I'm in the process of wrapping up my full restoration on the 64, and just wanted to confirm some colors to make sure I'm doing this correct. 90% of the interior is done and 95% of all mechanical parts are correct now.

Base color of the truck is Skylight Blue.

To my understanding, front and rear bumper, wheels, grill, and headlight doors should all be Wimbledon White? For the hubcaps, they should be argent with red letters (what's the red name)? What color were the mirrors? Any reference for the most common mirror (I know there were a few)? Any other trim I'm forgetting about?

Is this correct?

Last thing I need to locate for the inside is the wood paneling for the roof and sides. Any places that repro those or do I need to get them custom made?

Thanks

 

Standard Cab or Custom Cab?

There's no wood paneling anywhere on 1961/66 trucks, no wood decals either.

 

Standard cab.

So what goes on roof and the corners in the interior? Just plan steel exposed? It appears as if there is framing for something to be mounted to it, but I may be wrong.

 

You mean the cardboard-type headliner?

 

A pressboard headliner, which is sold by many of the usual suspects. Mine was grey ( kind of ) with whiteish highlights.

 

That may be what it is, I just assumed it was a type of wood.

 

There's a headliner (it's grey cardboard and composed of 4 pieces), but it was never wood grained. That was a previous owners "custom touch."

People used shelf paper, peeled off the backing, then stuck it on. I knew a guy that used this stuff on a 1959 Mercury Colony Park station wagon.

 

This is what I've currently got left in there, one in each corner and nothing on the roof. I just misidentified it as wood, never payed much attention to what it truly was.

Is this cross hatch pattern correct? Or something that has just occurred over time from aging? Anywhere to get these replacements at or am I'm going to have to fabricate something?

 

Do you get the catalogs from Dennis Carpenter, LMC, and the like? Seems like if you did, you’d be aware that they are available, and at least some of your myriad Q’s would be answered by just a glance at what’s readily available. Secondly, you should familiarize yourself with using the search function, as many of these same questions have been repeatedly brought up and answered over the years. Third, and finally - do you have the factory manual, which is reproduced?

These three things - manual, vendor catalogs, and using the search function, are going to answer most all of your questions.

 

This has nothing to do what I posted, but I'll take the time to respond.

I've used the search functions many times in the past, and the times that I've gone off what another thread has said has screwed me over numerous times, whether leading me to buying an incompatible part or throwing a part at the truck that was completely unnecessary. If it's something as simple as to what the proper firing order is, that is a different thing. This post was more of a, "Please confirm the info that I am stating before I spend thousands of dollars on prep and paint just to find out what I did was wrong by trusting what Joe said back in '06". This has happened too many times in the past to me on this site (and others) and am trying to avoid that.

I've got catalogs and do have access to those places, but once again, on multiple occasions I've purchased parts that were "supposed" to fit my truck and were completely wrong from those places. Half the bottom shelf of my work bench is full of parts that go to some sort of F100 (I suppose), but definitely not for my 64. Once again, just wanted to ask if they were available so hopefully someone would say, "Yes, they are available and I got them from _____, they looked great and fit perfect, but stay away from ______ because those are notorious for needing modification to fit properly".

And I do have a shop manual, but 100% there is no reference to the color red that was used on the hub caps for lettering in there. If the other paint/trim info is in there, I was unaware of that.

 

I think it's reproduced by Carpenter, there are 4 pieces, 1 at the right and left and 2 for the roof, one large piece, one short piece that uses clips to attach it. The dome lamp fits into the short piece.

I don't know if 1964 is reproduced, but 1965/66 is. The pattern is different and Custom Cab/Ranger is different (perforated) than Standard Cab.

 

Sounds good, thanks. I'll check it out and see what they have available. My dome lamp is just dangling between the seat and gas tank right now, got all the mounting hardware though once I can get some headliners, and hopefully can find the correct one. I know something small like that isnt that big of a deal, but just trying to get everything 100% correct all the way down to pattern, even if it means paying for a custom job. It's nice to know now that they did have different variations and I'd bet most places only would have 1 variation.

 

C4TZ-13783-A .. Dome Lamp Bezel (includes the lens) is reproduced.

It's the same: 1964/66 F100/1100; 1964/69 N/NT500/1100; 1967/69 F800/1000 / 1967/72 F100/750; 1970/79 L/LN/LNT/LT/LTS500/900.

 

I'm good to go on the bezel, already have that. Just need to get a headliner first before I can use it, nothing to mount it to now.

 

Topic has come up on number of occasions suggest run an advance search and narrow the field to the 61-66 Forum. If considering an alternative to the 'cardboard' type of material an FTE member posted pic's and comments on an alternative. There is also a well done 'how to' install the cardboard type material an FTE member posted in this forum.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-bad-pics.html