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wheel & grill paint
Posted: August 8, 2007, 1:53 pm
by bawrencher
the grill on my 63 f100 is all white, but i have seen one's with a black &
white paint scheme. also if i recall ford white wheels were more of a
cream color, or maybe that was in the 70's. help senility sucks!
Posted: August 8, 2007, 2:36 pm
by GLindley
I'll take a stab at this, but it is subject to the experts...
Back in those days, I believe that there were no grills painted any "body colors" and what was available was either wimbledon white (your cream color) or anodized aluminum.
Posted: August 8, 2007, 5:16 pm
by mikecarson
And, there was black paint in the "low" areas to make the bars stand out.
Posted: August 8, 2007, 5:30 pm
by Gary Seymour
Check out
www.fordtruck.com/images/63fordcolor. I got the color "chip" list for my '62 there. The two whites available in '62 were corinthian white and milk white, codes M and C. The corinthian white is creamy. wimbledon white is very close, but I think a later color. at least later than '62.
Posted: August 8, 2007, 5:37 pm
by Gary Seymour
That's images/63color for the color list on the '63. Whites are the same as the '62 - Milk and Corinthian. Paint shops should be able to match the color from the code.
Posted: August 8, 2007, 6:19 pm
by mikecarson
Last time I painted the grille on my 62, I used Ivory Krylon, looked real close to me.
Posted: August 11, 2007, 12:03 pm
by bawrencher
mikecarson wrote:And, there was black paint in the "low" areas to make the bars stand out.
mike, what do you mean by "low" areas? i would think the vertical bars should be black, but what else?
Posted: August 11, 2007, 1:18 pm
by mikecarson
Around the headlights, also.