Chris & Mike,
The Canadian Savoy/Regent 2 and 4 door sedans were
available with the Sportone as an option. The series name
still appeared on the rear fender. Instead of the series name
on the driver's door trim, as on the Belvedere/Mayfair,
there appeared four small arrow-like indentations. The
Sportone was also available on the Custom Suburban as an
option.
As for two-tones, the regular Savoy/Regent two-tone was
one colour on the body with the second colour on the roof
above the drip rails. With Sportone, the colour within the
Sportone area matched the roof colour.
Looking through the list of Canadian colours available in
1956, there was a Shell Pink (29) offered. It could be had as a
bottom colour with a choice of Surf White (2911), Heron Grey
Metallic (2211), Jet Black (1011) or Heather Metallic (2811) as
upper colours. The reverse colours, with Shell Pink as the
upper colour, came with Surf White (1129), Heron Grey Metallic
(1122), Jet Black (1110), and Heather Metallic (1128) for lower
colours. (The numbers 2911, 2211, etc. are the paint codes
associated with the colour schemes).
By the way, what is the VIN on your car? Would be interesting
to see from which plant it was sourced. Also, on the firewall
on Canadian-built vehicles there was a small rectangular tag,
with "Model No", "Body No", "Paint Code", and "Trim Code".
This information could help in determining just what your car
came with, if the plate was used in South African production.
Bill W
Vancouver, BC
> --- Chris Koekemoer <koekies@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi to all, can somebody tell me what colour schemes
> > my 56 Savoy 4 door sedan 6 cylinder came out in?
> > The one I have is a pinkish fleshy colour. Did they
> > come in two tone as well?
>
> Not sure the name of your colour, but if it's the same
> paint we had here it may have originally been a salmon
> colour but faded... two tones were certainly available
> in the States, tho ZA might have done that differently
> (for example, there was a brief period where Australia
> only offered two tones on cars with automatic
> gearboxes; this strange restriction was more prevalent
> on Fords than MoPars). Anyway, your Savoy could have a
> different colored top, a different colored lower body
> from about the middle of the front door back (this is
> called "Sportone" in Plymouth ad-speak), or both. This
> would not have been offered from the factory as a
> 3-tone even tho Dodges and a few Chryslers were.
>
> I believe Canadian-sourced Savoys were even offered
> with the more elaborate Belvedere Sportone trim, tho
> this might have also been limited to certain body
> styles and engine options. I know the Canadian Dodge
> Regent (a Savoy equivalent) was offered with Mayfair
> (Belvedere equivalent) trim, but I think only as a 2dr
> hardtop. I will defer to Bill Watson's far greater
> knowledge of all things Canadian since this is all
> stuff I'm not certain of.
>
>
> =====
> Mike Sealey, San Francisco CA
> '57 Plymouth Sport Suburban
>
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