New color on my hawk

[Michael Boxel]

In early September I was on a tour in Ohio and got in a little fender bender and bent the left front fender.
I was not happy with the paint that was on the car . The car was caught in a tornado in 2014 and repainted at that time with some body work done also. When it was painted none of the stainless,door handles or lamps where removed and it was pretty obvious.
I now had the motivation to paint the original Desert sand poly so I did and after two coats I stood back and looked at it and didn’t like it. So it is now a Toyota color Copper poly but looks like root beer to me. I’m happy with it.

[Dwight FitzSimons]

Below is a '64 Hawk and a '64 Cruiser that (I think) is very close to Golden Sand, a 1964 only color.

Years ago I had a shop paint my '63 Avanti Avanti Red and what came from the automotive paint store wasn't even close. Had to repaint the car.
--Dwight

[Michael Boxel]

The first picture is the desert sand from TCP global
The 3rd and 6th are the paint that was on the car when I got it
Here is a pic of the tcp global in the sun.(I painted it 2parts because I’m not tall enough to reach the center of the hood without leaning on the fender)

[Topper2011]

My 62 GT is Desert Tan/Sand (according to this listing) and doesn't look like what is mentioned. I also got the paint from TCP. Maybe the lighting is changing the look?





I'm confused.

[Dwight FitzSimons]

My 62 GT is Desert Tan/Sand (according to this listing) and doesn't look like what is mentioned. I also got the paint from TCP. Maybe the lighting is changing the look?

I'm confused.

Your '62 isn't Golden Sand. Studebaker had a tan in '62 which is very different from Golden Sand.

The color on your '62 does look like the tan in the '62 color chart, as far as I can tell from the small pic.

BTW, please choose 'Large" when posting the paint color chart. I can't read it as is.
--Dwight

[JoeHall]

Here's our 63GT with desert sand, painted about 6 years ago. I used PPG, which costed about twice as much due to the special color.

[Dwight FitzSimons]

.................Redundant...............
--Dwight

[Dwight FitzSimons]

...............Also redundant.............
--Dwight

[JoeHall]

That's a pretty color, but a little more goldish than Golden Sand. Golden Sand was offered in 1964 only.
--Dwight

Desert Sand, is what it supposedly is. If I had it to do over, I'd just go through a paint chip book and pick something clots enough. That's what the body shop guy suggested, but I wanted to try my best to go with the correct color. So I paid through the nose, and still not sure if it's right. It looks a bit darker on a cloudy day, as the above pic, here's one on a sunny day.

[mbstude]

I like the Toyota Copper color. GT Hawks look nice in dark colors with a bit of metallic.

There’s a lot of confusion in this thread about paint colors and names. “Desert Sand” is a 1961 color. “Desert Tan” is a 1962 color. Neither are gold.

1963 - Champagne Gold:



1964 - Golden Sand:

[Michael Boxel]

My dad bought a desert/golden sand hawk new in early 64 . By late 65 it was BORDEAUX red. Being born in 64 I never knew it as anything but red. I have painted mine 13 months after I got it . Guess I’m more like my dad than I thought

[Topper2011]

Your '62 isn't Golden Sand. Studebaker had a tan in '62 which is very different from Golden Sand.

The color on your '62 does look like the tan in the '62 color chart, as far as I can tell from the small pic.

BTW, please choose 'Large" when posting the paint color chart. I can't read it as is.
--Dwight

Ah, I was going by the OPs commented it was "Desert Sand poly" which in the color chip stated desert sand and tan were the same. Weird. Hopefully this color chip comes out bigger. It seems both were correct, mine and the OP's Desert tan. Good thing I ordered mine from the paint code.





Why would they name two different colors the same name or did I get that wrong too?

[Dwight FitzSimons]

I assume others have noticed the holes at the bottom front of some GT Hawk hoods, as below. Those holes, of course, aren't needed for the '62 Hawk's new grille. One can see them when the grille is installed. Does anyone have a theory as to why they are on some GT Hawk hoods and not others? (They were used for the 1956-61 grille.)

This color looks very similar to 1958 Canyon Copper, which we had on our '58 Silver Hawk.
--Dwight

[Michael Boxel]

Well
I figured if I couldn’t get the proper color that I would do one I liked.
This is copper poly . Same paint paint code as the sand poly but a large 70’s Toyota color

[StudeRich]

The BIG difference that changes EVERYTHING that no one mentioned is: '61/'62 Desert Sand, Desert Tan is a Solid Color, '64 Golden Sand is a Metallic (Poly) the Silver metal in the Paint reflects Light and changes the Color and the "Look" completely.

It also looks appropriate for '63 to '66 Studes. because they were Mostly all Metallic's.