Paint Code chip sheets?
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Topic: Paint Code chip sheets?
Posted By: Regul8r
Subject: Paint Code chip sheets?
Date Posted: 04-March-2013 at 4:53PM
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Looking for the Paint codes with sample colors for all the years of our cars. Specifically for the 1972 for me but would be nice to post links or even actual pictures of the sheets. ------------- Carl Corey (Moderator/Event Coordinator) Contact ANYTIME! 1976 Ford Elite "Lola Mae" 97 Suzuki Intruder 1400 US Army Retired |
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Posted By: lynchster
Date Posted: 04-March-2013 at 5:06PM
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Ebay might have old paint mixing books that bodyshops would use. ------------- Chuck 72 Gran Torino Sport 13 Taurus SHO "Mr Pig" |
Posted By: Regul8r
Date Posted: 04-March-2013 at 5:15PM
Specifically I am looking for the color that is on this 72 posted on FB... Daniel answered that it was 6F Gold Glow. The other cars I saw with Gold Glow 6F did not look like this. That color is real close to the aftermarket color someone put on Ol'Brown and I am really diggin' this color! Her original color is Medium Brown Metallic.   ------------- Carl Corey (Moderator/Event Coordinator) Contact ANYTIME! 1976 Ford Elite "Lola Mae" 97 Suzuki Intruder 1400 US Army Retired |
Posted By: fordnmerc
Date Posted: 04-March-2013 at 5:58PM
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http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/chipdisplay.cgi?year=1972&manuf=Ford&page=2" rel="nofollow - http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/chipdisplay.cgi?year=1972&manuf=Ford&page=2
------------- David |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 05-March-2013 at 2:13AM
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I'm thinking that is an aftermarket color. My wagon is Medium Brown, and I have some parts that are Gold Glow. Both factory colors, but not even close to that Sportroof shade. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: fordnmerc
Date Posted: 05-March-2013 at 5:51AM
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Looks closest to that 5G Copper to me.... ------------- David |
Posted By: GTW
Date Posted: 05-March-2013 at 5:55AM
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I know of a website I can get the sheets from. Hold on, this will take a while.
------------- Griffin 1973 Gran Torino station wagon 1972 Gran Torino 4 Door 1976 Gran Torino station wagon 1971 Maverick 2 Door |
Posted By: GTW
Date Posted: 05-March-2013 at 6:02AM
1972 1973  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979    I assume all of the Mercury colors were the same. There were a few more sheets but these are the color ones. ------------- Griffin 1973 Gran Torino station wagon 1972 Gran Torino 4 Door 1976 Gran Torino station wagon 1971 Maverick 2 Door |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 05-March-2013 at 6:39AM
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Walt, you never cease to amaze me. We gotta meet you sometime! ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: Regul8r
Date Posted: 05-March-2013 at 7:01AM
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GOOD INFO. Seems PPG isn't calling the colors the name Ford did on a few though. take the 6F for instance, Ford calls it Gold Glow, PPG is saying Bright Yellow Gold Poly? and no Medium Brown Metallic THANKS for the PPG pages!! let's keep this thread going if anyone has other sheets. Anyone have the actual Ford stuff? Maybe from a 1972 new car brochure? ------------- Carl Corey (Moderator/Event Coordinator) Contact ANYTIME! 1976 Ford Elite "Lola Mae" 97 Suzuki Intruder 1400 US Army Retired |
Posted By: GTW
Date Posted: 05-March-2013 at 8:38AM
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4S Light Green (my car's color) must have been new for just Torinos in '73. There were other new ones too. ------------- Griffin 1973 Gran Torino station wagon 1972 Gran Torino 4 Door 1976 Gran Torino station wagon 1971 Maverick 2 Door |
Posted By: GTW
Date Posted: 05-March-2013 at 8:40AM
Still working on getting an engine. Pretty soon I'll bite the bullet and get the wagon's original engine machined. Looking at brochures now to see if there are color charts.
------------- Griffin 1973 Gran Torino station wagon 1972 Gran Torino 4 Door 1976 Gran Torino station wagon 1971 Maverick 2 Door |
unlovedford wrote:Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 05-March-2013 at 8:51AM
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I've got a great 302 I'm pulling out of a '72 Torino. Not an original engine, but runs well, holds great pressure and we won't need it (going big block Ford). Let me know if you are interested, as it will be a couple of months before I pull it. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: GTW
Date Posted: 05-March-2013 at 10:26AM
All I've found so far. I wonder how many of these are left.
------------- Griffin 1973 Gran Torino station wagon 1972 Gran Torino 4 Door 1976 Gran Torino station wagon 1971 Maverick 2 Door |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 06-March-2013 at 2:22AM
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I have one sitting in my garage. 2M maroon, maroon interior (now has cloth), white 1/2 top, still have those original wheelcovers in the basement. Original paint, original painted stripes, original top. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: GTW
Date Posted: 07-March-2013 at 8:19AM
Cool! Read that you're modding it though. 1975 wagon brochure. Features color codes. Haven't found anything with actual chips yet.  ------------- Griffin 1973 Gran Torino station wagon 1972 Gran Torino 4 Door 1976 Gran Torino station wagon 1971 Maverick 2 Door |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 07-March-2013 at 10:20AM
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Interesting fact on those LE models - the vinyl trim was not standard Torino vinyl like above. It was more of a full pleated version. My '76 Torino 4 door had the trim shown above, in blue. Unfortunately, I junked that car before I joined this site and it had a nice body and interior. 50K miles. What a schmuck I was for that stunt - did keep the trunk lid, taillights and some trim off it. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: fordnmerc
Date Posted: 26-March-2013 at 6:04PM
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Here is one of those: http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/atq/3669661835.html" rel="nofollow - http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/atq/3669661835.html ------------- David |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 27-March-2013 at 1:37AM
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Oddly, that white car has Gran Torino rocker trim. He has it listed as a GT Brougham - wonder if someone added the trim at some point. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: fordnmerc
Date Posted: 27-March-2013 at 8:35AM
That was my thought....someone who was not aware of the limited package. ------------- David |