I drive a blue pickup... It's quite nice, even though it's a '97, and it runs quite nicely... Naturally, it has picked up nicks and scratches over the years, and those in turn have started to rust ever so slightly... So I thought I'd get to work on touching them up after treating the rust... No big deal...
I got my preferred rust treatment after a bit of trouble locating it in the brush on format. (I said small scratches... I don't want to spray paint my truck...) Next I thought I'd pick up the appropriate blue from a car parts place... The truck is a Dodge, and the color code is PCH... Shouldn't be a big deal right...
Dupli-Color seems to have a lock on supplying paint to all the parts places around here... Normally that wouldn't bother me too much since they have always had what I needed... According to their book though, not only does PCH not exist, but Dodge/Chrysler didn't produce a single blue car of any color in '97... So I went outside that year, and find no PCH in any year... Strange... So I checked the decal under the hood again, and yep, it's PCH...
I know it's not a custom paint job... I've seen other trucks with the same color scheme from Dodge... I really didn't want to go to Dodge for this, but I guess I'll have to...
Ugh...
Did you ever find your paint? I have the same color coding on my '96 Ram 1500 truck, and when I bought a can of paint from the dealer (only a few bucks more than the duplicolor), it came back labeled "Light Montego blue," which I remembered seeing on the Duplicolor cans. It matches, too.
Good luck! It's a strange color, but I love it.
It should be arriveing from Sherwin Williams Automotive Paints today, or Monday. They list it as Brilliant Blue. I'll have to get back to you on it's match once I get to do a spot...
Yea, it wasn't my first choice in colors, but I bought it second hand... Since then it has grown on me as it seems to be relitively unique... The roads are flooded with red, silver, and forest green, so the blue really jumps out when you see it now...
Posted by: Tim at August 26, 2005 04:43 PM