Is this an original color for 1941?

[dean]

Is this an original color for a 1941 Caddy 62 deluxe coupe? I have some interest in buying it. Any comments about it would be appreciated.

[deanjb]

I forgot to give the link to the car! Here it is.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370340112846&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#v4-32

[Otto Skorzeny]

It looks like Cimarron Green Metallic #64.

Judge for yourself. http://www.lidreamboats.org/1941cad.html

[srk1941]

I have the original 1941 Cadillac dealer plastic paint selector sheets, with the clear '41 Series 62 Sedan overlay sheet.

This does look like Cimarron Green, with Berkshire Green Metallic roof.  The shade of green looks slightly bluer in the eBay pictures, but it could just be computer molecules mixing things up??  It's a beautiful color combination.

[Barry M. Wheeler #2189]

While you could have any 1941 Cadillac painted any durable color for $25.00, one must remember that to "look good," the color must be something available either currently (1940-41), or a color used in the past. I am going to use a brown used in 1932/33 by Cadillac for my own car. The color shown is too "blue" to be Cimmaron Green. Hollis Weihe, a 1941 expert since deceased told me of an aqua he saw on a convertible sedan owned by an Admiral in the Navy. This was somewhat confirmed years later in a conversation with an owner who may have driven that car for the promotion ceremony for an admiral.

I also heard that Mr. Coker's father (tire fame) had a 41 convertible that was painted an original aqua using a chip taken from the steering column. To be truly authentic looking, the car in question should have had the color dulled up to match the metallics of the 1940s.