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Hi,
I am curious if anyone out there has production numbers for specific 1937 colors. I am the 4th owner of a 37 master deluxe in 219 Brookhaven blue. I talked with the second owner, who purchased the car in 1972, and he seemed to recall hearing from the original owner that it was an "Easter" special color they only used in April of 1937. After contacting the GM heritage center, they don't have any records of any 37's in Brookhaven blue, but I know of others out there that have them, and can verify mine not only by original overspray and plate data, but also by chain of ownership. The second owner is the only one who ever repainted it, and kept the original color for authenticity of restoration in the early 70s for a museum. Any insight would be appreciated. The car has less than 53k original miles, and is in pretty good condition considering it's had only one restoration over 50 years ago. Thanks, Tim

I do not think it was an April color only but possibly introduced in April and ran for the following model year. This was oftin done to creat new intrest during the year. It is 1937 Chevrolet paint number, 219 and is the last number for 1937 colors indicating it was possibly added on later in the model year. My Dupont paint chip page for 1937 is missimg but if my memory severs me oorrectly it was a medium metalic blue.....am I correct?

It is a medium metallic blue. I would be happy to share some pictures if there's a way to do that on the forum. Thanks.

I would like to see the pctures...........chevgene@msn.com

Hello Tim,

I've been restoring a '45 Chevy 1/2 Ton basket case for a couple years. Paint colors have been and will always be my biggest can o' worms to figure out. Being a War Time civilian truck, my can o' worms was likely far more challeging than regular production year vehicles. Even the 2 factory coats of Brewster Green were different colors!! I have also done some repainting of modern vehicles. I find the whole factory production number thing a huge waste of time & energy. I have learned a lot from my local vehicle paint store guy. He sometimes judges car shows. On vintsge vehicles, his 1st remark is, they don't make those kinds of paints anymore. Next, the old numbering systems are now obsolete and there are no good cross-refferancing sources.

These paint store guys make much of their living by matching colors. Unless you have a physical paint chip out of a reliable book, this requires lugging into them, an actual body panel and leaving it with him for up to a week. It takes time to match by eye, but the results are, in my experiance, the only way to go.

Virgin patches of original paint can be hard to come by. On my '45 truck, the best patch of exterior paint on a transportable body pannel was under a factory reflector on the tail gate. Even in this protected spot, it was critical that I prepped that patch to get accurate results. The patch of color had to be totally and thuroughly cleaned, meaning using rubbing compound to take off any oxidation...and there will be some. This is the owners responsability.

Like I say, this is my personal experience and how I FINALLY, successfully dealt with it. There will be other ways to skin this cat, which is totally fine with me.

Good Luck,

Jake