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I just found a grill for my 53 F100 and gave it to a bodyman to clean it up and paint. Doing some quick research, I gave him the paint color "Sungate Ivory" for the grill. I used this Ditzler paint guide to come up with this color and it has been gnawing at my subconscious that it may be wrong. I'm sure it isn't but because it was so easy to find this info- it just doesn't feel right. Can anyone confirm or deny?
Kev aka nixoid
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Hi Kev. We had a thread about this a while back. We have seen Ford literature saying that the 54 grille was Sungate Ivory, but no one has seen literature where ford said the 53 grille was painted Sungate Ivory. If I recall correctly Ford called it a cream color. I'll try to post copies of the literature I have.
Years ago when I was researching this for my 54, I found a 53 in a junkyard. I took a rusted old parking light door. You could see that the paint on the back of the door was a cream color. I later got a paint chip of Sungate Ivory and it matched.
Although not a definitive answer, it does swing at least a bit in the right direction. My dad who bought the truck new described it as an off white color. If you find that info, I'd love to know what it says.
Kev
Originally Posted by abe
Hi Kev. We had a thread about this a while back. We have seen Ford literature saying that the 54 grille was Sungate Ivory, but no one has seen literature where ford said the 53 grille was painted Sungate Ivory. If I recall correctly Ford called it a cream color. I'll try to post copies of the literature I have.
Years ago when I was researching this for my 54, I found a 53 in a junkyard. I took a rusted old parking light door. You could see that the paint on the back of the door was a cream color. I later got a paint chip of Sungate Ivory and it matched.
True. If it was a fleet order it might have been finished in primer.
Was that your pickup? Did it have a phone utility body on it?
The Mercury I'm working on, doing some repairs to the grill now and both sides are the Bell telephone green, the truck was repainted the same color on the outside and the bell symbol was on the doors. Whoever painted it did spray a white on the grill and put a flat deck on it. I think if it still had the utility box from Bell on it I would have restored and kept it but will be keeping it a flat bed
Thanks for the info in the dealer book, I feel confident that I am on the right path with that. This is the only shot I have on me right now. You can't see the grill but it is a 55 grill. If anyone is in need of one, mine is in great shape and ready to go (also in Ivory)
Originally Posted by abe
Hey Kev, did you ever show is pictures of your family heirloom truck? Any vintage photos? Before photos and current state?
The Mercury I'm working on, doing some repairs to the grill now and both sides are the Bell telephone green, the truck was repainted the same color on the outside and the bell symbol was on the doors. Whoever painted it did spray a white on the grill and put a flat deck on it. I think if it still had the utility box from Bell on it I would have restored and kept it but will be keeping it a flat bed
That would have been cool... and rare, too. Most Bell truck survivors I've seen were F100's. So a Merc M350 would have been rare to us in the US.
Thanks for the info in the dealer book, I feel confident that I am on the right path with that. This is the only shot I have on me right now. You can't see the grill but it is a 55 grill. If anyone is in need of one, mine is in great shape and ready to go (also in Ivory)
That is nice, Kev! It looks a lot like Dennis, Pinto Plumber, truck or like Indy Beers 54. I see you have the black gas cap, which is correct. The grille in 55 was painted Snowshoe White.
Have you thought about driving it to the Central PA Truckstock September 30-Oct 3?
I just found the Ford Dealer Handbook Paint Specifications page. And its pretty much like the 53 Merc specs, except those Canadians spell "color" differently!
That is nice, Kev! It looks a lot like Dennis, Pinto Plumber, truck or like Indy Beers 54. I see you have the black gas cap, which is correct. The grille in 55 was painted Snowshoe White.
Have you thought about driving it to the Central PA Truckstock September 30-Oct 3?
I wasn't aware of the event but the truck lives on an island off of Rhode Island so brining it off is $120 round trip, hard to get a reservation, a long distance, and a 6v 6 cyl slug. I just looed it up and it appears you may be the organizer? I'll put it on the calendar because you never know... life is pretty wacky these days.
sungate ivory is what I painted mine with. I went to a paint store and they found the colors and mixed it up for me. I will take a pic of it later and post it. It is sort of an off white and creamy looking. Also snow shoe white and now some of the newer lincoln suvs have what they call a creame brulee spelling might not be right. Any paint store can look it up they just have to go back a few years.
II can't help as mine isn't concourse correct but I am keeping it mostly stock on the outside. I didn't have a color code to go by when I had mine painted. I just eye balled paint chips at the paint shop and went with that. This picture shows it to be more white than it actually is.
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