Ok so need a color

[jnjlabs]

1959 I bought has ben stripped for paint I am going to resale the bike what color would sell the best looking for opinions not offers.

[6hds]

The dealers say there's an a** for every seat. Re-sale Red! of course, Gary

[PainterRon]

Metallic Congo Green

[58flh]

Whatever Colors were offered in that year!--Otherwise the Congo green works!---Richie

[Bigincher]

Here are the "whatever colors", right out of the book:

Standard colors schemes in '59 were two-tone:
Skyline Blue with Birch White tank panels,
Calypso Red with Birch White side panels,
Black with Birch White side panels.

Optional colors were also available:
Hi-Fi Turquoise with Birch White side panels,
Hi-Fi Red with Birch White side panels.

Any 'Standard' color could be ordered without the Birch White side panels.
Police models were available in Police Silver or Birch White.
Congo Green was not a color that was offered for 1959.


You said you are re-selling the bike. If it is a fairly original '59, you will draw the most serious buyers with a factory color for the year, even if it a repaint. If you paint it "something that looks nice", and the buyer is looking for originality, he will automatically be looking at a repaint and try to beat you down the cost of a paint job. I've seen that happen before.
So if you have an opportunity to do it right, why wouldn't you?

[jnjlabs]

yup I was thinking giving John Pierce a call

[Bigincher]

yup I was thinking giving John Pierce a call

He can fix you up, for sure.
Somewhere recently I saw a DuPont color code chart, but I forgot where, dammit..!

[james]

At the top of this page (panhead & flathead info )
click on it and you'll find all the paint codes and color swatches.

Jim

[Bigincher]

At the top of this page (panhead & flathead info )
click on it and you'll find all the paint codes and color swatches.

Jim

Thanks Jim, I didn't know it was there.

[jnjlabs]

thanks

[james]

I knew I saw it somewhere so I started digging.

Jim