Dash Color

bbow · Oct 19, 2012

I am trying to decide on a dash color. Were the factory dash colors the same as the exterior colors? My current exterior color is orange, not sure what exact code or color it is. Have not been successful in matching it. P.O. painted the dash black. It looks like crap.

allenfahey · Oct 19, 2012

What year is your Bronco.

BluebroncoNC · Oct 19, 2012

I painted mine to match my bumpers/flair/rollbar/inner door panel color... You can click my thread in the sig to see it.

bbow · Oct 19, 2012

allenfahey said:
What year is your Bronco.

It is a 1976.

bbow · Oct 19, 2012

BluebroncoNC said:
I painted mine to match my bumpers/flair/rollbar/inner door panel color... You can click my thread in the sig to see it.

That looks awesome!

Broncitis · Oct 19, 2012

The dash in most were Wimbledon White.
I'm not 100% positive yet, but I do not think it was the same standard gloss as the exterior, but a satin interior version of the color code.

The Rangers and a couple other special packages had color matched dashes.

Light gray was also used in 1966. I can not recall off hand if that was Roadster only, or all of them?

Here is some more info I have been working on recently related to color codes, top color match options, etc.

http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213689

bbow · Oct 19, 2012

Broncitis said:
The dash in most were Wimbledon White.

I'm not 100% positive yet, but I do not think it was the same standard gloss as the exterior, but a satin interior version of the color code.

The Rangers and a couple other special packages had color matched dashes.

It does appear to be Wimbledon white up under the other layers of paint.

gnsteam · Oct 19, 2012

My 76 is paint code number 2, called out as Cyan Red (orange) on the window sticker. If you look at the Ford 76 Truck paint charts, its called out as Tangerine.%)
My dash is Wimbledon white. Check out the pic's in my garage.

Broncitis · Oct 19, 2012

gnsteam said:
My 76 is paint code number 2, called out as Cyan Red (orange) on the window sticker. If you look at the Ford 76 Truck paint charts, its called out as Tangerine.%)
My dash is Wimbledon white. Check out the pic's in my garage.

Which paint chart? FoMoCo, or PPG, DuPont, etc?

DO NOT just go by names on paint manufacturer charts. The are often the same or similar, but sometimes they are completely different!

I'm looking at an actual 1976 Rogers Automotive Finishes paint chip card now, and code 2 is listed as Cayan Red, just as it is on the 1976 Ford Bronco sales brochure and in the scan of an original 1976 Ford Light Truck Color Selections paint card shown below.

bbow · Oct 19, 2012

The actual factory paint for mine according to the vin# was copper metallic.

stevew · Oct 19, 2012

Actually the "white" dashes were Parchment , not Wimblodon White . Parchment is much more "yellow" than Wimboldon White . They were definitely a lower gloss color too . All '66's were gray & as noted Rangers were color matched to the exterior & I think maybe the Explorerer model too ? Bronco's are sooo much fun to figure out !

Broncitis · Oct 19, 2012

stevew said:
Actually the "white" dashes were Parchment , not Wimblodon White . Parchment is much more "yellow" than Wimboldon White . They were definitely a lower gloss color too . All '66's were gray & as noted Rangers were color matched to the exterior & I think maybe the Explorerer model too ? Bronco's are sooo much fun to figure out !

I see a paint chip in the Rogers book for an interior color called Lt. Parchment that is a saint finish.

Is that the same as used on interior door panels?

What about the inside of the hardtop with no liner? Gloss Wimbledon White like the outside, or satin Light Parchment?

stevew · Oct 19, 2012

Yeah Drew , Lt. Parchment it was . Door panels too but the top was all white inside & out . The PPG number was DIA-22780 but it has been "obsoleted" , my jobber hasn't been able to find a mixing formula anywhere . FYI , the DIA indicates a interior color like , for instance , DAR indicated Acrylic Enamel , etc etc( PPG codes ) . I'm guessing that flattening agent isn't used anymore so it isn't commonly mixed ? ?:? So what I do is "color" or "eye" match the Parchment & grey interior colors . Something that all production painters had to learn back in the bad old days . Probably be easier to just get a paint supplier to "scan" the panel & make a formula but I tend to do things "different " ...

I also have a PPG & RM color chip book I put together back in the '70's .When we'd get new paint chips I kept the old ones , just wish now I'd been more diligent & grabbed everything . Don't think of those things when you're young !

DonsBolt · Oct 19, 2012

Mine is orange with a white dash

will give you a idea what it will look like

DFWBroncoNewbie · Oct 19, 2012

Mine is a red truck with white trim and dash.

bbow · Oct 19, 2012

DonsBolt said:
Mine is orange with a white dash

will give you a idea what it will look like

I like that look allot. I am becoming very jealous of everybody's nice looking dash.

bteutsch · Oct 19, 2012

Painted to match my hard top and door panel color, http://m.facebook.com/brian.teutsch...9510766168.26989.1781273909&__user=1781273909

bronconut73 · Oct 19, 2012

I did my dash in that spatter coat trunk paint. A very flat charcoal gray with very light gray spatter. Previously my dash was a gloss white. Damn it was bright, like chrome. The trunk paint (abc paints) has worn well and still looks great. It's been about 23 years now. I still like it. I can't say that about everything I did to my EB back then.

gnsteam · Oct 19, 2012

Broncitis said:
Which paint chart? FoMoCo, or PPG, DuPont, etc?

DO NOT just go by names on paint manufacturer charts. The are often the same or similar, but sometimes they are completely different!

I'm looking at an actual 1976 Rogers Automotive Finishes paint chip card now, and code 2 is listed as Cayan Red, just as it is on the 1976 Ford Bronco sales brochure and in the scan of an original 1976 Ford Light Truck Color Selections paint card shown below.

Sorry Drew. I didn't realize there where different paint charts out there. The one I have on fill is the PPG one. This clears up my confusion on my paint color.

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