Paint Colors on Cars in the Late 60's

[crazy^millman]

Needing to get my parents old 69 Mustang insured that was passed down to me. I looked up the vin number on a website and just got a list of the different paint schemes they offered back then. We have what 5 choices for most cars now a days. We progressed backwards in the options we can have the color of our vehicles.

Paint Colors
Code    Alternate    Color
A    9A    Raven Black
B    2B    Royal Maroon
C    6C    Black Jade
D    3D    Pastel Grey
E    4E    Aztec Aqua
F    3F    Gulfstream Aqua
I       Lime Gold
M    5M    Wimbledon White
P    4P    Winter Blue
S       Champagne Gold
T    5T    Candy Apple Red
W       Meadowlark Yellow
Y       Indian Fire
2    2J    Lime
3    3B    Calypso Coral
4    4F    Silver Jade
6    6E    Acapulco Blue
A5       Raven Black with Matte Black Hood
B5       Royal Maroon with Matte Black Hood
C5       Black Jade with Matte Black Hood
D5       Pastel Grey with Matte Black Hood
E5       Aztec Aqua with Matte Black Hood
F5       Gulfstream Aqua with Matte Black Hood
I5       Lime Gold with Matte Black Hood
M5       Wimbledon White with Matte Black Hood
P5       Winter Blue with Matte Black Hood
S5       Champagne Gold with Matte Black Hood
T5       Candy Apple Red with Matte Black Hood
W5       Meadowlark Yellow with Matte Black Hood
Y5       Indian Fire with Matte Black Hood
25       Lime with Matte Black Hood
35       Calypso Coral with Matte Black Hood
45       Silver Jade with Matte Black Hood
65       Acapulco Blue with Matte Black Hood

[TSmcam]

Needing to get my parents old 69 Mustang insured that was passed down to me. I looked up the vin number on a website and just got a list of the different paint schemes they offered back then. We have what 5 choices for most cars now a days. We progressed backwards in the options we can have the color of our vehicles.

Paint Colors
Code    Alternate    Color
A    9A    Raven Black
B    2B    Royal Maroon
C    6C    Black Jade
D    3D    Pastel Grey
E    4E    Aztec Aqua
F    3F    Gulfstream Aqua
I       Lime Gold
M    5M    Wimbledon White
P    4P    Winter Blue
S       Champagne Gold
T    5T    Candy Apple Red
W       Meadowlark Yellow
Y       Indian Fire
2    2J    Lime
3    3B    Calypso Coral
4    4F    Silver Jade
6    6E    Acapulco Blue
A5       Raven Black with Matte Black Hood
B5       Royal Maroon with Matte Black Hood
C5       Black Jade with Matte Black Hood
D5       Pastel Grey with Matte Black Hood
E5       Aztec Aqua with Matte Black Hood
F5       Gulfstream Aqua with Matte Black Hood
I5       Lime Gold with Matte Black Hood
M5       Wimbledon White with Matte Black Hood
P5       Winter Blue with Matte Black Hood
S5       Champagne Gold with Matte Black Hood
T5       Candy Apple Red with Matte Black Hood
W5       Meadowlark Yellow with Matte Black Hood
Y5       Indian Fire with Matte Black Hood
25       Lime with Matte Black Hood
35       Calypso Coral with Matte Black Hood
45       Silver Jade with Matte Black Hood
65       Acapulco Blue with Matte Black Hood

I totally agree with you there Ron.

I'm a big fan of 1955-1957 Chevrolets. (Used to own a 1955 in my youth)

Colours like Navajo Tan, Matador Red, Dusk Rose, Ivory Pearl, Shoreline Beige, Sea Mist Green, Glacier Blue, Crocus Yellow, Onyx Black, just to name a few.

And they were great colours. Not to mention the exhaustive list of options and accessories. I recently bought a new car and I had a choice of six colours, and picked a trim level. That was it. About ten different accessories like a trunk liner and sill plates etc.

Take me back in time, please!

[Incogneeto]

[MIL-TFP-41]

Went to a car show recently, this post reminded me of a car that I saw. It was neat how they broke down the options for that year.

Started out with something like 5000 of that model car was made that year.
2500 had bucket seats or whatever
500 had whatever other options
100 had some other options
20 were a certain color.
1 of them had a limited slip differential

The car I saw was that one car.

[Incogneeto]

If you can't make it "Bullit" F U!!!

[mattq]

Both of those cars are Bad ass!  Classy cars.