![]() Furthermore, the mixing instructions have to be tweaked for each new paint chemistry - you can't mix a modern urethane using the lacquer mixing instructions.įortunately, a) popular paint colors are usually migrated to new paint lines, and b) the major paint manufacturers can cross-reference each others' paints.įor example: when "How to Restore Your '57 Chevy" was written in the 1980s, Harold Louisiana painted a Matador Red convertible in Lucite and Imron. You can't just wander into your friendly neighborhood DuPont auto paint store and ask for Duco, Dulux, or Lucite - they were all discontinued years ago. Now, suppose you're going to paint your '57. Note that most colors used Duco nitrocellulose lacquer, but a few used the new Lucite acrylic lacquer. (note - this is about a 100 mb file, but worth the download)Īnd, the master parts catalog, whose paint references start on engineering features book, starting on page 96. There are two other sources of information worth mentioning for further details: Since these charts aren't completely correct, it requires a bit more cross-referencing to get the full picture. I'm guessing someone realized what the cost of two-toning every solid-colored Bel Air would be (time to mask and paint = $$$) and figured the aluminum insert would look at least as nice, and avoid a bottleneck in the paint area. ![]() I'm guessing somebody said, "wait - we did that last year, so let's do something different this year".Īnother important thing to note - all Bel Airs would have been 2 tone if the original A scheme had been followed. Chevrolet Brochure/image5.html shows the originally-planned two tone for the 210. Apparently, the decision to use the aluminum insert on the Bel Air instead of a contrasting color was another last minute decision. And, as we know, the insert area isn't painted in a second color on single color cars (either 210 or Bel Air). The A suffix is single color, the C suffix was used on 210s, the D suffix was used on Bel Airs, and the E suffix was used on 150s.Ĭ was originally intended for 210s to be two-toned like the '56 210, but the side trim was changed at the last minute. The suffixes are still confusing, but let me explain the best I can: So, here are scans of the original paint chart by DuPont. There seems to be never-ending confusion about the '57 paint codes - what's available, what the letters on the end of the code mean, etc.
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