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I have not been pleased with the confusion of External Paint Color Codes and Paint Color names over the years I have been on here. If you look at the 1958, 1959, 1960 Ditzler Paint Chip cards, you find one set of Color Codes and Color Samples. If you look at Automotive Mile Posts for each of those three years, you will see different Color Codes and different names. It gets to be pretty confusing.
After one of our members suggested that it would be nice to have a set of Color Code Letters and Color Paint samples actually on the Tbirds that match, I decided to do something about this. So I went to the OEM Official Factory Specifications CD, copied down each of the Color Codes and the matching Color Names for that Code for each of the three years. These are the official Color Codes and Color Names established in the OFS. Then I went looking for cars that had that external Paint Color that matched the Color Code for that color. Except for a few here and there, I was able to find matching Tbirds in each of the Color Codes listed. In a few cases I was not able to find on the internet pix that matched a few Tbirds and the Color Code. I am hoping that ya'll might be able to find some of the missing pix because I would like to have all Tbirds with matching color, not a Lincoln, Mercury or other car that does have the same color, just not as a Tbird. Some colors are pretty rare, apparently, making it hard to find pix of them.
For example, I could not find a pic of a 1958 Tbird Color Code C - Desert Beige. I did find this pic though.
And this one for Color Code D - Palomino Tan.
And for 1958 this one. A 1951 Mercury, same color as 1958, Color Code K - Everglade Green Metallic.
For 1959 Squarebirds, I only lack one. This one. A 1994 Mercury, same color as 1959, Color Code Q - Sea Reef Green Metallic.
Finally, for 1960 I am missing these two that I found in Lincolns, but not Tbirds, though they were a 1960 Tbird color also, Color Code D - Sapphire.
And this one, Color Code I - Pale Turquoise Light.
If anyone can find Squarebird pix that states those codes and names on the Data Plate, or in an advertisements, please email them to me so I can complete this work using strictly Tbirds in those colors.
After one of our members suggested that it would be nice to have a set of Color Code Letters and Color Paint samples actually on the Tbirds that match, I decided to do something about this. So I went to the OEM Official Factory Specifications CD, copied down each of the Color Codes and the matching Color Names for that Code for each of the three years. These are the official Color Codes and Color Names established in the OFS. Then I went looking for cars that had that external Paint Color that matched the Color Code for that color. Except for a few here and there, I was able to find matching Tbirds in each of the Color Codes listed. In a few cases I was not able to find on the internet pix that matched a few Tbirds and the Color Code. I am hoping that ya'll might be able to find some of the missing pix because I would like to have all Tbirds with matching color, not a Lincoln, Mercury or other car that does have the same color, just not as a Tbird. Some colors are pretty rare, apparently, making it hard to find pix of them.
For example, I could not find a pic of a 1958 Tbird Color Code C - Desert Beige. I did find this pic though.
And this one for Color Code D - Palomino Tan.
And for 1958 this one. A 1951 Mercury, same color as 1958, Color Code K - Everglade Green Metallic.
For 1959 Squarebirds, I only lack one. This one. A 1994 Mercury, same color as 1959, Color Code Q - Sea Reef Green Metallic.
Finally, for 1960 I am missing these two that I found in Lincolns, but not Tbirds, though they were a 1960 Tbird color also, Color Code D - Sapphire.
And this one, Color Code I - Pale Turquoise Light.
If anyone can find Squarebird pix that states those codes and names on the Data Plate, or in an advertisements, please email them to me so I can complete this work using strictly Tbirds in those colors.
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