paint code and color name
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paint code and color name
I have a chrome grill in my meadow green 51 but it ain't perfect. It has a small rust spot on it. I have another grill in great shape and was thinking of painting it the cream color so i was hoping someone could tell me the color name and code.I think i payed about 800 to have my other chrome grill rechromed. Plus i would have to take it apart and wait afew months to get it back.
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I don't claim to be an expert on colors or what color fits what year. I think Ford used the same grill color cream for quite a few years. After a bit of looking and some research I painted the grill on my '56 with some Wimbledon white that I had left over from painting my '73. The dear wife, who has a good eye for color, said it was a near perfect match to the polished paint on the back side of the grill. IMO, it looks good against the Meadow Green.
In the picture the white shows bleached out a bit. Wimbledon white is a pretty standard Ford color, used quite a few years.
In the picture the white shows bleached out a bit. Wimbledon white is a pretty standard Ford color, used quite a few years.
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Try this from Earl's World - FTE members put this together some time ago.
1948-1960 FORD TRUCK COLORS, NAMES, AND CODES
1948-1960 FORD TRUCK COLORS, NAMES, AND CODES
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What is posted was the consensus at that moment - That page cannot be revised.
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Hmmm... while I was reading the responses to this post, another color name popped into my head. It was Sungate Ivory. This was a stock color used by Ford. It may be closer to the ivory used on the grilles. Take a look for yourself, 1952 Ford Sungate Ivory paint
Trucks were also painted this color.
Trucks were also painted this color.
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YEP THATS IT. The man i want to sell the truck to has a hardware store [were my bother works] and thats the colors he has on his sighs/hats/shirts. The truck would look great with TATUMS HARDWARE painted on the doors in the grill color. THANKS
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1953 and 54 grilles were painted Sungate Ivory. The grilles of 55 and 56 trucks were Snowshoe White. I think Wimbledon white came later, but it is very close in color to Snowshoe White. I don't know wht years they used Sungate Ivory in the pre-53 trucks...
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Be aware that the idiots at FoMoCo used the same M color code for Corinthian White as they did for Wimbledon White.
1964: FoMoCo also introduced Pure White (color code C) which is a bright white.
Sungate Ivory not listed 1951/56 in the 1948/56 truck catalog.
Snowshoe White (color code E) listed only for 1955, but...
FoMoCo did not list painted grille/bumper colors in parts catalogs.
1961/66: Grilles and bumpers were painted Colonial White, which is a bright white. Listed as color code E for 1956/59 Fords in the 1949/59 Ford Passenger Car Parts Catalog.
Lincoln & Mercury may/may not use the same codes. I don't have a L/M parts catalog until 1965, so I cannot verify.
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