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a few questions
Hey guys, thanks for the warm welcome.
Here are the first of what I'm sure will be many questions to follow:
1) the vin is F10AR876739. If I'm reading that correctly, it means I have a 66 f100 with a straight-6 240, manufactured in San Jose in June. Is that right?
2) if that's right, the po must have done a swap, because the engine in it now is a v8 with "28 352" stamped onto the block just by the water pump, and the intake manifold shows "6F3" and "65AE94258" between the carb and distributor cap (I think--the numbers are drowned in paint). Any idea what those numbers might be telling me about the engine?
3) the truck came to me with a blue/white color scheme, not a good paint job. When I removed the bed, I found a yellow/cream color on the back of the cab and front of bed. I think this cream color was original because when I sanded down to the metal in those places, I didn't find any evidence of other colors or primers like I did on most of the rest of the exterior. When I removed the dash pad (wasn't 66 the first year a padded dash was a standard option?), I found a sorta sky/powder blue on the dash--real nice color in real good condition. I ordered a can of paint from Paint Scratch.com (L Turquoise N-Truck) just based on eyeballing the colors on line to what seemed closest to the dash. When I got the paint, I shot a sample, and it was clear that the original paint was not the turquoise that I had ordered from Paint Scratch (the turqoise had much more green and aqua in it). I guess the question is whether anyone might know what particular blue/cream factory colors might have been standard? I'm assuming that if the blue had faded over the years, it wouldn't be sun-faded since it appears to have been dash-protected from the beginning.
I know the answers to these questions should be found readily enough through the VIN plate on the driver's door, but the po, in a stroke of brilliance, decided to remove it. All I've got to go on is the vin on the title.
Appreciate your time and knowledge.
doc
Here are the first of what I'm sure will be many questions to follow:
1) the vin is F10AR876739. If I'm reading that correctly, it means I have a 66 f100 with a straight-6 240, manufactured in San Jose in June. Is that right?
2) if that's right, the po must have done a swap, because the engine in it now is a v8 with "28 352" stamped onto the block just by the water pump, and the intake manifold shows "6F3" and "65AE94258" between the carb and distributor cap (I think--the numbers are drowned in paint). Any idea what those numbers might be telling me about the engine?
3) the truck came to me with a blue/white color scheme, not a good paint job. When I removed the bed, I found a yellow/cream color on the back of the cab and front of bed. I think this cream color was original because when I sanded down to the metal in those places, I didn't find any evidence of other colors or primers like I did on most of the rest of the exterior. When I removed the dash pad (wasn't 66 the first year a padded dash was a standard option?), I found a sorta sky/powder blue on the dash--real nice color in real good condition. I ordered a can of paint from Paint Scratch.com (L Turquoise N-Truck) just based on eyeballing the colors on line to what seemed closest to the dash. When I got the paint, I shot a sample, and it was clear that the original paint was not the turquoise that I had ordered from Paint Scratch (the turqoise had much more green and aqua in it). I guess the question is whether anyone might know what particular blue/cream factory colors might have been standard? I'm assuming that if the blue had faded over the years, it wouldn't be sun-faded since it appears to have been dash-protected from the beginning.
I know the answers to these questions should be found readily enough through the VIN plate on the driver's door, but the po, in a stroke of brilliance, decided to remove it. All I've got to go on is the vin on the title.
Appreciate your time and knowledge.
doc
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From: seattle
Doc, your decipher of the VIN is correct...a 352 in 65 is a D code and its a Y in 66....if the door is original to the truck the engines been swapped as you said...
The color code is also on the door tag...the light blue/white paint combo IS correct...and a very nice combo...B is the Turquoise color code...its the funky green color...as I call it... For light blue, F is the color code, C or M would be the code depending on which white was applied...C is Pure White and M is Wimboldon white....The dash pad is the best cover for original paint...whats under there in all liklihood is factory...W is the code for medium blue.
Another good place to look form original paint that would likely have been covered most of its life is the floor...under the seat is a good place...White was a color option with tutone combos in every color...even the other white as mine is a tutone white...Pure White is more 'ghostly' shade...like a fresh bedsheet...the Wimboldon is a more creamy white...its the one commonly used on the dashboard when white is used originally. As I recall, on most of tutone trucks, its also the white that was used with whatever accent color...the truck was shot all in white then masked and accent color shotyou can see thatin the pics of the red and white truck also in my tutone detail gallery. If you look at my gallery of tutone paint detail you will see exactly where the color splits were made as well as a good example of the W code medium blue.
Galleries can be seen by left clicking on users name and going to the gallery option in the dropdown menu and going through the pictures.
As for the dash pad option...66 was the year it was standard on the trucks, but optional starting in 64 I believe...however there is an option of the dashpad being deleted on F350s in 1966.
- cs65
The color code is also on the door tag...the light blue/white paint combo IS correct...and a very nice combo...B is the Turquoise color code...its the funky green color...as I call it... For light blue, F is the color code, C or M would be the code depending on which white was applied...C is Pure White and M is Wimboldon white....The dash pad is the best cover for original paint...whats under there in all liklihood is factory...W is the code for medium blue.
Another good place to look form original paint that would likely have been covered most of its life is the floor...under the seat is a good place...White was a color option with tutone combos in every color...even the other white as mine is a tutone white...Pure White is more 'ghostly' shade...like a fresh bedsheet...the Wimboldon is a more creamy white...its the one commonly used on the dashboard when white is used originally. As I recall, on most of tutone trucks, its also the white that was used with whatever accent color...the truck was shot all in white then masked and accent color shotyou can see thatin the pics of the red and white truck also in my tutone detail gallery. If you look at my gallery of tutone paint detail you will see exactly where the color splits were made as well as a good example of the W code medium blue.
Galleries can be seen by left clicking on users name and going to the gallery option in the dropdown menu and going through the pictures.
As for the dash pad option...66 was the year it was standard on the trucks, but optional starting in 64 I believe...however there is an option of the dashpad being deleted on F350s in 1966.
- cs65
