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Clr: N
Can anyone tell me what color "N" stands for on a 1958 F-100? "CLR: N" is engraved on the ID tag on the glovebox door. Truck is presently teal/white.
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i went to autocolorlibrary.com and according to there 1958 ford paint chip chart code n is light green ditzler #42171. go there and look for yourself to make sure it is a very good website and they will help and answer emails quickly.
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Glenn and Red,
Auto Color Library is a great resource for original paint chip charts from a large number of manufacturers. Unfortunately, those charts don't necessarily correspond to the colors that were available as STOCK on the truck years we deal with. For example, not all Ford Commercial Colors (as shown on the Auto Color Page under 1958 Ford Truck) were available as STOCK Ford F-series truck colors. Auto Color Library also shows the Ford Car chip sheet for 1958 and there is an "N" color code there as well. It may even be the same color - I haven't cross-checked the Ditzler codes.
That said, the best information I could find via e-mails from PPG (Ditzler) says that you could get your truck painted virtually ANY color you wanted by asking through the correct channels. Special fleet colors for railroads, telephone trucks, military vehicles, etc. were common. These special order trucks were supposed to have an "S" stamped in the color area of the rating plate for "Special". Given the errors we've seen in other areas of the rating plate, I would not be surprised to find a Ford Commercial or Automotive color code stamped on a truck rating plate. I suppose there could be a few trucks floating around out there that were painted with Commercial or Auto Ford colors. Heck, there are probably some with Dodge, Chevy, or other colors that PPG made at that time.
Now that I think about it, I guess that means that any color is STOCK since you could get it from the factory. Sorta depends on how you want to define STOCK.
On Edit: After all that drivel I spewed I forgot to say what I started out to mention. It's not a stretch of the imagination that your truck was originally painted the Commercial or Car "N" color code. It's just not a sure thing by any means. I haven't run across the "N" color code for trucks in the 1958 year, but that doesn't mean it wasn't available. If I wanted to be really sure, I'd find somebody that had a 1958 dealer brochure that listed the paint colors. Nothing is an absolute guarantee, but that's about as close to nailing it down as you are going to get.
Auto Color Library is a great resource for original paint chip charts from a large number of manufacturers. Unfortunately, those charts don't necessarily correspond to the colors that were available as STOCK on the truck years we deal with. For example, not all Ford Commercial Colors (as shown on the Auto Color Page under 1958 Ford Truck) were available as STOCK Ford F-series truck colors. Auto Color Library also shows the Ford Car chip sheet for 1958 and there is an "N" color code there as well. It may even be the same color - I haven't cross-checked the Ditzler codes.
That said, the best information I could find via e-mails from PPG (Ditzler) says that you could get your truck painted virtually ANY color you wanted by asking through the correct channels. Special fleet colors for railroads, telephone trucks, military vehicles, etc. were common. These special order trucks were supposed to have an "S" stamped in the color area of the rating plate for "Special". Given the errors we've seen in other areas of the rating plate, I would not be surprised to find a Ford Commercial or Automotive color code stamped on a truck rating plate. I suppose there could be a few trucks floating around out there that were painted with Commercial or Auto Ford colors. Heck, there are probably some with Dodge, Chevy, or other colors that PPG made at that time.
Now that I think about it, I guess that means that any color is STOCK since you could get it from the factory. Sorta depends on how you want to define STOCK.
On Edit: After all that drivel I spewed I forgot to say what I started out to mention. It's not a stretch of the imagination that your truck was originally painted the Commercial or Car "N" color code. It's just not a sure thing by any means. I haven't run across the "N" color code for trucks in the 1958 year, but that doesn't mean it wasn't available. If I wanted to be really sure, I'd find somebody that had a 1958 dealer brochure that listed the paint colors. Nothing is an absolute guarantee, but that's about as close to nailing it down as you are going to get.
Last edited by Earl; Jan 16, 2006 at 04:37 PM.
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