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Apr 11, 2005 | 04:07 PM

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I was on my way home from work last night, when I saw a late 70's ford truck. The color was a reddish-orange. The truck was beat up and the paint was faded, so I assumed it to original. So what I'm asking is, was it? Did Ford use a color similar to this on their 70's pickups? Thanks.

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Apr 11, 2005 | 07:39 PM

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I saw a real nice one today that was that color, I'm guessing it's stock but not sure what it's called.

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Apr 11, 2005 | 07:46 PM

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it more then likely is stock my 78 is hemi orange and it is stock

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Apr 11, 2005 | 07:53 PM

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Ford's color is called Tangerine or ...Chrome Yellow.

Don't you guys know about this site ?

http://autocolorlibrary.com/acl_files/fordtruck.html

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Apr 11, 2005 | 09:41 PM

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What about Coral? It's in my gallery. It seems the names changed quite a bit over the years.

You either love it or hate it. Hasn't quite grown on my wife yet!

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Apr 11, 2005 | 10:23 PM

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Yeah, I'm sure Ford had a color called Hemi Orange

Oh, and maybe Dodge Blue and Plymouth Red.

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Apr 12, 2005 | 07:35 AM

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Perhaps my gallery will give you the answer. See my avatar.

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Apr 12, 2005 | 07:45 AM

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Thanks Guys! I really liked the color (except for the rust and dents

) and thought I may use it when I repaint my truck.

Thanks Million, I've seen that web site before, but can never remember it. I pretty sure that truck I saw was Tangerine.

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Apr 12, 2005 | 08:34 AM

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Did they ever use grabber orange on the truck line in the early 70s or was that just for the mustang.

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Apr 12, 2005 | 08:51 AM

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grabber orange

I believe that was just for the 'stangs. Although, I've pondered that color as well. So many colors, only one truck

I think "Chrome Yellow" is pretty close though.

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Apr 12, 2005 | 10:42 AM

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The Grabber colours were for the Mustang & Torino.

That site I linked answers all questions about paint colour.

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Apr 12, 2005 | 12:23 PM

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hemi sounds better then tangerine anyhow i always just called it orange

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Apr 12, 2005 | 01:10 PM

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I sorry but I thought I saw grabber blue as a color for the 77 truck on that list..

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