[3tas4me]

Your body shop should have a guide from the manufacturer that will give them the formula to mix any color based on the manufacturers paint code (26) and the year of the vehicle.

[keith k]

Originally Posted by 3tas4me

Your body shop should have a guide from the manufacturer that will give them the formula to mix any color based on the manufacturers paint code (26) and the year of the vehicle.

Agree. And BTW, in my experience Dupont has a very nice match to the original Lucerne Blue color.

[eaglesan13]

Keith,

Was your old t/a painted with dupont?

[70-73nut]

For both pennies that it's worth,
my original DuPont paint chips
show two different numbers for 70 and 71.

70 Lucerne blue is 5190L (Lucite) and 5190D (Dulux).
71 is 5327L and 5327D.

Also on a trivial note,
Chevy offered it as "Mulsanne Blue Metallic"
Buick called it "Stratomist Blue Metallic"
and Olds used the name "Viking Blue Metallic"

Hope this helps.

[keith k]

Originally Posted by eaglesan13

Keith,

Was your old t/a painted with dupont?

Yep.

I used a replacement decklid when I restored it, so I had the original bottom of the decklid to compare to the new Dupont paint, and it matched extremely well.

The cars I've seen with the PPG version of Lucerne Blue seem to have a bit too much silver in them.

[pmdclassics]

Viewing images of Lucerne blue TA's over the years I have noticed 3 different versions of the color. The most common the "true Blue", the Silver blue and another that looks a bit greenish blue. Photography can play a role too with some of these photos depending upon the suns position. I plan on using the PPG for my 70 this summer as I prefer the silver/blue look, but I think the Dupont version is closer to factory specs.

[Norwood]

I have used both Du Pont and PPG acrylic lacquer on my 70 Trans Am. I have had NO paint match issues.

[pmdclassics]

Here is a Mulsanne blue corvette for comparing. Plus I did a google search and found some TA samples that I thought were different. (Sorry guys if any of these cars is yours)