1950 2300 series 2-tone paint scheme

Posted by Fred Puhn On 2009/6/18 15:15:04

I want to paint my 1950 Packard Deluxe Touring Sedan in a factory correct optional 2-tone paint scheme I need 2 bits of information.
1. Was the optional 2-tone paint available in any combination of factory colors or was it restricted in some way?
2. Where was the break between the top color and the bottom color?

Presently the car is yellow (Packard called it something else)including the firewall. Since I do not wish to paint the firewall now I want to repaint the top the original yellow color. The bottom of the car wants to be Packard Blue, a very dark metallic blue. I have the old paint charts. Right now I am guessing the yellow on top should extend from the firewall all the way back to the rear of the trunk, including all the yellow parts surrounding the windows. There would be almost zero masking required as the paint break is at a chrome strip under the windows. I have looked at factory sales literature and have seen both this color arrangement and also one that breaks at the rain gutter with masking on the sides behind the rear windows. This second paint scheme does not include the trunk lid in the top color. Which paint scheme is correct?