View Poll Results: Best color is...!

Yellow

3.62%

Orange

4.35%

Red

23.19%

Purple

0.72%

Blue

18.84%

Green

26.81%

Brown

1.45%

Black

18.84%

Grey

9.42%

White

5.07%

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#121

11-17-2017, 01:16 PM

56panelford

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I only voted once but I have done a lot of politicking.

My panel started life your color abe

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#122

11-17-2017, 01:38 PM

abe

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My panel started life your color abe

And I bet it still longs to be Meadow Green!

Come to think of it I don't recall seeing many, if any, Meadow Green panel trucks!

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#123

11-17-2017, 01:42 PM

56panelford

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It was screaming orange to me so I gave in. It had been painted a few times before I got it, blue, white and red oxide primer..

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#124

11-17-2017, 04:36 PM

26tudor

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I like Meadow green Name: DSC00375.JPG
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#125

11-17-2017, 05:03 PM

48 Steel

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I voted but didn't show the color.

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#126

11-17-2017, 05:39 PM

49fordv8f4

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Black fenders--red wheels and body--that's going to be cool for sure, Mark--and a diesel to boot! You won't be seeing too many trucks that are just like yours.

Jim

Thanks Jim, Is the grey on your panel a Coast Guard color or the stock grey that Ford used that year? Your panel does look nice! That is a cool shot next to the ferry.
Mark

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#127

11-17-2017, 05:42 PM

49fordv8f4

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Bill, Willard looks great! The red I used is Nason (Dupont) urethane fleet paint in Holly Red. I think it is close to Vermillion Red also.
Mark

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#128

11-17-2017, 07:13 PM

52 USCG Panel

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Mark, thanks. I had the paint guy from our local auto parts store match the color from some original paint on a protected part of the cowl. Finding the official paint code for "Navy" gray is not as easy as you would think. Each era seems to have had their own interpretation of what Navy gray should look like. Maybe the Coast Guard color was a little different than the Navy color. At any rate, I tried to match the color that was original to my truck. The color on the data plate was SS.

Your red and black two tone is going to look great. Maybe you'll even have to go with WWW tires. I'm gathering from the thread we have going that they are allowed if you have black fenders.

Jim

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#129

11-17-2017, 08:36 PM

JTB321

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Mine will be Ford Deep Impact Blue, hopefully spring 2018!!

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#130

11-17-2017, 08:43 PM

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My Mustang is close to that color, one of my all time favorites

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#131

11-17-2017, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 52 USCG Panel

Mark, thanks. I had the paint guy from our local auto parts store match the color from some original paint on a protected part of the cowl. Finding the official paint code for "Navy" grey is not as easy as you would think. Each era seems to have had their own interpretation of what Navy grey should look like. Maybe the Coast Guard color was a little different than the Navy color. At any rate, I tried to match the color that was original to my truck. The color on the data plate was SS.

Your red and black two tone is going to look great. Maybe you'll even have to go with WWW tires. I'm gathering from the thread we have going that they are allowed if you have black fenders.

Jim

Jim

The official Navy color is called Haze Gray. The CG used it too in some applications.

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