Official Paint Color

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Official Paint Color

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In all the years that I have known my truck I have never known the actual official name of the shade of blue that my truck is. Here is a picture of a tag that is on the cowl/fire wall under the hood. Is this a paint code? If so, how do I decipher this code?
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That tag is not the paint code. Your truck might be Medium Blue Super Enamel. I think your truck was a White Hat Special if I remember correctly. That was a special paint that was only available on that package. Your truck looks too light to be Marlin Blue and too dark to be Arctic Blue.

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is the paint code on these trucks anywhere?

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abodyjoe wrote:is the paint code on these trucks anywhere?
No... the Sweptlines did NOT use a color code ON the truck. The trucks did have their own colors that were not shared with the cars.
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Here are a couple of fairly recent pictures of my truck. That is all original paint.
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By the way, what is that tag anyway?
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Nice BLUE on your truck!!

DocsTruck wrote:By the way, what is that tag anyway?
I think I had heard (here on Sweptline.org) that it had something to do with an "order" number?? or something like that. Not sure if it has ever been "confirmed" though.
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these the colors..?


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abodyjoe wrote:these the colors..?
Yes... for a '65. There are a few differences between years. Isn't yours a '68?
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DocsTruck wrote:By the way, what is that tag anyway?
soopernaut wrote:The tag on the firewall has a number that matches a number on the build sheet. There should also be a tag on the front of the bed with a different number. Since most of these trucks never had this tag, I've concluded the trucks that have them were customer ordered and the ones that don't were dealer stock.

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Yes, my truck is a '68 and the paint is all original.
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Re: Official Paint Color for 1965 - 1966 D100

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wrong forum - please delete
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