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DavidC

I'm building a 53 Hornet for my son, who loves medium-dark blue. I obtained all the paint chip cards for stepdowns, and found several nice blues, but most of them had some flake or metallic or other sparkly additive. One of the only solid darker blues I found was Broadway Blue. Well, after many tries using the formula on the paint card and other paint soucres such as Dupont and Auto Color Library, my body shop can find no match. So, if anyone has the modern equivalent chemical formula for broadway blue, or other solid medium-dark blues relevant to Hudsons, I'd appreciate it. Also, it appears from the movie Cars that the Hudson Hornet donned a darker blue in some scenes, such as the big race. Is this true? If so, I'd love to know what the formula is for that blue as well. Any help is greatly appreciated.
hudsonly,
Dave

essexcoupe3131

PPG should have it as there files go way back, and must have matched it at some stage
just a thought

DavidC

Thanks ,as a matter of fact I just got called by the paint shop and they said PPG supplied them with a sample. I'm still open to formulas if any one in the club has one to offer, because I have not seen this blue yet
Hudsonly,
Dave C

James P.

The trouble with the many vintage paint chip charts that are available is that they give you paint formulas that are based on toners (the tinting colors that are blended toether) that haven't been available for many years. In other words the chip charts give you a recipe that's useless because the ingredients have changed so much. The only real way to get a paint that matches Broadway Blue is to have it hand match by a specialist (which I thought Auto Color Library was all about) or to have an existing, acceptable example scanned. As of a couple of years ago the color chips on a chip chart were too small to be scanned, though maybe that's changed. They aren't reliable anyway because they are ink, rather than paint. I'd suggest that you call Auto Color Library (TCPGlobal) directly and talk to someone. As I said, I thought that this was their specialty. BTW, Broadway Blue is a very nice non-metalic Blue. It was also often paired with a light blue called Southern Blue which made for a very pretty two-tone.

oldhudsons

contact Hibernia Restorations in N.J. - they have Hudson paint formulas back into the 20s + can mix it for you, even in nitroceluose as original (last I heard).

DavidC

Thank you both, I will chase down both leads. BTW, my body shop mixed up their latest dupont Broadway blue creation but it was close to royal blue and too bright for this particular application- looked closer to the Pixar blue. Nice, but not as dark as we're looking for. In re to the paint chip, my body shop seconded your statement that the chip is too small to scan. Thanks again,
Dave

Uncle Josh

Another way to go is check out the rattle cans at Auto Zone or someplace, buy the ones that look good, spray some samples, then have it mixed from the code on the can. Worked for me. These are late 80s Chrysler colors.

PAULARGETYPE

AS PETE SAID Hibernia Restorations IN NJ IS WHERE I GOT MY PAINT FOR ''BABY'' GOOD LUCK

DavidC

I spoke to Adam at hibernia and found out he recently sent out cans of broadway blue and cream paint to som lucky stiff. OK, who is it, and will i see you in gettysburgh?

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