Paint names

[Mike Szadaj]

I was watching an episode of graveyard carz that was talking about the restoration of a 1968 charger RT. The fender tag paint code shows.MM1. When I first bought my car as a rolling (not even running) heap of metal, the car was painted black, which matched the paint code on the fender tag. When it came to the time to spray the body, I chose a 1968 Dodge color, bronze metallic, paint code MM1. In 1968, Plymouth, Chrysler, and imperial all called the paint color turbine bronze (I believe because it was the same color that the Chrysler turbine cars were painted). Only Dodge called that color bronze metallic. Knowing that Mark Worman prides himself on knowing obscure facts like paint color names, it surprised me to hear him referring to the paint color as turbine bronze during the episode. In the Govier white book, it says turbine bronze, but as with other 1968 colors that have two different names, Govier just seems to pick one or the other. I wonder if the reason that Worman calls it turbine bronze because that is what the white book says.

The first two pictures are from a 1968 Dodge sales brochure.
The next two pictures are from a 1968 paint guide.
The last picture is from a B-Body facts and figures book.

 

[Krooser]

Don't forget the paint suppliers even have different names for the colors in most instances.

 

[toolmanmike]

I was watching an episode of graveyard carz that was talking about the restoration of a 1968 charger RT. The fender tag paint code shows.MM1. When I first bought my car as a rolling (not even running) heap of metal, the car was painted black, which matched the paint code on the fender tag. When it came to the time to spray the body, I chose a 1968 Dodge color, bronze metallic, paint code MM1. In 1968, Plymouth, Chrysler, and imperial all called the paint color turbine bronze (I believe because it was the same color that the Chrysler turbine cars were painted). Only Dodge called that color bronze metallic. Knowing that Mark Worman prides himself on knowing obscure facts like paint color names, it surprised me to hear him referring to the paint color as turbine bronze during the episode. In the Govier white book, it says turbine bronze, but as with other 1968 colors that have two different names, Govier just seems to pick one or the other. I wonder if the reason that Worman calls it turbine bronze because that is what the white book says.

The first two pictures are from a 1968 Dodge sales brochure.
The next two pictures are from a 1968 paint guide.
The last picture is from a B-Body facts and figures book.

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I'm sure Worman reads the White book for his information. And that's ok but it's not always accurate or correct. I find original documents on the Hamtramck site which are closer to the truth. The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1970 Paint Chip Charts Slideshow

 

[eldubb440]

. Knowing that Mark Worman prides himself on knowing obscure facts like paint color names, it surprised me to hear him referring to the paint color as turbine bronze during the episode.

nobody knows everything...... a scripted show can make anyone look like an encyclopedia, and a jackass

 

[toolmanmike]

 

[YY1]

Turbine bronze is fun.
(and has "mystique")

Bronze metallic is not nearly as much fun.

 

[eldubb440]

Turbine bronze is fun.

it's definitely faster

 

[YY1]

In Violet isn't nearly as much fun as Plum Crazy.

 

[YY1]

Same with Green Go vs Sassy Grass.

 

[YY1]

Curious Yellow or CitronYella?

 

[Mike Szadaj]

I guess it looks like in 1970, bronze metallic a.k.a. turbine bronze, was eliminated.