Re: IML: Flashy 1960 LeBarons

[richard burgess <lecrown60@xxxxxxxxx>]

First I want to thank Kenyon and Paul for their input.  The paint chip codes on the IML are nearly impossible to read.  The color that Paul referred to in the brochure is dusk mauve.  I have two friends with '60 sedans that color, and I had a parts car sedan that color, so have seen a bit too much of that color.  Mint was another suggestion, my '52 Pontiac is Seamist green so again, too familiar with that color. 

I had been considering the midnight blue so was interested to hear Kenyon extoll its virtues.  That would certainly be an easier color to go over the black with.  I noticed in the showroom book that regent ruby was listed for LeBarons.  That might be an alternative to the "trashy" regal red.  (Fine for a convertible, tarted up on a sedan.)  So has anyone ever seen a regent ruby 1960?  I might be looking into these two colors.  The '61 in Kenyons' photos sure looked like that cinnomon poly I was talking about.

 

Richard Burgess

'60 Crown sedan

'60 LeBaron sedan

 

RandalPark@xxxxxxx wrote:

Does my thought about the Sedan looking good in different colors than the Southampton have any merit?

I think that the first time I realized this was when I saw a small picture of a white '60 LeBaron in the 70 Years of Chrysler book. That was when it occured to me that Sedans could be light colors to look flashy, while Southamptons pulled it off better with dark colors.

The subject of flashy LeBarons is controversial anyway. Southamptons have the built-in flash of the "hardtop" body style. The Sedans seem to benefit greatly from the use of specific color. The Regal Red LeBaron Sedan I saw years ago did not look as good as the Regal Red Southampton in the Sporting Blood advertisement. I have never seen a Regal Red LeBaron Southampton in real life, but I do think that it would be fantastic.

An Alaskan White Southampton can look nearly bland (how's that for a contradiction, a bland '60 Imperial LeBaron Southampton) while an Alaskan White Lebaron Sedan can look absolutely stunning.

I had considered Metallic Maroon for my LeBaron Sedan at one time. Even though it is a dark color, it wouldn't look bad with the Brown and Powdered Bronze interior. I don't know if there was an original Dark Maroon, but I remember seeing a Crown Sedan in that color once. It had a Silvercrest Landau Roof treatment. That color really set off the stainless steel on the roof inserts and the extruded aluminium window frames in HIGH style.

I also remember a Maroon Crown Two Door Southampton with a white leather interior that was georgeous, and only about two years old. I was late home for dinner that night because, at the age of 9 years old, I couldn't stop looking at that car until the sun went down and it was dark outside.

Paul W.

In an email dated 12/5/2005 10:36:27 pm GMT Daylight time, Kenyon Wills writes:

>I've spent quite a bit of time thinking about what
>I'll do with my 1960 Le Baron.
>
>I plan to do black.  My opinion is that it makes the
>stainless and chrome really jump out at you, and it's
>formal and maybe a little sinister if you look at the
>car just right in the right light....  It'll certainly
>highlight all of the imperfections in my body work,
>but I don't care - this thing is my sculpture, and
>I'll live with whatever monkey business does not get
>erased by my board sander.
>
>
>Other suggestions:
>
>There is a midnight blue metallic.  My parts car
>retains about 40% of its surface in that color (run
>hard and put away wet).  
>
>http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1960/Kenyon/Page05.htm
>
>I put the buffer on it just to see, and it is a really
>dynamic color.  I suggest getting a small batch made
>up, spraying it on an item and taking it out in the
>sunlight.  the color is so nice that it's worth the
>energy to investigate it.  The color chip does not do
>it justice, and its dark enough that the chrome will
>still look sizzling on it.  One could theoretically
>skimp and skip the doorjambs and not have it be really
>blantant after sunset, but car shows would be murder
>if you opened the doors in the sunlight.  The Mettalic
>gives the paint some serious depth and dimensionality
>that would likely look really superb on the blind sail
>panel aft of the rear door.  How about shooting the
>door jambs with a touchup gun ahead of time so that
>they match when you go in for the BIG SPRAY?
>
>http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1960/Paint/Page02.jpg
>
>The (also LeBaron) donor body shell I have was LIGHT
>MINT.  Look at the color chart for this one above -
>you'd never pay it any mind if you weren't aware of
>it.  I have to presume that whoever bought that car
>ordered it custom, as I think that it's even more
>adventurous than either of the mauves, and the dawn
>mauve is certainly waaay out there.  How in tarnation
>you get your interior to match without a 100% redo and
>cornering the market in mint and medium green leather
>is beyond me, but you want to stand out from the rest
>of us 196o idiots, that's the way to go where NOBODY
>is likely to follow any time soon.
>
>
>Remember, you're doing a custom order here, not buying
>out of dealer inventory, so don't feel hemmed in by
>what everyone else happened to wind up with.
>
>
>My vote is for the midnight blue if you're interested
>in adding some character, black if you want to play it
>safe.  The car's not a real serious item (?), so go
>with the blue.  You only live once.
>
>
>
>196o LeBaron Paint Advisory Board
>
>
>
>
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