Correct Yellow for 70 Mach 1r

ve3sy · 01-28-2005

First time poster here so greetings to all.

I have a 70 Mach 1 (Shaker) ready for color and have been using photos of other 70 Mach 1 to decide on color. Original was the Med Lime Green and since it's not a numbers matching car anyway it is being restored the way I would have bought it.

Anyway Yellow has been my choice since day 1 however when I went to the paint distributor and looked at his vintage D code paint chips for 70 FORDS, the yellow there appears very light and washed out (not to be confused with the Light Ivy Yellow (2)

In looking at photos - and using my memory from cruise nights, I thought the yellow for that year was a very vibrant shade of yellow. Can anyone help me out here and possibly provide the Dupont, PPG, Ditzler etc mix codes so we can mix up a sample.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Paul

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Veronica · 01-29-2005

Hello.Welcome.

That was called simply 'bright yellow',and they weren't kidding.It is indeed a very bright yellow.It looks great on a 70 sports roof.Hope that helps.

ve3sy · 01-29-2005

Thanks Veronica but at this point I was hoping to get an actual paint mix code for one of the mainline paint suppliers. That way I can have my supplier do a small sample mix that we can apply on some preped metal to confirm color. On the 70 FORD paint chips we have I do not see a bright yellow as a choice for 1970 and while the D code for 70 is called just "Yellow" however as I said in original post, it's a very light yellow.

Thanks again

Paul.

Veronica · 01-29-2005

Hi again

Here is a picture of a car that is painted 70 bright yellow.Whenever I went to the PPG guys and just told them what color I wanted,for example 70 bright yellow,they would look up the formula and show me a little sample of it.Hope that helps.

ve3sy · 01-29-2005

WoW! That photo looks more Green than Yellow - anyway here's the Yellow I am looking for on my web site. The photo is one I cabagged off the web but possibly the owner did not use a 70 color??

Will visit my paint shop on Monday.

Thanks Veronica

Paul

wayne94mustang · 01-29-2005

how about chrome yellow from a newer stang? a lot of the early colors are lighter...at least its a mustang color but not period correct.

70Mach03 · 01-30-2005

I owned a brand new Gabber Yellow Package Mustang in 1970. According to my 1970 Ford Shop Manual the code is "D", the M-35-J number is 3470-A. The shop manual also calls it "Bright Yellow orCompetition Yellow". I have also heard it refered to as "Grabber Yellow", but the Grabber packages were released later in the model year after the shop manuals were printed.

Here's a picture of my old Grabber on day after I drove it home from the dealership. I was 18 years old then and the picture may be slightly faded out but it was a bright yellow color back then.

http://musclecar-logbook.net/FORD/19...tang__0206.jpg

ve3sy · 01-30-2005

Thanks Bill and all who have responded. It's very confusing with the numerous names given by Ford to what I assume is the same color of Yellow?

Paul

wayne94mustang · 01-30-2005

hey im 99% sure that the car in your picture is comp. gold. i had a 70 mercury cougar and thats what they called it. its kind of yellow, but more gold

ve3sy · 01-30-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by wayne94mustang

hey im 99% sure that the car in your picture is comp. gold.

Well it may be however that color was not available on the 70 Mustangs. I see so many vivid 70 Yellow cars it's hard to believe that many people would not be using correct Ford colors in their restorations.

Thanks
Paul

ve3sy · 11-13-2005

Just came across this older post and thought I would post a foillow-up to close the thread.

It turns out that those nice - what appeared to be bright yellow photos - were in fact Fords U code Grabber Orange.

Thanks for all of the posts. The car is now completed and on the road. Click here for a photo

Paul

70 Mach 1, 351C, 4 speed, shaker, factory air, tach dash
67 Convertible, 289 4V, C4, GT package, tilt column