Slick 60's

The sales literature I have suggests that the color was a flavor of white. What I'm looking for is the exact color code. I would guess the color was actually Wimbledon White, but I'm not at all sure of that. If you have input, could you please also provide your source? Thanks. - Paul

pj's64F250&66F600 wrote:If you have input, could you please also PROVIDE YOUR SOURCE? Thanks. - Paul

I'd suggest you use "the google" and find a source yourself.
OK, I'll delete the WTF.

A most unexpected reply above. I honestly don't expect "please" to be responded to with "WTF". Anyway, what I mean is according to images in my sales literature, the wheels are a shade of white. That's a source. Another source might be direct observation of an unmolested barn find. Finally, there may be an well-meaning person who would say "I think....." Well, which input would you put the most credence in?

try this ...

http://www.automotivetouchup.com/choose ... All+Models

this shows 3 different whites in 64

but it's a start , good luck !

i didn't expect that either, but I dont know the factory wheel color. all ive had is chrome and black

Thanks, rcb1020 and I appreciate your input also, slickmainer. - Paul

duplicolor makes a Wimbledon White in a spray can you can buy at about any parts store. I used it on the lower part of my dash. came out pretty good.

I am pretty sure that wheels were Corinthian white unless special ordered body color (it was an option but is rare). Wimbledon white was actually a new color in the 60's and the bumpers and wheels were the same color from the 50's until they changed the color to black. I think Wimbledon white was first used in 64 so 61-63 could not be Wimbledon and the wheel color does not appear to have changed after Wimbledon was introduced. Hawkrod

I've read at several websites that wheels, bumpers and grilles for Ford trucks right thru the bumpsides were Corinthian white.
Spray bombs of it are supposedly available thru dearbornclassics.com

Great inputs! Thanks!!! Your timing could not have been better. - Paul

Ooops...hang on a sec...according to http://www.automotivetouchup.com/choose ... All+Models there was no Corinthian White in '64. That info (i.e., no Corinthian White) is consistent with that on this website also: http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibra ... k-pg01.jpg, According to the first website listed, Corinthian White DID exist in '63, however.

The color codes that would seemingly come closest to Corinthian White would be Pure White (Code M1525A). Adding more confusion, there is Special White (code YG) and only the Big Guy knows what that one actually looks like. I do have a copy of Ford's available option list for '64 and nowhere on it does it offer Color Keyed wheels and I've never seen a piece of. I'm old enough to realize that was a common Ford option back in the mid-late '60's, but that info (the clear recollection info) in my head only applies to cars and I have no recollection (one way or the other) of anything to do with trucks. And to think an earlier post suggested I did no research at all on the topic prior to asking the question...sheesh!

So, I have a doubt about the Corinthian White being the factory color for the wheels. The original sales literature (which is artwork only...no "real" pictures" shows the wheels being rather white indeed, not like the Wimbledon White of my all original garaged-every-day-of-it's-life-been-in-my-family-since-day1 '67 Fairlane.

Paul, it is true that Wimbledon replaced Corinthian white as a body colour in '64, but On Fordification and on FTE I've seen discussions about how the original colour of grilles, bumpers and wheels are NOT Wimbledon white, which is supposedly distinctly yellow by comparison with Corinthian. I can't say I am 100% about this either, because I don't know the paint codes for Corinthian and Wimbledon, and have also heard conflicting stories which say the only difference between the two is a name change. More research required LOL. luckily you aren't trying to find the original colour of a Flathead... now THERE's a nighmare

names of colors were changed, the actual colors did not. a color that did not sell well was usually given a new name before it was dropped.
new colors had new names.
car and truck colors could be the same with different names.
example of color naming:
wentworth white was beaten out by wimbledon white

factory truck wheels were either black or white. i have seen both used on all years.

he who commands the ouiji board can talk to my source.

pj's64F250&66F600 wrote:Ooops...hang on a sec...according to http://www.automotivetouchup.com/choose ... All+Models there was no Corinthian White in '64. That info (i.e., no Corinthian White) is consistent with that on this website also: http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibra ... k-pg01.jpg, According to the first website listed, Corinthian White DID exist in '63, however.

The color codes that would seemingly come closest to Corinthian White would be Pure White (Code M1525A). Adding more confusion, there is Special White (code YG) and only the Big Guy knows what that one actually looks like. I do have a copy of Ford's available option list for '64 and nowhere on it does it offer Color Keyed wheels and I've never seen a piece of. I'm old enough to realize that was a common Ford option back in the mid-late '60's, but that info (the clear recollection info) in my head only applies to cars and I have no recollection (one way or the other) of anything to do with trucks. And to think an earlier post suggested I did no research at all on the topic prior to asking the question...sheesh!

So, I have a doubt about the Corinthian White being the factory color for the wheels. The original sales literature (which is artwork only...no "real" pictures" shows the wheels being rather white indeed, not like the Wimbledon White of my all original garaged-every-day-of-it's-life-been-in-my-family-since-day1 '67 Fairlane.

Color keyed wheels was definitely an option and in 62 it was $6.70. It was a DSO not an RSO option so it is not listed in the sales literature. As I said, I thought it was Corinthian white but it turns out that I am wrong as it was DL60-1292 "refrigerator white" (trust me, that took some serious digging! LOL). Hawkrod