I have received some emails asking what paint code I used on the 1911 torpedo. It was the torpedo in the banquet room at the 45th Annual Dinner in February in Arizona. I used Valspar Paint code 2240-06. It look almost completely black inside even under floescent lighting, and changes to the dark blue in the sun. I am very happy with the result. But you do have to paint the entire car black first or it will not look right when you put the blue on it. So remember to paint the car black first. On one occasion, I had a strong young kid help me push the car outside. When we got outside he suddenly gasped, and said, wow, that's beautiful I thought the car was black when we were inside. Thanks Rollie
John,
How about some photos?
Thanks,
Rob
So was it blue all over or just the body or ???
I have a similar question like Vern's.
Was just the body painted blue? Were the fenders painted black? And the gas tank, was it blue also?
Thanks
Herb
DuPont Centari 5093-A is the same thing. Very dark, until you get it in the sun. Then, you can see it's blue. This is a fleet color, and was originally used on Chris-Craft.
In my research I found a cross-reference of that DuPont Centari 5093-A as a color for the 1970 Loncoln Continental Mark III.
-Keith
I'll try to get the car out this weekend and get some photos to post. As to the questions as to what parts are to be painted blue and what parts are to be painted black, the general rule as i understand it, is all the chassis parts are black and the body parts are to be blue. This presents some personal taste issues, possibly, with some parts that you might think should match the body color but instead are to be painted black. For example, I thought the steering column and the brake handle might look better body color (blue). I also presumed the hood former was blue not black. I also had alot of questions about the french gray striping, and think that worked out well which you'll be able to see in the hopefully forthcoming photos. I see a lot of early cars on which the striping seems not to be correct to me. Thanks Rollie
Here's some photos. The flash on the photos taken inside the garage makes the dark blue paint look much brighter blue than it actually looks in the shade. The outside photos show the black/blue differences, esp. with the torpedo parked next to the touring. Rollie
Hi Rollie,
You might as well take some more photos of the Coupelet that was also in the Ballroom with the Torpedo.
Beautiful Cars!!!!
-Don
Rollie,
For what it is worth, I think you nailed it pal!
So long ago that we didn't have cell phones, or computers, and still got fingertip burns if we dialed a phone too fast...I had the pleasure of actualy seeing often what up until then was an untouched blue that had always been kept clean and polished.
That part of memory still works. I may not know what I was thinking 15 minutes ago, but those old mental images are still crystal clear.
I often wondered what became of that car and lost track of it through the years, but based on my memory, I think you have come as close or closer than most of blue blues I've seen since.
Good for you...have fun!
Rollie,
Looks great.
Rob
Rollie-
Thanks for the pictures. It is beautiful.
Rob-
Don't you have (or at one time had?) a 1911 open runabout that was very dark blue?
-Keith