post-war OD 24087 Paint question

[Jack Innes]

I am currently painting the roof on a truck built by Chrysler in 1969. The spray cans available with paint code 24087 do not seem to be consistent & on reading discussions on this it appears there are two colours with the same code. Pre 1984 & after 1984 affects the colour. I have 2 cans with code 24087 semi-gloss & the shades are different. The lighter of the two matches the exterior weathered areas of the truck very well. The interior of compartments etc. are notably darker. The majority of the paint seems to be the original material.

Does anyone have a current commercial paint code for this colour? Or a supplier?

Thank you for any suggestions.

[Jes Andersen]

After trying to get an accurate code, I found a panel that we could sheet off all the paint over the original. I had Lordco scan the piece from my M37CDN and mix up a PPG brand code 931126 in single stage urethane. Its gloss but matches pretty well for the factory dark green on my M37CDN. I will have to try having some flattening agent added when I start on the body panels but it looks good on the wheels. The code is specific to PPG but you could get a sample made and see how close it is to your colour.

[Jack Innes]

Thank you Jes, some will be mixed this week & we will see how close it is to my original colour.

[Jes Andersen]

Hope it will get you close, but if not, see if anyone in your area has a camera that they use to scan the colour that you want to match. Out here, Lordco does it at the body shop that painted my wheels and mixed a sample for my approval. Once we decided it was close enough, the body shop used the codes that Lordco provided to make up enough to do 6 wheels and lock rings. It's gloss but looks way better than the mess they were in before the sandblast and repaint. This is all new territory for me, as body and paint are not my forte'. New paints and processes require some study on my part, but thanks to the contributors on this forum and a few others that I haunt the learning is underway. Now if I just had more time and a few less projects...

[Robin Craig]

having been down this painful route before with cameras and scanners and military paints I warn you that the technology is not best suited for "our" vehicles as the paint it is designed to match are high gloss paints.

That is where it all goes off the rails, trust me.

Close will be good, a match is a wet dream fantasy.

I took a vehicle fresh off the boat from the Uk with a fresh paint job and didnt get a a match by a long chalk.

Went by eye on a colour chart and nailed it

R

[Frank v R]

Jack , what brand paint are you using ? some have an A & B with the same code with a slightly different shade,