I have a '46 Chevy 1 Ton Panel Truck, very very original in many ways, just worn out inside.
I have repainted most of the challenging fisheye hammered beige interior, the dash, seat backs, door panels, etc., but I need to redo my original smooth brown steering column tube. On my steering column and its underdash bracket, maybe that could be a carryover from the '30s, and maybe is 1939 interior gray/brown, or thunder gray, which I have not seen. Where can I get a color chip on that, or what is the color name for the column and bracket? This is the only place in the truck I see this plain brown gloss color, but it is very similar in color to the whole rear interior of the panel truck from the seats back. Maybe due to age, but this rear interior paint seems to have a less glossy finish, nearly flat as opposed to the glossy steering column. I need to restore the whole rear interior, also. What is that original color called? Looks a lot like late 30s/early 40s Airedale Brown, Chevy no. 307, 234H, as shown on exterior charts.
My interior cardboard kick panels, not very old I think, are a totally different dark brown, maybe like the Hollywood Tan or Circassion Bown, unlike my beige interior metal. Is that correct?
Thanks,
Doug
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The steering column column, horn button, and steering wheel are all the same color. This color was used on 1940 cars,1939-46 trucks. When new it has a high gloss..If you have a good sample you could have it eye matched at an auot paint store. The color is also very close to the 1939 car steering wheel color. I find no info on load compartment colors.
I am experiencing difficlty in using Hammerite Rust Cap beige on the dash, etc. I think it may be due to the fact that Hammerite is no longer exported to the US. Therefore, my paint is about 10 yrs old. What did you use or do to get it right? As much as I'd like to use hammered paint on the dash, I think I'm finding hammered paint was only used on the heater. Can someone answer the location use of hammered paint on 1945 1/2 ton interiors?
Another twist; I've had to admit to myself, the original color of my '45 interior is gray. Did Chevy have any different practices related to beige vs gray, in particular related to hammered texture?
The paint I'm having trouble with is hammered. It comes out with a pimpled or small fisheye look. The hammered look would be created when the 1/16" fisheye expands expands to 3/16", simulating a hammer dent.
Mike, your photo helps a bit. What year is that from? Mostly it "proves" Chevy used, lets call it a textured gray color at some point.
With apparently so little known about War Time Commercial Truck colors, I wonder what Show Judges look for? Similar to abandoning the use of chrome on the grill, it seems like Chevy abandon their usual uniformity and just used what they had. I have a green steering wheel, tan gauge cluster, brown seat upholstery & smooth gray sheetmetal. Brewster Green is the exterior. I have reasons to believe, much if not all of these components are original.
The picture came from the inside edge of a glove box on a 1940 Chevy PU KC. There was another sample on the back side of the metal cover over the windshield. I have found two sources of this paint effect. The first is out of England and was quite hard to duplicate (I can’t find the reference anymore) and a friend who uses a technique of spraying a slight mist of a thinned white paint over gray causing the spots…. Very unreliable results but interesting non the less.
I use a acrylic enamel called ALK-200 from PPG. It doesn’t produce the wet look of the base clear paints and also happens to be (I believe) the same as sold by the major Chevy parts suppliers. My colors are Brewster green exterior, brown seats and gray rattle-can hammer paint. Seems to work ok.
