EW1 Spinnaker White touch-up paint

[DeltaV]

I need to touch-up a handful of small stone chips on my EW1 Spinnaker White '79 Chrysler (SS22L9R). Is there a brand/source of touch-up paint that you would recommend above all others?

Also, since this is a C body forum, was 1970 the first year the EW1 Spinnaker White used on Chrysler 300?

Many thanks in advance.

 

[Davea Lux]

I need to touch-up a handful of small stone chips on my EW1 Spinnaker White '79 Chrysler (SS22L9R). Is there a brand/source of touch-up paint that you would recommend above all others?

Also, since this is a C body forum, was 1970 the first year the EW1 Spinnaker White used on Chrysler 300?

Many thanks in advance.

Go to www.automotivetouchup.com and enter your paint codes, they have most colors.

Dave

 

[Dobalovr]

I need some for my SS22L9R as well.,,

They don’t list that paint code on the above site but if you succeed with a phone call to them please post results

Thanks

 

[commando1]

Commando1's Helpfull Hint #36:
Ford's commonly and easily available Wimbledon White is a 95% match to Spinnaker White.

 

[Davea Lux]

I need some for my SS22L9R as well.,,

They don’t list that paint code on the above site but if you succeed with a phone call to them please post results

Thanks

That paint code EW1 is listed on the 1970 Dodge as white. Same color. Some years they also called it polar white or alpine white. 1970 Police cruisers (Plymouths) in Oregon were all EW1 polar white. In using the touch up website, it is often true that if a color was used first, say on a Dodge, it won't be listed elsewhere, so you sometimes need to dig for it within other models of the same year.

Dave

 

[CBODY67]

My '66 Newport is "Spinnaker White". The Ford "white" is more creamy in color, with GM "white" being a "blue white", by comparison. You don't notice these significant variations unless you put them all side by side, as I did in the middle '70s.

Almost all of the OEM-style touch-up paint comes from Dupli-Color, even if it has OEM packaging from the dealer. So that might be a better source.

If you go to a paint supply store and get them to mix you some, their minimum mix quantity usually is a quart.

As I'm evolving my knowledge of Chrysler paint codes, I believe the "W1" is the basic color code with the "E" being model year-specific, for whatever reason that Chrysler did that? Or might it have been a "vendor code" of where that particular paint was sourced for the assembly plants? The "number" in the code would relate to the "darkness" of the color, as the particular color families (blues, greens, reds, etc.) graphically indicate.

Many like to use the "sales name" for the color, but as with the "high impact" colors . . . same color code, different sales name for the car divisions. Similar things existed at GM, too. So, codes are best.

If I'm incorrect in my observations, please advise.

CBODY67

 

[LeBaron1973]

I need to touch-up a handful of small stone chips on my EW1 Spinnaker White '79 Chrysler (SS22L9R). Is there a brand/source of touch-up paint that you would recommend above all others?

Also, since this is a C body forum, was 1970 the first year the EW1 Spinnaker White used on Chrysler 300?

Many thanks in advance.

Go to the TCP Global website www.autocolorlibrary.com then click on modern, and insert year, then click on make and insert make, then that years color chart appears. Contact them with paint type and color and approx 5 days (or sooner) the paint will be done

All the best for happy motoring

John

 

[Davea Lux]

My '66 Newport is "Spinnaker White". The Ford "white" is more creamy in color, with GM "white" being a "blue white", by comparison. You don't notice these significant variations unless you put them all side by side, as I did in the middle '70s.

Almost all of the OEM-style touch-up paint comes from Dupli-Color, even if it has OEM packaging from the dealer. So that might be a better source.

If you go to a paint supply store and get them to mix you some, their minimum mix quantity usually is a quart.

As I'm evolving my knowledge of Chrysler paint codes, I believe the "W1" is the basic color code with the "E" being model year-specific, for whatever reason that Chrysler did that? Or might it have been a "vendor code" of where that particular paint was sourced for the assembly plants? The "number" in the code would relate to the "darkness" of the color, as the particular color families (blues, greens, reds, etc.) graphically indicate.

Many like to use the "sales name" for the color, but as with the "high impact" colors . . . same color code, different sales name for the car divisions. Similar things existed at GM, too. So, codes are best.

If I'm incorrect in my observations, please advise.

CBODY67

The first letter of the Mopar paint codes is the first year it was used, E=1969. The second letter is the basic color. W=white, third digit is the qualifying digit or type digit. 1 in this case is the lightest type of white offered, might be others or might not be in that year. All mopar divisions used the same coding system and all were the same basic color no matter how the promotional folks tried to spice it up with a fancy name unique to the division. Some color codes hung around for several years, others lasted a single year. The codes would never be repeated. If a new variant of color was created, the new color would have a different year first digit.

Dave

 

[commando1]

The first letter of the Mopar paint codes is the first year it was used, E=1969. The second letter is the basic color. W=white, third digit is the qualifying digit or type digit. 1 in this case is the lightest type of white offered, might be others or might not be in that year. All mopar divisions used the same coding system and all were the same basic color no matter how the promotional folks tried to spice it up with a fancy name unique to the division. Some color codes hung around for several years, others lasted a single year. The codes would never be repeated. If a new variant of color was created, the new color would have a different year first digit.

Dave

Color codes demystified!!

 

[cbendure]

Automobile Touch Up Paint - Factory Matched Paints - Express Paint
this place has it. Ordering it for my wagon in a couple of days. Let u all know how it looks.

 

[thrashingcows]

I would see if there is a local shop that could scan your paint near the chips and mix you up some paint to match. I did the EW1 pre-mixed paint on my 73 RR years ago to touch up some paint down low on the rear quarters and it never matched well, since the paint had faded over the years.

 

[marty mopar]

white is always W1 1 is the lightest color white
black is always X9 9 is the darkest color black

example from the 1982 part book:

-1- = COLOR CODED PART NUMBER defined: front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
-2- = First element: Basic part number (1 alpha + 3 numerics) front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
-3- = Second element: Series/1st model year color mastered (1 alpha) front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator
support.
-4- = Third element: Color & shade suffix (usually 1 alpha + 1 numeric) front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator
support.
- - ALPHA: front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . A = Silver front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . B = Blue front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . C = Blue front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . CW = Blue & White front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . F = Green front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . H = Mahogany front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . M = Red front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . MW = Red & White front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . T = Tan front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . W = White front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . X = Black front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
- - NUMERIC (on a scale from 1-9: 1= lightest shade; 9= darkest shade) front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator
support.
. . . . . 1 = very Light front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . 2 = Light front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . 3 = front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . 4 = front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . 5 = Medium front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . 6 = Medium dark front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . 7 = front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . 8 = Dark front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . . 9 = very Dark front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
-5- = COLOR APPLICATION CHART (identifies vehicle usage) front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
-6- = COMBINED Part Number defined front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator support.
. . . . Right & Left part numbers are frequently combined on 1 line and are interpreted as: front fender side shield or wheel housing
or the radiator support.
. . . . . D450PA4 = Right side application; D451PA4 = Left side application. front fender side shield or wheel housing or the radiator

 

[V Scott Senter]

I find that with whites and reds the selection of spray paints is awesome. I recently matched wimbledon white in a spray can. (Take a part with you, like a fender cap to match). Great way to touch up tiny rock chips and scratches. And I use a pointy toothpick to apply a tiny amount of paint for those really small chips.

 

[commando1]

I recently matched wimbledon white in a spray can.

Yet you don't tell us who the manufacturer was...

 

[V Scott Senter]

I don't have the spray can at home. Its in a storage unit/workshop. I will get the manufacturer and color and report back soon.

 

[V Scott Senter]

The paint I found that matches Ford Wimbledon White is "Easy Care" "Premium Decor" Gloss Enamel, Heirloom White color manufactured by GPM out of Cary, IL. I found it at a Big R farm/ranch supply store.

 

[commando1]

I'm sure Big R's everywhere will experience a run on their Heirloom White.

 

[ImpJay]

@marty mopar

Actually another shade of white was offered. It was GW3, Sno/Bright White, which was offered by Plymouth and Dodge for only one year, G=1971. It was a cleaner shade of white than EW1.

 

[marty mopar]

There is one more white....the one you see when your old lady slams a frypan on your head after you left her for dead at the McDonald's.
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