Greetings all, can someone perhaps help with the color code for this brewster green please ?
I believe it's GM 764. If I'm wrong someone will let us know.
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Hi Charles
This might help as well:
I had 1946 highlighted, but as you can see, the same Ditzler code applies to earlier years as well.
Hope that helps. 🙂
Ole S Olson
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Each year the color combo number changed on Fisher passenger cars and Martin-Parry commercial. The Duco number did not. For details see paint chips 1935 - 42 at web page: home.znet.com/c1937/paint.htm . Swifts red Delux #255, Export Blue Delux #314, and Brewster green Delux #267 were the only enamels used on Fisher cars. The rest of the Fisher colors were Lacquer. All Martin-Parry trucks were painted enamel. Holdens had different colors.
Brewster Green was discontinued after 1941 and Forester green replaced it. My fathers fleet was painted Forester green. The Dodges were resprayed at the dealer as this was not a Dodge color.
"Brewster Green was discontinued after 1941 and Forester green replaced it."
With due respect...
Not here it didn't.
Brewster Green was the standard color on Chevrolet trucks to the end of the 1946 model year (several months into the 1947 calendar year).
Forester green became the standard color with the introduction the Advance Design trucks that came out as 1947 model year trucks several months into the calendar year.
A few years later, (1953 to be exact), still with Advance Design trucks, Forester Green was replaced with Juniper Green as the standard.
I may be wrong, but I don't think Brewster Green was ever a color used on Chevrolet car bodies.
Only trucks.
Ole S Olson
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It is possible I am incorrect to the date. I still have the 1944 Dodge that was originally Navy Blue and repainted Forester green at the Dodge dealer. My Father had a priority to purchase 2 trucks a year for essential industry during WW II. His 1942 Chevy had original (factory) paint when it was sold in 2010. The 1943 Dodge was a dealer repaint. A friend of mine rolled the 1944 Chevy which was a cab & chassis with a 1936 Stainless steel IH (Corn binder) bed. I still have the bed but it is not very accessible. The 1949 3/4 ton was same color which could have been an advanced design color.
I believe the enamel (Delux) colors were used mostly on fleet vehicles.
I know Canada had some differences but I don't know if it included colors.
Just for clarification for anyone reviewing this thread in the future, the Dupont old line enamel was called Dulux. I shot a fair amount of it when I was first getting into the body & fender business many years ago. At that time the world was just making the transition to Acrylic Enamel and Dulux was being phased out. At that time Dupont was the dominant paint manufacturer in the US so Dulux was almost synonymous with automotive enamel. Kind of like Crescent has become synonymous for any brand adjustable open end wrench.
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