Paint Code Help
Tuned
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Color Codes - Explorer Green Paint Cross-Reference
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The 70 Brochure also mentions Norway Green. maybe that's the same?
Page 16 | FORDification Factory Literature Library
The 70 Brochure also mentions Norway Green. maybe that's the same?
Fleet Mechanic
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Color Codes - Explorer Green Paint Cross-Reference
Page 16 | FORDification Factory Literature Library
The 70 Brochure also mentions Norway Green. maybe that's the same?
Page 16 | FORDification Factory Literature Library
The 70 Brochure also mentions Norway Green. maybe that's the same?
name, just some painters over the years may have gotten the names mixed up. I do think this is a special order kolur'........some of the 1971 truck paint charts I saw, the number 3 was missing, & I also think I read is was a special mix !!!so u may want to restore the special kolur'..........
Tuned
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@JEFFFAFA I know it's been said many times that ford brochures are using marketing colors and they sometimes don't match part and color codes...but do you have any reference for Norway Green? I am just curious if it's the light green that your reference says. It would have had to fade like whoa to go from Explorer to that light!
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To answer your question, no. Looking at all the paint color names, all paint codes 64/72, Norway Green is not listed. And the plot thickens. This time I noticed Ford lists a paint part number for code 3 Light Green in Canada. No part number for American markets. The 5th digit in your Vin looks like "C" to my old eyes. Code C means your truck was built in Ontario Canada. I noticed you have a 2 digit D.S.O. number. American D.S.O. numbers were 4 digits. I assume (I know, I know) Canadian special orders only had a 2 digit D.S.O. number. Having a D.S.O. number means the truck was originally ordered with something or somethings not regular production. Which would explain a paint color hard to figure out. The part number M1J-3471 was a 40 oz. container of 1970 code 3 "Light Green" in Alkyd Enamel. It is possible that 1970 Light Green was real yellowish. You would have to find a spot the sun hasn't faded the paint. Like a door hinge pillar facing the fender. Take it to a local automotive paint store and have them scan it to buy new paint.
Fleet Mechanic
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To answer your question, no. Looking at all the paint color names, all paint codes 64/72, Norway Green is not listed. And the plot thickens. This time I noticed Ford lists a paint part number for code 3 Light Green in Canada. No part number for American markets. The 5th digit in your Vin looks like "C" to my old eyes. Code C means your truck was built in Ontario Canada. I noticed you have a 2 digit D.S.O. number. American D.S.O. numbers were 4 digits. I assume (I know, I know) Canadian special orders only had a 2 digit D.S.O. number. Having a D.S.O. number means the truck was originally ordered with something or somethings not regular production. Which would explain a paint color hard to figure out. The part number M1J-3471 was a 40 oz. container of 1970 code 3 "Light Green" in Alkyd Enamel. It is possible that 1970 Light Green was real yellowish. You would have to find a spot the sun hasn't faded the paint. Like a door hinge pillar facing the fender. Take it to a local automotive paint store and have them scan it to buy new paint.
I TRIED 2 COPY THE 1971 TRUCK PAINT CHART I FOUND BUT IT COPIED TO SMALL WHEN I TRIED TO POST IT HERE. IT IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE LOOKING CHART..........
JUST TO REITERATE, I SAW A COUPLE CHARTS THAT SKIPPED CODE 3 !!! THIS MAY B ANOTHER REASON FOR THE D.S.O. CODE, SPECIAL PAINT KOLUR'
( GREEN LIKE ME ).......
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