Re: !955 Packard White Jade code"M"

Posted by Leeedy On 2018/1/17 19:14:28
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Tim Stuart wrote:
I have a 1955 Caribbean. lucky me. I'm trying to paint the car utilizing a modern base coat/clear coat formulation. My painter likes PPG but tells me there is not a modern formula listed in the PPG library. White Jade is the upper color used on the majority of caribbeans produced in 1955. it's code letter "M". Does anyone have a modern paint code for this color?


I've been in the car biz all my life, including working on the OEM level with major manufacturers. I am amazed that painters can't find or match vintage paints today and have become so reliant on "codes" for getting a color mixed that they just can't do it anymore. In the old days, most really good automotive paint suppliers usually had one or two guys on staff who could eyeball the color and nail it. Betz Speed & Color in Southern California always had a guy, Stan, who owned the place and he could nail any color simply by eyeballing it! Never missed once for me. And good ones now should have color scanners.

Anyway, today all you need to do is find a good sample of the original color(s) (inside the door jamb, under the deck lid, etc.) and take it to a good, long-time professional wholesale automotive paint supplier and get it mixed. They even have computer matching of colors now that they never used to have. A good professional automotive paint supplier ought to be able to get proper colors mixed for you on the spot.

What are the paint codes stamped into the serial plate in the driver's door jamb? Unless custom-ordered, there should be 3 letters, starting with "M"... Caribbeans for 1955 normally would have been "MAC"...OR ..."MDF"... OR... "MJV" ... OR... "MUH"... These were the standard color schemes offered that year for Caribbean.

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