| jch1960 | -- 07-13-2015 @ 3:56 PM |
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I bought a 1951 F-1, and the stamping on the cowl indicates my truck was painted Sea Island Green. Can anyone send me a picture of a 1951-52 Pickup painted Sea Island Green? I am having a hard time visualizing what this color looks like on the truck. Thank you!
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| Stroker | -- 07-14-2015 @ 2:23 PM |
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My dad purchased a new F-1 in 1951,painted Sea Island Green. It was a subtle color in my opinion. I don't have any color photo's of it, even though we used it until 1980. If you would like to see a color chip, Auto Color Library has a photo of the chip (although given the age of the original sample it appears too dark) They of course do have the formula, so to get a better idea perhaps you could request a sample. The appearance was a light gray with a very soft green tint. I'd assume of course that you already know most of this, as your 51 should have some remaining original paint somewhere, unless it was stripped. Good luck in your quest!
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| jch1960 | -- 07-14-2015 @ 4:09 PM |
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Thanks for your suggestion. Is it really a light green? Almost beige?
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| trjford8 | -- 07-15-2015 @ 7:02 AM |
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Unless your pickup was totally striped for a repaint, there should be some evidence inside the cowl panels or under the dash of the original color. The backside of the metal inspection covers on the doors may also have the original color.
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| jch1960 | -- 07-16-2015 @ 7:42 AM |
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Unfortunately, I bought the truck in Montana, and towed it down to California where the body man started in on it, and had it blasted down to bare metal then primed. When I bought the truck, it was a gray color, which I guess is the Sea Island Green 60 plus years.
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| 51f1 | -- 08-12-2015 @ 1:40 PM |
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If the code on the cowl indicates sea island green, then that is what your truck was painted. The color in the picture looks gray to me. Sea island green is the lighter of the two greens offered, the other being meadow green. The paint may fade and the metal may rust, but the paint will still be green, not gray. Your truck must have been repainted. If you look hard enough, you can find the green paint. Have you got the right code? The code for sea island green is "G". Richard This message was edited by 51f1 on 8-12-15 @ 1:49 PM
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| petemcl | -- 08-23-2015 @ 1:24 PM |
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My late 1950 St. Paul-built Ford F2 was painted in that color originally. I have attached a chart, a bit faded but you get the idea.
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| petemcl | -- 08-23-2015 @ 1:25 PM |
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Here is what it looks like on the interior which is the only place that was not painted flat black when I got the truck.
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| Stroker | -- 09-03-2015 @ 2:11 PM |
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jch1960: That is Sea Island Green as I remember it on our 51 F1.
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| Maddog2020 | -- 06-28-2016 @ 8:27 PM |
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I'm just finished up with a full restoration on my 51 Ford F1. Original color was sea island green. It's a great color very subtle and very unique for the truck. I don't think a lot of trucks came in this color. My wife wanted me to paint it either Vermilion red or black. I had to stay with the stock color since it is punched into the firewall. I offset the body with maroon wheels with a single silver pinstrip. Here's a pic--
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| TomO | -- 06-29-2016 @ 9:19 AM |
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Go to the Gallery on the NIRG web site and look for the 51 Ford pickup owned by Frank M Tom
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| 51f1 | -- 07-03-2016 @ 10:28 AM |
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This should be sea island green. Richard This message was edited by 51f1 on 7-3-16 @ 10:30 AM
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| 51f1 | -- 07-03-2016 @ 10:39 AM |
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Just for the heck of it, this is the other green, meadow green. Richard
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| jch1960 | -- 07-13-2016 @ 10:37 AM |
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Thanks for those pictures. I ended up painting the truck Meadow Green, even though the cab is stamped Sea Island Green. The original color just didn't do it for me!
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| jch1960 | -- 07-13-2016 @ 10:41 AM |
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I think the red wheels will contrast your truck nicely!
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