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Re: unusual '56 Color "Flamingo"
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On that 400, the door jambs and details are the original Scottish Heather. With the hood open you cans see the Heather on the firewall and Flamingo overspray on the hood bumpers etc.
Posted on: 11/23 11:02
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It turns out you’re right, it is Scottish heather after all, paint code MK.
Posted on: 11/23 11:45
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Re: unusual '56 Color "Flamingo"
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1956 Packards painted Scottish Heather (and I have owned a whole bunch of them over the years) typically fade to a lighter pink. This is especially true of cars stored outdoors in Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. AND even moreso if the car has been stored outdoors in the desert.
Flamingo had a brilliance to it but was quite pale and less intense in comparison to Scottish Heather. I was told by someone who worked for Packard that Flamingo was introduced to compete with Cadillac's pale pink color that was offered in 1956. Cadillac called it "Mountain Laurel." Pink was a very, very IN color during the mid-1950s, though this may now be forgotten (or never known) by most as to just how important!
Posted on: 11/23 13:36
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Even though I was just a kid, I was quite into cars in the mid-‘50s and remember the multi-color Dodges with pink along with some of the others.
Posted on: 11/23 13:49
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