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I'm trying to verify the correct paint for a 32 Special Sedan. The body tag numbers are difficult to read because of an off center stamp. It shows "Job #32569", "Body #0 2187", "Trim #17", "Paint #9_". The last number in the Paint section is partially stamped. It looks like it could have been a "3" or a "5".

The car is dark green with black fenders and trunk. The window moldings are lighter green. The wheels are a light yellow. There was what appeared to be gold, almost metalic, pin striping along the top. I could not locate any remaining pin striping along the rest of the body.

Is the car supposed to have a black top? If it did, how far down does the black part go? What are the correct paint colors to include stripes? Are paints available in the correct colors?

Sounds like your color combination should be number 93, Cairo Green with Nile Green window offsets, Gold Bronze and Karnak Green pinstriping. However, the wire wheels should be either Black or Karnak Green, not yellow.

With color combination number 93, the top of the car is also painted Cairo Green, not black. Several companies have these colors available in either Nitrocellulose Lacquer or Acrylic Lacquer.

Thanks, Junkyard Dog. There's more than one pin stripe color, apparently. Which goes where?

Also, the car has enamel paint on it. I know, yuck. Are there enamel paints available? As I recall, laquer can't be applied over enamel. The green paint is not correct on my car (It matches a '53 GMC) but I'd hate to tear down the entire thing again to completely strip the enamel. It would be nice to prep and repaint.

I wish the internet was available when I rebuilt this thing in the 1980's. Being able to contact people in the know about this stuff is great. Now I need to renew my VCCA membership (from 10 or so years ago). Thanks, for the reply.

The two hood moulding / body moulding outer stripes are Gold, the inner stripe is Karnak Green. Gold Bronze was also used for the stripes on the front and rear fenders.

To do a quality paint job you should strip the car back to bare metal and go from there. You can paint over the existing paint if you wish, but you will be putting good money on top of bad, and probably asking for more paint problems down the road as well.

Junkyard Dog,

You lost me regarding stripes. I located remnants of one gold stripe on the top roof gutter, nothing below. I'm sure it was due to rust. (It was a bit rough when I got it. That was 20 or so years ago.) You mentioned two hood body outer mouldings to be gold/bronze and another to be green. I don't understand the relationship.

There is a body line that runs from the front of the hood through the body. Another extends to the roof gutter. Rearward of the "A" pillar are two lines, one coming from the hood, that run the width of the body. The fenders have one line running the basic permiter. What color goes where?

Out of curiosity, were cars with a black top more common than cars with the roof colored the same as the lower body?

It is too difficult to explain where the stripes go and their dimensions in this forum. Send me a private message and I will send to you a Chevrolet engineering drawing of the proper locations of the stripes and their dimensions. Also include the model of your car.

Yes, cars with black roofs were a little more common than cars with roofs painted body color.

Hey R,Martin.... I want to ask you a question for my own curiosity, what color is the body under your rear fenders?