The plaques and Marty report are blank since it was a special order from the factory. It's not Viesta or Poppy. Any ideas? Most of the paint is original.
Poppy Red, Coral, and Calypso Coral are all the same, and that is not it..
Are you sure House? I don't know, so not really questioning you. I have seen some that claimed to be poppy red and they were closer to the Rangoon Red on my 66 than the Calypso Corral on my 74.
My Calypso Corral 74 is very Orange!
Like I said, I don't know.
All of these names can be cross referenced from Ford code M1730:
Calypso Coral
Medium Coral
Coral
Competition Orange
Competition Red
Mexicali Red
Orange
Poppy Red
Thanks Vermilion
Red
Ya I hear you. I have compared original paint vehicles, Ford paint codes,
PPG paint codes, and many paint mix formulas. This is what I have found:
Somebody called this cyan red which looks close but I don't think that's the actual name for this orange
I thought the same thing it is amazing how different something can look with some oxidation versus something that has been shined up. Also I have seen repaints that claimed to be a color and they don't look any thing like the original color I guess different companies can be off a little .For instants Wimbledon white I have seen so many different variations some even look yellow.Crab I've wondered what your orange would look like waxed and shiny, House's pics above makes me wonder if it would change the appearance any?