1965 numbers matching
#76
03-03-2019, 08:59 AM
Fleet Mechanic
I agree, in this case, the firewall color is the color it left the factory with. It was not uncommon to have a special truck, like a Ranger, to have a special order color, to really stand out on the dealership lot for the pesky discriminating customer. Unlike most base model fleet trucks painted in non Ford colors ( PG and E brown, Pacific Telephone green etc ) Custom Cab pickups with no color codes usually were painted a period Ford passenger car standard color.
#77
03-03-2019, 09:28 AM
Yes, and don't forget U.S. Forest Service green....Lol.
What we really need is a picture of a warranty plate with no color code entered and a 2 digit DSO. I think this would show that special order colors were not always a special order. Or else Ford employees simply made mistakes, which would be interesting to demonstrate with a particular example like this.
Anyone?
Chad
What we really need is a picture of a warranty plate with no color code entered and a 2 digit DSO. I think this would show that special order colors were not always a special order. Or else Ford employees simply made mistakes, which would be interesting to demonstrate with a particular example like this.
Anyone?
Chad
#79
03-03-2019, 01:52 PM
Here's an interesting example of a beauty of a 1964 F100. I had to double-check, but look at the warranty plate on this one and tell me what Trans code 2A would be.
https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0518-32...d-f100-pickup/
I don't think that is correct.
Chad
https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0518-32...d-f100-pickup/
I don't think that is correct.
Chad
Oops.
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03-03-2019, 05:39 PM
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I am not feeling well today since I pulled a neck/back muscle around 6am. I feel like getting shot so I am suggesting thinking outside the Ford factory on the colour. Places like Chevy from the late 50's up to at least 1966 used a similar colour on their interior metal (from memory so I do not know if it is an exact match). The colour had to exist 1965 and earlier so long as the buyer had the paint code to give to Ford. Also, lets not forget about matching that spiffy new truck to the Rambler wagon sitting in the garage in the now popular "suberbia America".
#84
03-03-2019, 05:51 PM
Oilboy,
Not sure if you have found this thread; not a Ranger, but a very detailed and exacting restoration build of a 66 F100:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ld-thread.html
Not sure if you have found this thread; not a Ranger, but a very detailed and exacting restoration build of a 66 F100:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ld-thread.html
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03-03-2019, 06:47 PM
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Becky is a 66
Thanks for the link to that build! Wow, what a quality job and gives us lot to think about. I will probably post a followup thread once we get going forward.
I would be afraid to drive truck having spent $130,000. I will be nervous enough just driving this one knowing how rare it is.
Thanks for the link to that build! Wow, what a quality job and gives us lot to think about. I will probably post a followup thread once we get going forward.
I would be afraid to drive truck having spent $130,000. I will be nervous enough just driving this one knowing how rare it is.
#86
03-03-2019, 11:07 PM
Coming in late on this but nonetheless I am curious about one thing. What does it matter if it is a "numbers matching" truck? When I first joined long ago, after buying my 65, I didn't ask if it was possibly a numbers matching truck. I simply went about restoring it for my own pleasure which is all that mattered numbers matching or not.
#88
03-04-2019, 12:03 AM
And I further thought that it mattered mainly to the Corvette crowd.
Nevertheless, this won't be the last time someone claims a Ford to be number-matching, even though it's impossible.
Cosmo
#89
03-04-2019, 01:04 AM
I wasn't even aware that MoPars could be number matching. I knew Fords weren't.
And I further thought that it mattered mainly to the Corvette crowd.
Nevertheless, this won't be the last time someone claims a Ford to be number-matching, even though it's impossible.
Cosmo
And I further thought that it mattered mainly to the Corvette crowd.
Nevertheless, this won't be the last time someone claims a Ford to be number-matching, even though it's impossible.
Cosmo
The problem was...it wasn't numbers matching, and to make matters worse, it was a rusty POS that had been cobbled together. The shop fixed it, but the price was astronomical.
