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Hello
My name is Dale new to forum looking at a 1953 Clipper and my question is should the Dash and Body color match.
Regards Dale

No, their were only a handful of different dash colors compared to exterior colors and they were not the same.

Generally there was black, bluish gray, green and red.

As Kev said, there were 4 basic dash colors to go with the various paint combinations and an additional 3 that were used on models which had special exterior paint colors not typically used on the rest of the cars. If you want to check out page XV and XVII in the introduction section of the 48-54 parts manual the first is a list of the 26th series paint reference color codes and on the other page, paint numbers for colors used on dashes.

Unfortunately the list does not specify which dash color was used with a particular outer color but I believe they tried to pick the best combination with dash color leaning more toward working better with interior upholstery than exterior colors..

G'day DALE,

Welcome to PackardInfo.

When, not if, you buy this '53 Clipper please include it PackardInfo's Packard Vehicle Registry.

Thanks for the info at this time,the 1953 Clipper I looked at needs more work than I can accomplish at this juncture.
Thanks Dale