72 Duster Street / Strip Build

Now it's time to get some paint samples made and pick a color. B5 has quite a few options... Here is the most complete run down I could find on the web. Originally posted by a member Fury3 on another page. Leaning towards True Blue Poly or Electric Blue - both are metallics. Was thinking non metallic at first, but metallic may be the way to go. Any input?

I can only give you information about the blue that Chrysler Corporation coded as B5. This color code always stood for a Bright Blue, but not always as a metallic, and there were 5 different paint mix formulas and colors for the code "B5"... from 1969 through 1977. The color and code B5 did not exist during the 1968 model year..The "Bright Blue Metallic" (Dodge's name) that year was coded "QQ1", and was named "Electric Blue Metallic" by Plymouth. This color is darker than the later B5 Bright Blue Metallic hues. The color and B5 code originated with the 1969 model year..named "Bright Blue Metallic" by Dodge, "Blue Fire Metallic" by Plymouth. This paint mix formula and names were carried over for the 1970 model year. For the 1971 model year, the mix and hue was changed, as were the names. Dodge now called it "Brite Blue Metallic" (notice the spelling change?), while Plymouth called it "True Blue Metallic". This mix formula was carried over for 1972 and 1973. "B5" went through it's third paint mix formula change in 1974 and was carried over into 1975. It was now named "Lucerne Blue Metallic" by both divisions. The fourth change occurred for the 1976 model year only, and was named "Jamaican Blue Metallic" by all of the corporate divisions. This 1976 hue was the darkest of all of the B5 bright blue's. The fifth and most radical change for "B5" occurred for the 1977 model year. It was a complete departure from any of the previous colors in that it was now a non metallic bright blue, named "French Racing Blue" again available only on Dodge and Plymouth's.
You are going to need to find out which year/paint mix formula they used to paint the vehicle you are trying to replicate.

My only questions is....what is the current "Classic B5 Blue" used by the Dodge Division closest to out of those first four mixes? Hope this helps answer your inquiry? This information was obtained from the factory Dodge and Plymouth Color & Trim Selectors for those years, the Ditzler/PPG color charts/mix formulas, and the "MCW" Automotive Paint Reference Guide.