Color code help
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Color code help
We have recently purchased a 74 f250. On the tag it has two letters for the paint code. I've read other threads that state the first letter is the primary colors and the second is the accent color. However when I compare these two letters to the ford paint code chart it states the combination is not possible. The two letters are NM. I can find "M" with no trouble for 74, that is white. I can not find "N" for 74. And the first letter being the primary does not work with this truck. The second letter is the primary. Any help appreciated.
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GREG
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We have recently purchased a 74 f250. On the tag it has two letters for the paint code. I've read other threads that state the first letter is the primary colors and the second is the accent color. However when I compare these two letters to the ford paint code chart it states the combination is not possible. The two letters are NM. I can find "M" with no trouble for 74, that is white. I can not find "N" for 74. And the first letter being the primary does not work with this truck. The second letter is the primary. Any help appreciated.
If so: 1974: N = Bright Green Metallic / M is the same as US trucks.
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Yes white would be your primary color and light medium pine would have been your insert and the top of your cab https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...fe024fd0ea.jpg just like that
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But according to the tag white is the second letter and pine is first. Is this theory of primary colors first incorrect?
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There's no N color code listed for 1974 US cars or trucks/Bronco's/Econolines.
There is an N listed for Canadian cars and trucks for 1974, but your truck was assembled at the Michigan truck assembly plant and ordered from the Lansing MI Ford district sales office.
There is an N listed for Canadian cars and trucks for 1974, but your truck was assembled at the Michigan truck assembly plant and ordered from the Lansing MI Ford district sales office.
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I too gleaned the information as to where it was built and ordered from but it still states clearly on the tag it was two tone and white was second, green first. I'll admit I do not know where the frame vin is located. I also haven't taken the time to find out on my own where that is...any help?
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Ok, so my front end is much different than this photo. I have leaf Springs, not coils. I've looked in the space marked in this picture but I have found nothing. Could it be somewhere else or possibly my frame is not a 74?