Fwd: [Chrysler300] Gold air cleaner paint

[lettercars@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 4/4/2008 11:31:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Lettercars  
writes:

 
 
Hi All:
Thanks, Owen, for the pictures.  It is good to see an original air  cleaner 
color.  After looking at original air cleaner and valve cover  golds for many 
many years, I am convinced there is certainly a varience.   This may be due 
somewhat to ageing or to a genuine difference in paint.   I doubt having the 
super exact shade of gold was a real high  priority in production.  (Black is 
black and Engine Gold is  gold---perhaps?)   Therefore, in concours we have never 
been too  awfully picky on the gold---at least I hope not.  Certainly the "wet 
 look" gloss would earn some deductions.  
When I worked at Chrysler, I did try to find a master color chip for this  
color but, unfortunately, was not successful.  Early in my tenure  there (late 
'63 or '64) I wanted to obtain the correct gold to paint my newly  aquired 
300C's air cleaners.  I was given an address to go to south of  Jefferson Avenue 
near the river and received a 1/2 pint can of BRONZE  POWDER.  I mixed that 
with whatever they said to use and thus painted the  air cleaners.  I still have 
that can and am looking at it now, but the  paper label is too deteriorated to 
read. 
I am sure the paint company has long since gone out of business or been  
absorbed.  (Address was 12815 Elmwood Ave, Cleveland 11, Ohio.)
At any rate, we do not have an "official" engine gold master.   Perhaps 
someone with a good selection of original covers and filters would  agree to 
compare them with a sample of the 452 and a sample of the paint  Michael Meyer had 
formulated.  If the Meyer formulation is closest to  most, then as Terry 
McTaggart suggests, we could have Tower Paint make it up  in spray cans.   
Otherwise, just use the 452.  (By the way,  Owen, I think I missed the mfr. of the 452 
in the emails somewhere.  Who  is it?)
300ly, Gil Cunningham
Tallahassee, FL
 
In a message dated 4/4/2008 9:11:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
ram300@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

Hi  Rich,

Attached are pics of my 300C original paint/decal air cleaners  alongside a
spray can of the 452 they're all referring to. It's a close  match, but you
would definitely have to matt it out as these air cleaners  are NOT a full
gloss. The 10 coats of clear that some apply or the "wet  look" is not
correct in my opinion.
The valve covers were sprayed with  the 452 paint some years ago. The engine
block remains in what's left of  the original paint.

Your '55 looks good!

Wayne and Gil may be  able to comment?

Owen











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