Nice cars! Anyone can order this color, it is a special order only paint code. Not many dealers even know, or want to mess with ordering theses colors though. It is an upcharge of course and as I said earlier it is only available in certain packages. We have ordered one at a time, it just takes longer to get them because Ford will wait until the get multiple orders in this color before they will build them.

 

 

Yes the color is called school bus yellow.

 

I average between 35-50,000 miles a year. It all depends on where the jobs are that year, some weeks I put over a thoumiles a week on and other weeks I might only put on 500. My last 2011 I drove for about five and a half years and it had 196,000 miles and I think it had 10090 hours, and 5611 idle hours. Still ran great! The only thing we did to the engine was spark plugs, and a few coil packs. These 6.2’s are tough!

 

 

That is a awesome ride! Are you going to tint the front windows?

 

Yes 250Ninja the cab corners were painted with the rest of the truck, it looked really stupid with the black ones. Makes me mad that Ford was so lazy not to color match them!

I can’t tint the front windows Green Power. If you noticed the truck has a DOT number on it and tinted front windows is a red flag for the DOT to pull me over, as if yellow paint isn’t enough!!! I had tinted the windows on my 11 and I was fine for a year or so then I got pulled over with a ski loader trailer by a county DOT officer and it was game on for him after that! He gave me a fine for the windows that time. I was working on a road in the county that he patrolled and he would swing by the job about once a week and make small talk asking me questions about how the job was going etc., then right before he would leave he would make a comment about my windows being illegal. He wouldn’t do anything about it while I was off road off course but I know he was just waiting to see me on one of his roads! I would love to have them tinted because I have always tinted the windows on my personal trucks in the past and in my opinion it really finishes the look of these trucks but it isn’t worth the hassle for me anymore. I must be getting old!

 

Unless it's a state law you are OK getting your front windows tinted.

The federal regs allowed it a few years ago because of drivers getting skin cancer at higher rates on the left side of their bodies.

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulation...section/393.60

 

I’ll have to look into that. I know it is tough to get a tint that will pass that 70% light emission rule when they get really finicky because the factory windows have a slight tint in them already. If a 30% tint is installed it will not pass 70% because of the slight tint already in the window. The guy that has been pestering me come right up to the truck after he pulls me over with the light meter in hand... I don’t blend in with other traffic very well either! I guess that’s the whole idea of the truck too, it’s a mobile billboard!

 

Regulations sure can be a pain! When you guys “wear out” a pickup, do you trade the old ones in, or sell on a Ritchie brothers auction, or do you guys do something different? Might be neat to buy a yellow 17+ for a Farm truck one day.

 

 

Below is from the Ford Fleet VSO page. Curious if the VSO paint is applied in a different process as the rest of the trucks now? I know years ago when I worked for a local govt agency, Ford was very strict on VSO paint and needed a large number of vehicles ordered at the same time before they would accept an order. GM however would take the order and sit on it with the hope they would get additional orders from other customers for same paint code, if not the vehicle would not get built. This was all due to EPA regulations and how much paint was lost in the changeover process. I know they have more efficient paint processes now.

SPECIAL PAINT RESTRICTIONS
Special paint is available on the XL and XLT base models only. Special paint is not available on the DRW body types. Appearance packages such as Chrome, Sport, and FX4 are not available. Higher series such as Lariat and King Ranch are also not available. This restriction is due to the supplier complexity.

 

Also from the VSO page:


GENERAL INFORMATION
Exterior hang on parts not painted VSO include:

XL Model:
Black components for Regular Cab:
The upper door chicklet (top of “B” Pillar)

Black component for Regular Cab, Super Cab, and Super Crew Cab:
Lower dog leg molding at the bottom of the rear-most cab pillar (forward of pickup box)

XLT Model:
Same components will default to black as shown on the XL models above, plus:
Front Fascia
Front Bumper Bar/Shell
Bumper/Lower

PAINT CONFIGURATIONS
SP101 Monotone (single color)
Two-Tone Configurations are not available at this time.

Tape Stripes and Decals are not available with Special Paint.

 

Yup, makes me mad that Ford is so lazy not to paint match all of the components just like the rest of the colors. Especially since we are paying a premium for these special order paints! If your buying a $60,000 truck and paying an extra charge for a special color what’s another $100 for the whole truck to be the same color? I think the charge was $700 or so.

 

nice no reason to restomod the 70 (not that you would anyway)