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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 12:22 PM
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Paint scheme or code info needed

I'm restoring a 1959 Mercury panel truck and am needing the paint codes for the colour scheme that is red and grey. Does anybody have late 50's paint literature?
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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 05:29 PM
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From the Lit. I've manged to acquire for my '58 M-100 & the few I perused on the '59s, it mirrors the F series paint styles of the same years.
Please when you get the oppertunity, post some Pix of your little beasty.
Be nice to view more Pix of the M series trucks.

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I'm restoring a 1959 Mercury panel truck and am needing the paint codes for the colour scheme that is red and grey. Does anybody have late 50's paint literature?
Thanks, Haney-Bill
 
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 01:58 PM
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Hi *****

This may be of use to you
http://autocolorlibrary.com/cgi-bin/...rcury-pg01.jpg

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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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Ahhhh, but does this site represent Canadian FoMoCo colours or American FoMoCo colours?
They had a tendancy to differ somewhat.

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Hi *****

This may be of use to you
http://autocolorlibrary.com/cgi-bin/...rcury-pg01.jpg

Stephen
 
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 02:22 PM
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Hi Colonel

Good point
I thought all Mercurys were canadian built, but am probably wrong being from the other side of the atlantic
Still it's somewhere for ***** to start from

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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 02:46 PM
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I thought so to.
See my concern is the that chart only represents American paint chip colours & not the proper Candian ones ***** is looking for.
Till about '63 or so they were strictly Canadian built as I recall, but there were also some re-badging at American plants/Dealerships, as Father recollects, for shipments down to Mexico.
I've a ? posed at that site to see if they have Mercury of Canadian Paint chip charts from '57-'60.
They'd really be nice to have to get the correct colours on the olde girls.


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Originally Posted by Steve_B
Hi Colonel

Good point
I thought all Mercurys were canadian built, but am probably wrong being from the other side of the atlantic
Still it's somewhere for ***** to start from

Stephen
 

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