1955 Color Chips
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From: Waynesville, OH
Hi Stu. Try here for the paint codes and names.
http://www.clubfte.com/users/earl/Re...0VIN%20Decoder
Actual paint chips are hard to come by, but Auto Color Library (http://autocolorlibrary.com/acl_files/fordtruck.html) has paint chips for some of the surrounding years (1950, 1951, 1958) and can provide paint that matches the original color. Take the M-number off the first link (Earl's World) and see if you can find the same M- number at Auto Color Library, even if it is a different year. As long as the M-numbers are the same, the color is the same. Don't go by color names - there are several color names that actually refer to different colors.
Remember that the actual color of the chips that Auto Color Library has will display somewhat differently on different computer monitors so don't go exactly by what the chips look like on your monitor.
One last thing, Auto Color Library shows both truck colors and commercial colors on the same web page. The truck colors are the ones you are interested in unless you have an engine from a 1951 generator, a fleet vehicle, or something like that.
http://www.clubfte.com/users/earl/Re...0VIN%20Decoder
Actual paint chips are hard to come by, but Auto Color Library (http://autocolorlibrary.com/acl_files/fordtruck.html) has paint chips for some of the surrounding years (1950, 1951, 1958) and can provide paint that matches the original color. Take the M-number off the first link (Earl's World) and see if you can find the same M- number at Auto Color Library, even if it is a different year. As long as the M-numbers are the same, the color is the same. Don't go by color names - there are several color names that actually refer to different colors.
Remember that the actual color of the chips that Auto Color Library has will display somewhat differently on different computer monitors so don't go exactly by what the chips look like on your monitor.
One last thing, Auto Color Library shows both truck colors and commercial colors on the same web page. The truck colors are the ones you are interested in unless you have an engine from a 1951 generator, a fleet vehicle, or something like that.
Last edited by Earl; May 31, 2005 at 01:25 PM.
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From: Waynesville, OH
Fred,
Do you think that Rinshed-Mason page might be the auto color list instead of the truck color list? I couldn't find an application marking on the page.
I was looking through the 14 colors on the page and trying to match some of 'em to the Ford Truck Parts and Accessories Catalog for 1955. I couldn't find Tropical Rose, Thunderbird Blue, Sierra Brown, Neptune Green, Buckskin Brown, Regency Purple, and Pinetree Green in the catalog. The infamous Meadow Green from the Parts and Accessories Catalog (code U) is not shown on the Rinshed-Mason Page.
Some of those colors are really cool! I just wonder if Ford would have painted trucks with Tropical Rose in 1955. Given the manly world of the 50's, I imagine there would be few takers for a pink truck!
Do you think that Rinshed-Mason page might be the auto color list instead of the truck color list? I couldn't find an application marking on the page.
I was looking through the 14 colors on the page and trying to match some of 'em to the Ford Truck Parts and Accessories Catalog for 1955. I couldn't find Tropical Rose, Thunderbird Blue, Sierra Brown, Neptune Green, Buckskin Brown, Regency Purple, and Pinetree Green in the catalog. The infamous Meadow Green from the Parts and Accessories Catalog (code U) is not shown on the Rinshed-Mason Page.
Some of those colors are really cool! I just wonder if Ford would have painted trucks with Tropical Rose in 1955. Given the manly world of the 50's, I imagine there would be few takers for a pink truck!
