Caterpillar tool box paint code?

[RustyBuckets]

Hello all, looking for a paint code from vintage Cat tool boxes from the 70s. Box looks like this. As you can see, the box is a different color than the tractor. I believe the box would have been made by Metal Tool and Cabinet Company, from Chicago. Thanks in advance!

 

[mark-NJ]

let me check....

I checked with "my guy", and he confirmed my understanding that the color has changed over the years. The '70s would have been some version of "Highway Yellow". Here's a chart that may (or may not!) help:

https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplaym.cgi?gncl=Yellow&con=c&make=Caterpillar&rows=50

 

[RustyBuckets]

Thank you but highway yellow is the color for the tractor. I want to paint my toolbox so I want to use the same color as the box in the picture. The box is a totally different color it's orange. Unfortunately I don't have one of those original boxes to get a chip off of or anything.

 

[The Cobbler]

paint code is relevant to paint manufacturer. . take a picture of the box to a paint store & get them to match it. that might be close enough?

 

[Firebrick43]

looks awful close to PPG 60080

 

[RustyBuckets]

Thank you!

 

[RustyBuckets]

looks awful close to PPG 60080

I looked it up, that's Persian orange like Allis Chalmers used to use. That might be a match.

 

[4xdog]

OSHA has a standard safety orange too, ISTR. Might be worth checking that one too.

 

[Firebrick43]

I looked it up, that's Persian orange like Allis Chalmers used to use. That might be a match.

Yes, I see it every time I go out in the shop and see my CA.

Be careful. There is PO 1 which is 60080. PO 2 has more red in it and was on the later Allis tractors.

Freshly repainted tractors next to each other will vary greatly in color depending on brand, much more than green and red variation. PPG 60080 is considered the closest. Martin Senior (Napa) 99L-50843 is way too red even though its supposed to be the same.

 

[RustyBuckets]

OSHA has a standard safety orange too, ISTR. Might be worth checking that one too.

Yes, I see it every time I go out in the shop and see my CA.

Be careful. There is PO 1 which is 60080. PO 2 has more red in it and was on the later Allis tractors.

Freshly repainted tractors next to each other will vary greatly in color depending on brand, much more than green and red variation. PPG 60080 is considered the closest. Martin Senior (Napa) 99L-50843 is way too red even though its supposed to be the same.

Both helpful, thank you!