Medium Dark Fire Red?
Tuned
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My oh my! That's going to look real sharp rolling down the road! Nice choice!
Laughing Gas
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Lariat 85..Not that it makes much of a difference..but...Take a look at the color of my '84 elsewhere on these pages. Compare it to the color on the pictured truck. If both are code 51..explain the difference..??..must be that the aftermarket people made their own color, coded it..and named it MDFR..
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Cargo Master
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Lariat 85..Not that it makes much of a difference..but...Take a look at the color of my '84 elsewhere on these pages. Compare it to the color on the pictured truck. If both are code 51..explain the difference..??..must be that the aftermarket people made their own color, coded it..and named it MDFR..
What is the color code for your truck?
Where is a picture of your truck?
Do you know for sure if your truck has ever been re-painted?
If it is code 51, and it is still wearing the original paint, then you and I have the exact same color. That color was invented by FORD and they called it Medium Fire Red when these trucks were getting paint on the assembly line. NumberDummy posted the official Ford parts catalog description of code 51, and Ford listed it as Medium Fire Red. You and some aftermarket companies may call it Medium "Dark" Fire Red, but there is NOT a darker shade of Medium Fire Red.
Capiche?
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Put ozark1 in search..THERE is the truck. It is code 51..HAS NOT been painted... and is not the color of your truck.. Ask GARY..He's seen it several times. Damn funny that all the paint supply houses list MDFR AND MFR. Chill out...... You can't be right all the time..(unless FORD is wrong)...As far as hard headed..what the Hell is the difference..I like MDFR !
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Cargo Master
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Why are we arguing back and forth? I did a search, and found this thread that showed a picture of your truck:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-complete.html
Code 51 IS Medium Fire Red. That means we have the same color.
I don't know what you are talking about? My truck looks darker and richer than yours. And it should, as mine has fresh paint.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-complete.html
Code 51 IS Medium Fire Red. That means we have the same color.
I don't know what you are talking about? My truck looks darker and richer than yours. And it should, as mine has fresh paint.
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On page 1 of this thread is a photo of my truck with a code 51 repaint.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...a-chapter.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...a-chapter.html
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Maybe Gary or Bill or somebody (me, even - sometime, if I could remember it) could put up the rest of the Paint Section; the page Bill gave us shows a Code 51 being a MFR but available 1984/87; maybe there was a MDFR available in some surrounding time (most likely with a different code).
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Cargo Master
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On page 1 of this thread is a photo of my truck with a code 51 repaint.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...a-chapter.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...a-chapter.html
My truck looks exactly like that. At least, in person.
It looks like a deep, rich red in the shade. But when the sun hits it, notice the color changes to a red/orange color...the color of fire?
Nice looking truck, 1986F150six!
Look at the red on the body compared to the red of the tail lights. Our trucks look the same.
Ozarks truck looks more like a brighter, pinker red than what we have. That's understandable...his paint is 30 years old.
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Just to satisfy myself...I just looked at..TouchUp Direct...Amazon...Express Paint...Paint Scratch, Inc..DR Color Chip...ALL OF THEM...list Medium DARK Fire Red as code 51/5945...Medium Fire Red is not on any list..and our trucks do not look like the same color..at least to me..
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Thank you! Both of us chose to delete the fender badges. Notice that I highlighted what you said in the correct color [Code 51].
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Maybe Gary or Bill or somebody (me, even - sometime, if I could remember it) could put up the rest of the Paint Section; the page Bill gave us shows a Code 51 being a MFR but available 1984/87; maybe there was a MDFR available in some surrounding time (most likely with a different code).
:Exterior Paint Codes - Gary's Garagemahal
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Jerry - I have see your truck, and I like the color. But I can't say if it is the same as Rick's or not - especially when seeing his on a monitor. And, then there's the memory, or lack thereof.
As for my web site, those pages are directly from Ford's master parts catalog. And, while I know there are errors in the catalog, I don't know of any in the paint section. There may be some, but I'm not aware of them. So, I can neither confirm nor deny,.....
As for my web site, those pages are directly from Ford's master parts catalog. And, while I know there are errors in the catalog, I don't know of any in the paint section. There may be some, but I'm not aware of them. So, I can neither confirm nor deny,.....
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I am not an expert on Ford paint colors and codes, but... I am an avid hobby photographer and I can tell you right now that comparing pictures of your trucks is completely meaningless unless they were side by side in the same photograph, and even then it is only a relative comparison given the lighting conditions.
The ONLY way the color in a photograph will match the color of the object is if you use 100% controlled artificial lighting and use a white balance profile that is calibrated to that lighting. Product photographers must do this, because if they are shooting an ad for Ford, the Ford blue emblem had better be Ford blue in the advertisement.
The human eye is pretty good at compensating for different light conditions, and digital cameras try to do the same thing with auto white balance programs but it's a very rough compromise. Natural lighting is almost infinitely complex, and the image capture and data processing software are biased toward rendering vibrant images and pleasing skin tones. It was even mentioned here that the color appears different in direct sunlight, and that is with the human eye. Like I said, I am not a Ford paint expert but my guess is that the trucks actually are the same color even though they seem slightly different in the pictures.
The ONLY way the color in a photograph will match the color of the object is if you use 100% controlled artificial lighting and use a white balance profile that is calibrated to that lighting. Product photographers must do this, because if they are shooting an ad for Ford, the Ford blue emblem had better be Ford blue in the advertisement.
The human eye is pretty good at compensating for different light conditions, and digital cameras try to do the same thing with auto white balance programs but it's a very rough compromise. Natural lighting is almost infinitely complex, and the image capture and data processing software are biased toward rendering vibrant images and pleasing skin tones. It was even mentioned here that the color appears different in direct sunlight, and that is with the human eye. Like I said, I am not a Ford paint expert but my guess is that the trucks actually are the same color even though they seem slightly different in the pictures.