I am getting ready to repaint my 56 truck
It is a factory light green and the vin tag says the color code is "J" but in any books i have,there is no "J" listed
Does anyone know what color this is ?
thanks

 

My book doesn't show a code J for trucks either, but '56 Couriers did have a J paint code listed as Buckskin Tan....??

 

old uhaul,
I had a similar problem. My 56 has a paint code "W" which is not listed as a truck color. A couple of "old crusties" at the local paint shop told me to look at the car colors, because late in the production runs they would paint them with whatever was laying around. Code "W" is a car color.

As Tim said, the "J" is Buckskin Tan (Ditzler color DQE-21215-DAL) and looks like a light brown/tan color.

The only light green codes that I see are "G" Meadowmist Green (Ditzler color DQE-41039-DAL) and "W" Springmist Green (Ditzler color DQE-41980-DAL).

Good Luck!

 

Thanks for the info,I was looking very close at the truck and see that it was repainted light green but the original light green color is still on the inside of the glove box door,alot of marks though.I will try to buff it and take those codes you provided to my bodyshop and see what we come up with!

 

I realize this is an OLD post, but my 56 is also a similar green with the paint code J. What did you ever find out about this color? Thanks!

 

If it is a late year production they may have used the 1957-58 "J" code for Willow Green Ford M-30J-747, PPG42025

 

prod date and other info? I am very good at 60's fords, data plates, etc...but this is my first 56 and there isnt as much to go by. I was hoping to also hear from old haul, as I wanted to see if we had the same plant, close build numbers, etc. I'll post a pic soon, its been in a barn (no kidding...on our old farm) since 1989.

Here is my data plate, anything special (wishful thinking):

F10D6R-47137 SERIAL
5000 MAX GVW
110 WB
120 CERT NET HP
3900 RPM

4 SYN TRANS
3.73 REAR AXLE
J COLOR

27J730188C PROD CODE

DSO is blank

My uncle owned it since the late 50's, my father put a merc 292 or 312 in it in the 70's. I'm going to pull the Y block and put in a 428cj, it sure moves now tho for being so small. These Y blocks worth much?

 

 

Look at the exhaust manifolds. Are the bolts all in a row (front to rear)? If they are staggered up and down the engine is a Lincoln.

312s are worth more than 292s. But either running is worth more than Not!

Block and head castings are the same for 312s & 292s.

There's something about the Crank that could tell you if it's a 312. Try here Y

Is it a 4 barrel, 2 four barrels or 3 Duce set up? There's even a Paxton supercharger version of the 312. All make the engine more valuable.

Has the engine got a cross over exhaust pipe in the front or does it have dual exhausts with Ram Horns or the later model exhaust manifolds that don't have a cross over pipe?

All this comes into play for pricing a Y-Block.

 

any idea about that color? was the truck built late in the year...? I dont know how to decipher these very well...what were the prod numbers that year?

 

F10D6R47137

F10 = F100.

D = 223 1V 1-6.

6 = 1956.

R = San Jose CA Assembly Plant.

47137 = 1956 Numerical Sequence of Assembly, the trucks specific serial number. Serial number refers to ALL trucks, not just F100's or F Series.

First 3 digits of production code: 27J = September 27, 1955 / A = January ~ M = December, the letter I is skipped.

Historically, new vehicle introduction time begins in September of the previous year, so production begins in August.

1948/62: No DSO code unless the truck is a Domestic Special Order.

1957 Ford/Mercury/Thunderbird cars: VIN engine codes: E = 312 with Dual Quads (Holley 'teapots') / F = 312 4V with McCollough Supercharger.

1957/58 Studebaker Golden Hawks, 1957 'Packabakers' & 1958 'Packabaker' Hawk also came with McCollough Superchargers, as did the 1955 Kaiser Manhattan (only available engine: 226 flathead 6).

Paxton bought McCollough, then Studebaker purchased Paxton Products, which was located for many years north of the 10 freeway, at the NE corner of 9th St & Olympic Blvd in Santa Monica CA

McCollough made his fortune selling chain saws, bought the London Bridge, had it dismantled, moved to Lake Havasu AZ then built a man made island in the Colorado River, to anchor the west end of the bridge.

Left (upper): Trucks / Right: Ford cars / Left (lower) BLOWN!

 

Bill, you never cease to amaze me... I've seen that bridge, but didn't know who moved it.

 

Wow...thanks! So its an early build 56...about a month into production. Thats great to know. 47437 in production that year, so did they start at 10001 like some other cars? I was glad to see it was built on the san jose line, I have a few 69 mach 1's that were built there too - very cool that they share that.

The color still is odd to me. It doesnt look like the 57 color, its much lighter...and if its an early 56 I dont see how it could use a year later code. It may be a mis-stamp, but is old haul's that way too?

I read the D code was a I6 223 CID for that year....so it was a factory v8?

Thanks again, looking forward to learning more about these trucks.

 

D=223
V=272

even the master makes mistakes!

 

It could be a mistamp. My 54 was and is Meadow Green. my grandfather bought it new. I have the sales receipt and says the truck was meadow green. However, years ago when I was preparing to fix the rust and repaint it and was getting into the history of it and learned about the data plate via FTE in 1998 I discovered that my data plate was marked R for the color. R in 54 was vermillion (red). I began searching for traces of red paint. I knew my truck was always green. I thought maybe it was painted at the dealer for some reason... My spare was red, however, so that added fuel to my suspicions. I could not find any red paint... behind the cardboard firewall cover, under the dash, etc. ..

then I found out that in 53 R stood for Meadow Green. In 54 U was used for Meadow Green... So I guess the Data Plate stamper was still using the 53 code... Fair enough... but my truck was bought new on December 24, 1954 late in the year, as a matter of fact you might call it a left over. My production code number is 16490 which means it was the 6490 truck made among all assembly plants, Right? So maybe my truck was made early in the production run and the VIN stamper was still thinking 1953.

But, yes, mistakes could be made.