Modern formula for # 330 Satin Blue

[TomsHenryJ]

Greetings group

Restoring a '51 Henry J, paint code 330 Satin Blue.  Looking for a modern mixable paint formula, any paint manufacturer as my jobber can cross any modern number - he mixes DuPont product which I've had excellent luck with.  Would like it to be very close but doesn't need to be perfect as i'll be painting everything.

Alternative will be to take the back of the back seat which appears least faded in to do a computer match.

thanks in advance
Dave and Tom

[Fid]

Hi Dave, a fellow here in Lakeville, MN who got some Cape Verde green for  a couple of years ago and all he did was take the number, 325, off the tag. Perhaps he can do the same for you?  It's call "Lynn's Auto Restoration" and they just off the I35 and hiway 50 exit in Lakeville, northeast corner.  Get off on 50, go east to first light, then take a left and it's a white house / garage up on the hill on the right side. Here's the info -

Lynn's Auto Body Inc
17540 Junelle Path
Lakeville, MN 55044
(952) 435-7596

He's also the guy who made the gravel panels for my continental kit on my '52 Henry J Vagabond. I think he charges too much for that and I didn't use him to paint them as I knew somebody else, but he was able to get the paint based on the code on the car.

[Gordie]

I had some touch up paint work done on my '47 Frazer which is Lambswool Cream.  The car is stored in MO and the body man there has a paint shop who has a device that like a camera records the color from an area on the car that is an accurate representation of the correct color.  The paint shop made up the paint color from that picture and the match was perfect.  Do some of the larger paint shops now use this system?  I had the paint code and original color chips but the paint company did not need them.  I was very pleased with the results and you could not tell where the touch up work was done.

[joefrazer]

Sherwin Williams Automotive Finishes stores have digital spectrometers that can "read" a paint's color and determine it's best match. For my Cardinal 53K, they came up with a 67 Fiat color that is a dead nuts on match. Check with them, I'm sure they can help.

[Fid]

That's what I did on my '52 Vagabond. The guy that got me the original paint just did it to see if he could get it. The car was repainted (before I got it) using a hue that's the same but there is more metallic in it. I took it to another shop and they did the scan / match and it's perfect.  You do need a good sample on the car as Dave mentioned. If there is not a good, scannable surface on the car, the code may be the next best thing.

[HJ-ETEX]

jim, that brings back memories! A lot of the Fiat 124S/Pininfarina roadsters were painted that color.
Thrillseekers...the price of paint is partially based on the price of the pigment. White or Black is about the cheapest and Maroon is the most expensive.