, which was the car's original color

The wife and I decided on Carnival Red (IM-504) for the upper section and black for the lower parts. Carnival Red is a cherry color and was a paint that was available in 1932.

We know that this was not a Packard color in '32, but we are taking advantage of the fact that you could get the car any color available then. Also, that the car could have been ordered from the factory in just primer. Based on this logic, we are not painting the upper section following the paint guidelines in the manual. Only the center belt will be the same as the lower section and the areas around the window will be the same as the rest of the body.

I was going to shot the final paint, but decided to have it done. The four doors and four hood panels have been painted and color sanded.

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