Two Spinnaker Whites - Don't Match!

[march]

After owning 6 c-bodies and multiple spinnaker white Chrysler products over 50 years, I just learned something:
Chrysler had two different Spinnaker white paints.

One is EW1, which the real Chrysler Corp used..
The other is PY1666 which Fiat Chrysler used.

They're two different colors. PY1666 is brighter; does not match EW1.

I have no idea why FCA couldn't come up with a name other than Spinnaker White.

 

[Toolmanmike]

After owning 6 c-bodies and multiple spinnaker white Chrysler products over 50 years, I just learned something:
Chrysler had two different Spinnaker white paints.

One is EW1, which the real Chrysler Corp used..
The other is PY1666 which Fiat Chrysler used.

They're two different colors. PY1666 is brighter; does not match EW1.

I have no idea why FCA couldn't come up with a name other than Spinnaker White.

I could see it. THere's what, 50 years between the 2 supposedly "same" colors?

 

[CBODY67]

Color names can change, or be the same, BUT the paint codes and formulas will change, sometimes one model year to the next.

ALSO be aware that basecoat/clearcoat acrylic enamel paint replaced the old acrylic enamel (now termed "single stage") paint system. THAT change alone can make it not match!

Enjoy!
CBODY67

 

[Toolmanmike]

Color names can change, or be the same, BUT the paint codes and formulas will change, sometimes one model year to the next.

ALSO be aware that basecoat/clearcoat acrylic enamel paint replaced the old acrylic enamel (now termed "single stage") paint system. THAT change alone can make it not match!

Enjoy!
CBODY67

If you talk to a body man they will say white is the hardest color to match. There are so many other colors mixed in to get a different shade. A friend has a red 55 Chevy with a white painted top. He used the base white with no colors added. It is blinding but stunning!

 

[CBODY67]

Correct. There are multitudes of "shades" of "white". Similar with multitudes of "shades" of "black", too.

Back in the middle 1970s, I went on a search for white touch-up paint for our '66 Newport Town Sedan. The local dealer didn't have any, so I went into the local Chevy parts dept and got a tube of "white". Didn't match. Went to a larger Ford parts dept and got a bottle of "white", Wimbeldon White. Didn't match.

If the Chrysler Spinnaker White is "white", the Chevy "white" is a "blue-white/refrigerator white and the Ford "white" is a creamy white by comparison. NONE matched each other by a long shot! Their differences were very apparent when looking at them side by side, but 'in the wild", they were all "white" . . . unless you knew the differences.

Also, the color of the primer underneath the "white" can also shade it a bit.

Enjoy!
CBODY67

 

[413]

The name is meaningless, the formula is what the paint is going to be. So compare the formula not the name.

 

[Fireflite56]

This was the case with the popular B5 blue on the muscle cars as well. I believe there were three different shades of it between the late '60s and early '70s, all called B5. My dad's '71 Roadrunner in B5 is not the same as a '70 in B5.

 

[413]

DY3 1968 cream
GY3 1971 curious yellow
JY3 1973 honey gold

Just saying Y3 won't get you the correct color
The first letter is the year, very important to get the right color.

I talked about this to the knowledgeable gal at the paint store. She can tell you what a color will look like form reading the formula. I told her the first digit is the year and this Y3 subject. Got her thinking at least.