I tried a search on here a couple times, then got lazy, and so decided to re-post the picture, and attempt to drum up someone's memory on it. I'm looking to get the color code blue that this truck was painted with. Jim Welch was/is the owner.

Sheridan blue I know, but the devil is in the details. Ya know, like PPG, Dupont, etc...

 

Hi Havi,

That's "Sheridan Blue." The PPG color code is 10428 and it is Ford P/N M-14285. All the paint chips look darker online, but that's it.



PS Ilya I borrowed this page from your book - carefully!

 

Thanks, that gives me the PPG code. I wonder if that's what he used, or if he went with something "close". In the various pics I've seen of this truck, the blue looks different in some pics.

 

There is another picture that makes it look more Washington Blue (About a Nat's foot less tint.)

 

In a past thread, Jim has said the color is the darker shade in real life. There is a tread going over on Ford Barn now referencing his truck too. Stu

 

I saw that link posted of his truck, and that provided a few more pics than what I already had. I also commented on the thread there.

 

He said when the people took the pictures for "vintage truck" that they had a ton of lights on it and it changed the color, my 52 changes shades when its really sunny. I sold 2 magic air emblems to Jim, it should look good in his cab!

 

I LOVE the way that truck sits. That's the closest thing I've seen yet to how I want mine to sit as far as wheel/tire/height yet.

 

Jim Welch , if you still check this site often I need to get in touch with you .Thanks , Denny

 

Any decent paint supplier will have the mixing codes to match any stock color code using whatever brand of paint they carry, just like the DIY stores will mix any color to match any color chip in any brand of wall paint. If you have a color sample you like they can even scan it and mix you a matching color.

 

Also sometimes they "update" the vehicle type that certaincolors come off of that are exactly the same mixing code.

For example the color I have my boat lower hull painted and will paint the truck is 1953 Oldsmobile "Royal Marine;" but after some cross referencing the DuPont guys found it listed as 1971 Nissan "Island Turquoise". I bought some a little skeptical but came home and brushed out some of the new (Nissan) and old (Olds - that was 30 years old btw) and it was an exact match.

Food for thought.

 

This will help
The many hues of Dark Blues > post your favorite - THE H.A.M.B.

 

I have to assume Jim chose Sheridan Blue for the color, but just in case he picked a different color that was either to his (custom) liking, or a color that was close to Sheridan Blue, is what I'm wondering about. As the various pics of his truck show two different color blues, perhaps from the camera lighting, but I wanted to know exactly what he chose. The bit of translucence in the pics I posted is what I'm after. (Chevy Cobalt has a color that's pretty close to this) The other color, in the pic provided below, is not. So picking Sheridan Blue ends up the darker color, then I will have to go with a different blue from a chip book.

Notice how much darker it looks in this pic:

 

That translucence could very much have to do with the type (laquer, acrylic, etc) of paint he used - especially if he added a hardener to it that negated a clear top coat. Or even if he did spray a clear top coat on it. It could also have to do withthe number of coats he applied. The deeper the finish the more of that effect you will find.

 

Most dark blues have a translucency or transparency to them otherwise they would go black. That's why blue is considered one of the more difficult colors to paint with. The primer color and evenness will highly affect the finished color as well. If DIY painting use a dark grey primer and tint it blue. Painting blue over a light color primer will almost always result in tiger stripes BTDT. GM had a great near candy blue in the late 60's they used on the Chevelle and GTO.