In most cases, the paint numbers are given for the three most commonly used manufacturers of automotive paint. In this month's article is published the information from the Chevrolet Service News. (Unfortunately, Chevrolet never (to my knowledge) published information which specified which items were semi-gloss and which were gloss.) And this exceptional first-year Camino is a choice classic that combines 502 cubic inches of big block power with an upgraded suspension, five forward gears and captivatingly cosmic appeal Its no secret that, during the glory of the 1950s and 1960s, American car designers drew heavy inspiration from space and The Space Race. It appears that the interior (metal paints remained semi-gloss for the 1959-1961 models In the 1962-1964 models, the dashes and some of the interior metal pieces were sem-gloss,but other interior metal items were painted gloss. In the 1959s there were some changes For the first time, Chevrolet used paints that were not exterior colors and the dashes, along with other interior metal parts were semi-gloss or flat(Chevrolet refers to them as "flat," but really the paint was semi-gloss in today's terms.) All of the 1958 interior paints were gloss, like previous years. Most of the interior paints used on the 1958s were exterior body colors. Using these to help match up with the paint number and formula will help. You can sometimes find some paint on the back side or on an end of a garnish molding that is tucked under another piece. 6 l 80 trains torch red Gray and red interior bucket seats headrest Air.
When you are taking your car apart, look for pieces that might have some original paint. El Camino & Malibu parts huge inventory of used & NOS classic Chevy auto parts & accessories vintage Chevrolet project cars for sale fully Auto parts. That is also why it is so important to study the truly unrestored cars that you ever come across. This is a good reason to note the color of the dash and any painted metal in the interior when disassembling a car. As a result it is sometimes difficult to know exactly what color to use. The Service News did not specify the interior color to be used with a specific exterior color or a specific interior trim number. (For example, the 1959 interior paint numbers came out in the October, 1958 issue.) In the Service News, the formula numbers were published for the following paints: DuPont Lucite (acrylic lacquer,)DuPont Duca (lacquer,)DuPont Dulux (enamelj, R-MI Rinshed - Mason (standard lacquer) and Ditzler (lacquer). To my knowledge, the only information that GM published on the interior paints was printed in the Chevrolet Service News fairly early in the model year. Unfortunately, the interior paints are not as easy to figure out as the exterior colors. The codes and formulas have been deciphered and published for every color Chevrolet used during those years. Quite a lot of information has been published about exterior paints. One of the most common restoration questions that we get at Eckler's Late Great Chevy deals with the paint formulas for the 1958-1964 dashes and interior metal items.
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