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Is there a paint code on a 1935 Standard roadster?....Joe

Numbers 184-192 are all listed for a "Sport Roadster" as well as the regular cars. In the paint list it mentions top bow slat iron colors (for those colors) for the Phaeton and Sport roadster.(was Cordova brown for all body colors).
There were some later colors added but I do not have the info. if they were available for a roadster.

Thanks Gene. I guess what I was searching for was is there a paint code on the car? Is the other from the service news bulletins? Thank you, Joe

If the car was built in Canada it would have a FISHER TYPE tag on the firewall with all the usual information.

USA built cars would have the floor tag on passenger side or on the wood seat riser passenger side. The tag would have a 10 digit code stamped into it.

Listing the factory it was built at.... : 2
the model series it was................ : EC
the month it was produced...............: 03
and the production number...............: xxxxx

OUR Canada service news in 1934 or 1935 had a list of available colours and the mixing formula for duco paint.

Garry Greenland in Stoney Creek Ontario has a years set its in, BUT the paper is so fragile he will not open it.

mike lynch.........

Not Canadian. He has the floor tag but in the US it's only a serial number. FYI, not always 10 digits. I'm asking if there's a paint code on a roadster body....Joe

I know what your asking, I am just adding interesting info to the conversation.

Try asking Jay Hertz in albuqueque he has a couple of open cars 33--35

mike lynch

Spoke to Dave Sylvain & he said roadsters don't have a paint code on the body or wood. Thanks for everyone's input...Joe

[b][/b]BUT, that JOE only applies to usa built roadsters and phaetons. My USA built Phaeton has the USA factory floor tag .

Roadsters and Phaetons produced in Canada and exported to other COMMONWEALTH countries do have a firewall tag from Chevrolet that contains all the info a fisher body tag would have.

I forgot her name but the lady in British Columbia Canada has her fathers 1935 roadster built in Oshawa and it is the last roadster #50 built for Canadian sales. I have a picture of the FIREWALL BUILD TAG .

Commonwealth countries .....New Zealand, Australia, various countries in Africa, Rhodesia, South Africa, England, India, were all countries Canadian built cars were shipped to. Those people who own those cars, turn up here ( vcca chat ) every once in a while asking questions.

We hopefully try to give them the right answers to their questions.

mike lynch...........

I figured since we already had discussed the subject of Canada/ USA & I had mentioned the fact that it was US built, the subject didn't need to be gone over again in my post & that it was clear US built Roadsters didn't have paint codes on the body or wood...Joe

so WHO owns this 1935 Chevrolet standard series EC roadster.

What kind of condition is it in ?

does it have original driveline ?

Whats missing on the car.

mike lynch

Never seen the car. It will be restored to original condition. No hot rod. So far I've only helped him find drive train pieces. I do research for him through the parts books & Chevrolet Service News. I took some pictures of a 1934 Standard roadster in Tahoe. Don't know what's missing until he calls me with something else...Joe

Several years ago, Cars & Parts magazine had a picture on its
cover featuring a '35 Roadster that was two-tone blue, as I
recall. I questioned the authenticity of it, since to my
knowledge there were no factory two-tones in 1935. I have a
'35 Std coupe, and I researched the paint colors when I painted it last, I wanted it to be correct! The response I got to my question was that that car pictured was a Canadian
built car. My coupe has the paint code on the cowl tag; it is
188 as I recall, and that is Brainard Blue, with 'cream' wheels. The tag nailed to the wood under the seat is the VIN

My Dupont/Chevrolet color bulletins for 1935 lists single colors only.
Also I beliieve 1935 was the first year for fenders to be the same color as the body as standard. In 1934 and prior fenders were black enamel and fenders apainted to match the body was an exra cost option.

Earl Peterson OF KNOXVILLE TENN area, is a member here, 35pete, has a 1935 Chevrolet roadster that he has meticulously restored over 25 years .

The car has black fenders with deep maroon coloured paint. I would think he has done the required research to make it right. ?????

mike lynch

I pieced my car together 1 piece at a time. I painted the car my favorite colors which are 1934 code 172 I cannot find anything that shows black fenders on a 1935. The Ditz-lac and Duco sheets both show no black fenders. Since I pieced it together, I used 1935 chassis for the improvements made from 1934 to 1935 std.

Interesting. I have a NOS left front welled fender and this spring purchased a NOS right front welled fender, both are in black lacquer and for 1934 1935 chevrolet standard series

Danbury mint produced 1.24 scale 1935 Chevrolet roadsters in a nice Maroon and the other in a dark green. I do not think Danbury produced them in any two tones.

I like Petes 1935 std roadster with maroon body and black fenders, it looks stock even if its not.??????

mike lynch

I did find some Chevrolet Duco Spefifcations (paint sheets) Brainerd Blue,(that would be the optional Brainers Duco fenders.

This also comes up on #190, Kingswood Gray and some other combinations where the anti-squeak (fender welt) is "colored".

The last time I researched the correct paint colors for my '35
Std coupe, I wrote the then Paint advisor who has since passed
away, and he sent me lot of information, including modern colors that were either very close or an exact match, I think
his name was Wayne Martin. To the best of my knowledge,for American built cars, there were no factory two tones! The Canadian built cars were available with two tone combinations!
Looking at my original showroom sales brochure, all the cars pictured are one solid color! I still have that info somewnere
and if you want it, e-mail me I will be glad to share it!