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I'm sure that's just a function of lighting and photography not catching the true color. The 50 Ford sedan above, which was a 70,000 mile original survivor, according the the ad link, is more representative of the color from my memory.
I concur...
Although it is not a FOMOCO color, Celeste Green is a nice shade as well. Most commonly found on Italian bicycles (Bianci) and some Vespa scooters, it is a little spicier than the early Ford colors.
I was in my backyard taking a break after trimming bushes and looked at this truck picture and then at my picnic table. It looks like my picnic table and house trim is Palisades Green.
Palisade Green pulled from an actual code. Single stage urethane, as close to the original lacquer paint that I could get. I am very very happy with it, it is unchanged from how they pulled the code.
The Sherwin Williams mix is for an enamel that I had mixed for the bed floor, it is not advisable to paint wood with urethane since the wood expands and contracts, matches the body paint perfectly
Palisade Green pulled from an actual code. Single stage urethane, as close to the original lacquer paint that I could get. I am very very happy with it, it is unchanged from how they pulled the code.
The Sherwin Williams mix is for an enamel that I had mixed for the bed floor, it is not advisable to paint wood with urethane since the wood expands and contracts, matches the body paint perfectly
Thank you! That's awesome. My truck is an early 1951 stakebody, so I plan on keeping the wood in the bed clear coated to contrast the black painted bed. I'm trying to do something similar to your as-original restoration as possible. It has been hard to find the original grill color and matching interior two-tone. How did you figure out the silver grill color? I'm torn between silver and the milky-beige.
From what I remember, Palisade Green was a one year only color, 1950. In 1951 the off green color option was changed to Sea Island Green. It is similar, but a little more green or turquoise than Palisade Green. I prefer Palisade Green (I am biased I know) and have received a bunch of compliments on it. Something other than the regular blue/red/black or even Meadow Green is a nice change.
As far as the grill color goes, I had the paint store mix one of the many “Argent Silver” codes they had. The metalic in it ended up being larger and more noticeable than I would have liked, and the overall color being a little darker or greyer. I used a flattener in it to tone it down and that helped. Out of all the paints I used in my restoration, the grill color is the furthest from matching the original. The original argent silver wasn’t even really metallic, just a solid silver color. It’s still pretty close in the grand scheme of things, close enough to not repaint it anyways.
It is a better match in my opinion. I considered using it for the grill, but wanted to use a catalyzed paint that will protect better and last much longer.
From what I remember, Palisade Green was a one year only color, 1950. In 1951 the off green color option was changed to Sea Island Green. It is similar, but a little more green or turquoise than Palisade Green. I prefer Palisade Green (I am biased I know) and have received a bunch of compliments on it. Something other than the regular blue/red/black or even Meadow Green is a nice change.
That's true, but for the plant it came from and my Chassis codes (and very helpful people on here) I found they used Palisade green for a very short run of early 1951s that included mine.
The main reason why I looked into it so much is the original color was still there under the meadow green my Dad painted it 30 years ago and it didn't really match any color on the 1951 swatch pages. So the chassis codes helped find out why. And I'm with you on prefering the Palisade anyway, haha.
Copy all on the silver, I'll have time to think more on that one since I haven't even started tearing into the truck yet. Just planning so far. But the silver color code really helps too!
That’s awesome, makes sense that there would be a little bleed over into 1951 with Palisade Green. I really don’t know why they got rid of it so quickly, I think it’s a great color.
I don’t remember what ratio I applied the flattener at, but roughly I’d call it a satin finish. It does look really good, just not quite as plain and “white” as the rattle can stuff. I would definitely use this over a rattle can though, quality and durability is 100 times better.
I also have the codes I used for the dealer option recirculating heater and the instrument panel. Both perfect matches to unfaded original paint.
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