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Hi

just looking to identify paint color and trim on my 1929 chev coupe and any other information I can get from the numbers below

Job n.o 8880
Body n.o F 15301

Regards Peter

pkloz@tpg.com.au

For US built cars it's my belief that paint numbers were first stamped on the wooden cross piece or sill on 1930 Fisher bodies.

Your '29 coupe is the 15301st 8880 body style assembled at Flint, MI.

Thanks, I will try to look for the number on the sill


Peter

Your '29 will not have this on the sill.

Hi Speedy

any ideas to where I could find the paint color or number as this car was bought from Michigan

There is no record of paint codes for specific cars except the paint code that would have been originally stamped somewhere on the car. You may want to look in hidden corners for evidence of the original paint. There were only 8-10 colors supplied in those days, so if you can find even a faded original spot, you can likely pin the color down easily. If you are restoring it, and can find a spot not previously sanded down to metal, then a bit of judicious sanding should reveal the original color. For my '31 Coach, it had been over painted red in the 60's, without having the stainless steel cowl band removed, and when I removed it, the original Serge Blue paint was like new. So check spots like that, door ferrules, inside edges of doors, etc.

When I bought my 31 sedan in 1961 the entire car had been painted a flat brown color, (some would call it S**t mockelty brown). Some years later I sanded the trailing edge of the right front door at the beads with 600 sandpaper and uncovered the original black and maroon plus the pin striping in perfectly preserved condition. Wet sanding it down with fine paper is always worth a try.

Color combinations shown for a 1929 Standard Coupe.

#7 Body: Coolie Blue & Budda Blue,
Stripe: Mt. Ash Scarlet, Disc Wheel: Budda Blue

#15 Body: Bennington Blue & Black, Stripe: Tusk Ivory,
Disc Wheel: Bennington Blue

#17 Body: Paris Gray & Kremlin Maroon,
Stripe: Mt. Ash Scarlet, Disc Wheel: Kremlin Maroon

#18 Body: Aiken Green & Black, Stripe: Tusk Ivory,
Disc Wheel: Aiken Green

#20 Body: Black, Stripe: Tusk Ivory, Disc Wheel: Black

#21 Body: Black, Stripe: Apple Green, Disc Wheel: Black

Coolie Blue - '72 Brockway Erie Blue Acme 1434 Duco 6692
Budda Blue - '69 Triumph Gunmetal Acme 90014 R-M TR008
Paris Gray - '69 VW Nutria Acme 9909 R-M VW 180
Kremlin Maroon - '69 Fiat Maroon Acme 90874 R-M FT223M
Aiken Green - '73 GM cars Brewster Green Acme 11418 R-M 2632

G'day

you wouldn't have access to the color combinations for the 29 sports coupe as well as I am just coming up to the painting stage with that. Thankyou for the other paint information

Regards Peter

For a 1929 Sport Coupe job 8840;

#13
Body - Upper (raised part): Driftwood Smoke
Body - Upper (depressed part): Lindbergh Blue
Body - Center & Lower: Driftwood Smoke
Stripe: Mt. Ash Scarlet
Disc Wheel: Lindbergh Blue

#23
Body - Upper (raised part): English Gray
Body - Upper (depressed part): Green Gray
Body - Center & Lower: English Gray
Stripe: Tusk Ivory
Disc Wheel: English Gray

Driftwood Smoke - '69 Datsun Rocky Brown, R-M DA032
Lindbergh Blue - '69 Rover Admiralty Blue R-M RV019
English Gray - '72 GMC truck interior Dark Olive Acme 90764
Green Gray - '72 Oldsmobile striping Green Acme 11385

Paint Combination #19 - 1929 Sport Coupe;

Body - Upper (raised part): Russian Brown
Body - Upper (depressed part): Pioneer Green
Body - Center & Lower: Russian Brown
Stripe: Tusk Ivory
Disc Wheel: Pioneer Green