Source for Lark paint chips.

[Jeff T.]

My Lark paint chips seem to have fallen into the black hole that eats everything around my house. Can anyone recommend a vendor with paint chips? The next swap meet around my part of the world is not until the middle of March. The only other chips I have are out of a dealers fact book and I don't want to lose pages out of it or lend it to a paint shop for matching purposes.


Jeff T.


"I'm getting nowhere as fast as I can"
The Replacements.

[Studeman]

quote: The only other chips I have are out of a dealers fact book and I don't want to lose pages out of it or lend it to a paint shop for matching purposes.

I'm all for having a collection of paint-chips and color charts.

BUT...........

Paint-chips out of (most) paint books produced by the manufacturers (Dupont, Acme, SherWill) are NOT a very good way of matching paint. Most of the ones from the 50's-70's are INK representations of the original color. They are NOT actual paint chips. Some solid colors are pretty close, but I have put MANY of the printed charts against nice original paint- and most were not even close. The printing technology just couldn't "match" paint color (especially metallics) to any reasonable degree of consistency.

For color-matching purposes- the best results are by having your paint-store match a nice piece of ORIGINAL paint. Door jambs, trunks, firewall, and underneath moldings and weatherstrip- are the best places to find undamaged original paint to match to.

I also have original STUDEBAKER color charts that are real PAINT... not INK... these are suitable for color-matching. Fandecks, and Engineering/Data books- usually have real PAINT.





Specializing in Studebaker Restoration

[Studeman]

quote: The only other chips I have are out of a dealers fact book and I don't want to lose pages out of it or lend it to a paint shop for matching purposes.

I'm all for having a collection of paint-chips and color charts.

BUT...........

Paint-chips out of (most) paint books produced by the manufacturers (Dupont, Acme, SherWill) are NOT a very good way of matching paint. Most of the ones from the 50's-70's are INK representations of the original color. They are NOT actual paint chips. Some solid colors are pretty close, but I have put MANY of the printed charts against nice original paint- and most were not even close. The printing technology just couldn't "match" paint color (especially metallics) to any reasonable degree of consistency.

For color-matching purposes- the best results are by having your paint-store match a nice piece of ORIGINAL paint. Door jambs, trunks, firewall, and underneath moldings and weatherstrip- are the best places to find undamaged original paint to match to.

I also have original STUDEBAKER color charts that are real PAINT... not INK... these are suitable for color-matching. Fandecks, and Engineering/Data books- usually have real PAINT.





Specializing in Studebaker Restoration

[rockne10]

quote:the best results are by having your paint-store match a nice piece of ORIGINAL paint. Door jambs, trunks, firewall, and underneath moldings and weatherstrip- are the best places to find undamaged original paint to match

I agree. I have a couple of chip sheets with paint samples attached from 1953 and 1960. Paint matching these samples does not match the paint on the car. Dark samples get darker over time; car paint exposed to sunlight gets lighter, etc. A paint scan of an area on the vehicle that has been hidden from sunlight will yield the[u]closest modern</u> match. If you are painting a portion of the vehicle, this may still not match an area that has been exposed to weather for fifty years.

[rockne10]

quote:the best results are by having your paint-store match a nice piece of ORIGINAL paint. Door jambs, trunks, firewall, and underneath moldings and weatherstrip- are the best places to find undamaged original paint to match

I agree. I have a couple of chip sheets with paint samples attached from 1953 and 1960. Paint matching these samples does not match the paint on the car. Dark samples get darker over time; car paint exposed to sunlight gets lighter, etc. A paint scan of an area on the vehicle that has been hidden from sunlight will yield the[u]closest modern</u> match. If you are painting a portion of the vehicle, this may still not match an area that has been exposed to weather for fifty years.

[tstclr]

What year are you looking for? I may have a set kicking around.
Todd


63 Lark 2dr Sedan

[tstclr]

What year are you looking for? I may have a set kicking around.
Todd


63 Lark 2dr Sedan

[58PackardWagon]

Please check with this vendor. He usually has a ton of paint chips for sale. He might not have them listed currently on his web site, but he has them. Just send him an email. good luck

http://stores.ebay.com/Rocky-Mountain-Studebaker

58 Packard Wgn (Parade Red)
58 Packard Wgn (Park Green)
58 Packard Sdn (Shadowtone Red)
62 Daytona (White)
63 R2 Lark (Super Red)

[58PackardWagon]

Please check with this vendor. He usually has a ton of paint chips for sale. He might not have them listed currently on his web site, but he has them. Just send him an email. good luck

http://stores.ebay.com/Rocky-Mountain-Studebaker

58 Packard Wgn (Parade Red)
58 Packard Wgn (Park Green)
58 Packard Sdn (Shadowtone Red)
62 Daytona (White)
63 R2 Lark (Super Red)

[showbizkid]

autolit.com is a good source for old DuPont sheets.


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Clark in San Diego
'63 F2/Lark Standard

http://studeblogger.blogspot.com

https://www.studebakersandiego.com

[showbizkid]

autolit.com is a good source for old DuPont sheets.


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Clark in San Diego
'63 F2/Lark Standard

http://studeblogger.blogspot.com

https://www.studebakersandiego.com

[arkiejazz]

Try looking them up on this site http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/

steve blake

http://tinyurl.com/kr3gt

[arkiejazz]

Try looking them up on this site http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/

steve blake

http://tinyurl.com/kr3gt