1937 Ford Truck Question

[slusher]

What is the correct color of a stock 1937 ford truck...?

[Art Anderson]

What is the correct color of a stock 1937 ford truck...?

Here's the Ditzler (now PPG Ditzler) color chip chart for 1937-38 Ford Commercial vehicles : http://www.tcpglobal.com/aclchip.aspx?image=1937-fordtruck-pg03.jpg

Note though, that the standard factory paint scheme was any one of the available colors shown, applied to the cab (including the firewall, and I believe all interior metal surfaces), bed, hood and grille shell. The standard color for all 4 fenders , the running boards, and the splash aprons between running boards and cab & bottom of the bed was gloss black (to have those sheet metal parts painted the same color as the cab etc. was an extra cost option (relatively few were painted all one color given the still poor economic climate in 1937). Additionally, the floor of a Ford pickup bed from the factory had no exposed wood whatsoever. Ford lined their pickup truck bed floors with sheet steel having the skid strips stamped into the panel, with a 1" diameter drain hole (for rain or snow) in the front corner on each side of the bed floor. The sheetmetal panel on the bed floor was painted the same color as the rest of the pickup box from the factory (the underside of the bed more than likely was also painted the body color, even on the exposed oak planking on the underside.

Wheel and the outer hubcap were gloss black. The center hubcaps were painted plack with the raised ridge around their edge, and the stylized V8 logo were polished stainless steel.

Ford chassis and running gear including the shock absorbers and bumper brackets were painted a semi-gloss black enamel.

Art

[slusher]

Thanks Art..