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Was My Car a Two Tone?
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Kenny J.
Posted 2009-08-07 11:13 AM (#184343)
Subject: Was My Car a Two Tone?



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.........there is little doubt in my knowledge-lacking brain that most of the car was always black, as there is no flaking or damaged paint revealing another color under the black in elsewhere on the car.

But both the trunk floor and inner rear quarters have this light turquoise color evident:



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hemidenis
Posted 2009-08-07 11:26 AM (#184347 - in reply to #184343)
Subject: Re: Was My Car a Two Tone?



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Location: Northen Virginia		Your plate shows “A” that mean the color was "Black". My 1957 Imperial shows "A" and is all black

Edited by hemidenis 2009-08-07 11:28 AM
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Kenny J.
Posted 2009-08-07 11:32 AM (#184350 - in reply to #184347)
Subject: Re: Was My Car a Two Tone?



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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada		Thanks, Denis.

I was hoping the car was built all black, as that's one of the things I like about it.

K.
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d500neil
Posted 2009-08-07 4:24 PM (#184377 - in reply to #184350)
Subject: Re: Was My Car a Two Tone?



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Location: bishop, ca		That brings up an interesting question: beyond the 'scallop' inset area on the fins, and the thin NY'er side
inset area, were 57-58 CHY's available with two tone motifs (i.e.: on the roof, I suppose)???




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Chrycoman
Posted 2009-08-07 11:02 PM (#184408 - in reply to #184377)
Subject: Re: Was My Car a Two Tone?



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d500neil - 2009-08-07 1:24 PM

That brings up an interesting question: beyond the 'scallop' inset area on the fins, and the thin NY'er side
inset area, were 57-58 CHY's available with two tone motifs (i.e.: on the roof, I suppose)???



Yes. The plain two-tone cars (roof / body) had a two letter paint code, AB, where A was the roof colour and B was the body colour.

Cars with ABC had the AB same as the two tone (roof / body) with the C being the insert colour.

"AB" would be Jet Black roof and Horizon Blue body in 1957 while "ABA" would be Jet Black roof, Horizon Blue body and Jet Black insert.
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Chrycoman
Posted 2009-08-07 11:05 PM (#184409 - in reply to #184350)
Subject: Re: Was My Car a Two Tone?



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Kenny J. - 2009-08-07 8:32 AM

Thanks, Denis.

I was hoping the car was built all black, as that's one of the things I like about it.

K.


Am I correct is surmising that the trunk floor appears to be not painted black? I know many years Chrysler painted trunk floors a different colour, sometimes a grey and many time a spackle paint.

Of course, there is also a possibility someone over the years repainted the floor if the paint had become severely worn.
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Kenny J.
Posted 2009-08-08 10:36 AM (#184441 - in reply to #184409)
Subject: Re: Was My Car a Two Tone?



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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada		Yes, Bill. Both the trunk floor and inner quarters are a light turquoise. So far, no evidence or collision or rust repair.

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hemidenis
Posted 2009-08-08 6:52 PM (#184479 - in reply to #184343)
Subject: Re: Was My Car a Two Tone?



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Location: Northen Virginia		May be a change of color order during the production line?
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Kenny J.
Posted 2009-08-09 8:41 PM (#184586 - in reply to #184479)
Subject: Re: Was My Car a Two Tone?



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hemidenis - 2009-08-08 3:52 PM

May be a change of color order during the production line?


I was thinking the same thing.

K.
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