Re: ebony gold metallic

Posted by Leeedy On 2015/1/8 15:25:27

"Ebony Gold Metallic" continued to return in various incarnations and applications. It was rather stunning for its time.

Yes, it was nitrocellulose lacquer and yes it was supplied by R-M (nice to see R-M finally getting its due in these discussions).

The very last official use of Ebony Gold Metallic by Packard was in two applications:
1.) On a full-sized mock-up of a proposed Detroit-built 1957 Packard.

2.) On a scale model of a 1957 Four Hundred built for Packard, at Packard by a friend of mine who worked for Packard. This model is often seen in internet photos and is sometimes referred to today as a real car. Wrong. It may appear to be real full-sized in some photos but it was purely a scale model. It DID have a working torsion-level suspension and full chassis however.

The color on both of these cars shows up as straight black in photos, but of course it was not.

And of course "Packard would have done it" as this color was planned for 1957-58. Cadillac eventually had a similar color later. And remember where metallic paints originated??