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Old Aug 24, 2015 | 09:19 PM
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Help with Canadian paint codes

Hello everyone! Foxy lady here my baby is now stripped to the frame and to my excitement cab and frame vins are a match! Decoding the Vin was fun but I've been stumped by the paint code. Ontario plant Canada paint code "S". I'm curious as to whether it has kept its original color of a red and white two tone. Thanks for any help!
 
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Old Aug 24, 2015 | 09:53 PM
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Nope. If your truck was originally two tone from the factory, it would have a two digit paint code, not a single digit.
According to the Ford parts catalog, "S" paint code, Canadian usage, was Bright dark blue metallic.
Just so you know, "S" in the American usage was the same color.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2015 | 10:06 PM
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Canadian paint codes all end with "eh".
 
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Old Aug 26, 2015 | 12:33 AM
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In the case of the S, it starts with it: ehs (sound it out lol )
 
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Old Aug 26, 2015 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mikeo0o0o0
Nope. If your truck was originally two tone from the factory, it would have a two digit paint code, not a single digit.
According to the Ford parts catalog, "S" paint code, Canadian usage, was Bright dark blue metallic.
Just so you know, "S" in the American usage was the same color.
Mike, thank you. I had seen your post from a parts book you had of a similar thread of Canadian paint codes. Yes I had found the "s" for American. It enters my mind now that a vin swap was made of else the paint job was done extremely well. All viewable cab areas are red. I will know the truth when the interior is stripped. Thank you again for your help.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2016 | 05:59 PM
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I know this is an old thread but does anyone know what Canadian paint code "AT" was?
 
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I know this is an old thread but does anyone know what Canadian paint code "AT" was?
"AT" Canadian usage= (A) Black (T) Red
Paint codes the same as US models
 
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Old Mar 8, 2016 | 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by mikeo0o0o0
"AT" Canadian usage= (A) Black (T) Red
Paint codes the same as US models
Awesome, thanks for the quick response! Anyway to know which two tone setup I had?

I wondered if it was that easy but I've never seen a black/red dentside so I figured there was more to it.
 
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Could be like one of these?







 
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Originally Posted by CelticOne
Could be like one of these?







I've only seen that second one, which looks pretty good. mine doesn't have the race track trim or whatever it's called so it wouldn't be the other two. I just have the straight chrome at the top and the chrome along the bottom of the truck. I thought I read somewhere you can tell which two tone the truck came but maybe I'm wrong
 
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If your truck is the '74 listed in your profile it wouldn't have come with the "racetrack" moulding, that came out in '77.
Ford had three versions of two tone paint, regular, deluxe and a combination of both regular and deluxe.
The "regular" two tone had the roof painted the secondary color, the "deluxe" paint had the secondary color below the belt line moulding and lower tailgate moulding. The combination was (obviously) a combination of the other two. The roof and lower body the secondary color with the upper body, hood and tailgate above the lower moulding painted the primary color.
On Ford paint codes, the primary color is listed first, so your truck, if it had the "regular" two tone would have a black body with a red roof.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2016 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mikeo0o0o0
If your truck is the '74 listed in your profile it wouldn't have come with the "racetrack" moulding, that came out in '77.
Ford had three versions of two tone paint, regular, deluxe and a combination of both regular and deluxe.
The "regular" two tone had the roof painted the secondary color, the "deluxe" paint had the secondary color below the belt line moulding and lower tailgate moulding. The combination was (obviously) a combination of the other two. The roof and lower body the secondary color with the upper body, hood and tailgate above the lower moulding painted the primary color.
On Ford paint codes, the primary color is listed first, so your truck, if it had the "regular" two tone would have a black body with a red roof.
Yeah I knew I didn't have race track trim, sorry if my question wasn't phrased the best, but is there a way to tell if My truck came from the factory with regular, deluxe, or combo two tone? The PO slapped a crappy red/gold paint job on it so I'm not sure what it was originally.
 
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