allenfahey
Bronco Guru
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A little over 4x5"
1. I am skeptical if the original color is what is one the inside of the glove box door due to the over spray.
2. No, the VIN gives no indication that I am aware of of the top color. The top was most likely Wimbledon White, unless your Bronco has the Special Decor stripe package option which allowed for a color matched top in 1977.
I would look closer, you can almost always find original paint in spots that were not painted during color changes in all but the most detailed jobs.
Look high up on the firewall under the dash, under the hood, under the door hinges, door seals, etc.
On the top, is the inside white or painted body color?
You can also always sand through the layers to see what comes though. If you are not ready to repaint just yet, just do it in a somewhat hidden location or a spot that is covered with another part.
Thanks for the input, I was up at JBG today. Jeff and I were discussing it and he thinks it was a Special Decor truck also. You can see blue color around the top window rubber but the top is currently white inside and out. I have no detail from the previous owner so I decided to order a Marti Report.... I'm crossing my fingers cause if it is a special decor truck with Bahama Blue Monochrome and the white stripe I will be very very happy! I'll let you know when I get my report. Brad.
my 77 is paint code y and is baytree green
Brad, if you decide to take it back to stock or at least add the stripe back on regardless of what color you paint it, we make and sell the Special Decor stripe kits as well as the other 3 stripe kits that were ever offered on the Bronco.
Just send me a PM if you would like to order one when you are ready.
another has photos of Bronco of various colors, but I know at least a couple of those are not correct.
....not photos pulled from the net and assumed to be certain colors.
Sorry %)
I stumbled across this website a couple days ago researching mustang colors. You can look up most make, models, and years. plus it gives paint codes for several paint manufactors and copies of original manufactor paint chip books. Vey handy! It doesn't have bronco specific but does have ford truck.
Here is the link for 77 ford truck
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?year=1977&manuf=Ford&rows=50
I.e. 1977 code "I" is listed on there as "Bright Blue", but is listed on the 77 sales brochure as 'Bahama Blue".
I'm still trying to get an original 77 Ford Light Truck Color Selections card to verify for sure, but the 78 card also calls code "I" Bahama Blue as well.
Broncitis, Do you have a copy of the 1977 Sales Brochure? Any way you could scan and email me a copy? I've looked on line, and I've only seen just a few pages from the original, nothing complete.
Thanks.
I have a complete collection of ORIGINAL 66-96 sales brochures, including some multiple litho dates for some years, some of which had differences.
The reason I emphasis original is that I also have a few which are reproductions, and those have found incorrect or contradictory information to what my originals have.
The FoMoCo licensed reproductions have a very small note on the bottom of the back that says they are licensed reproductions. However, there are probably others out there that are not licensed.
I have seen some websites that appeared to have complete pdf.s, but can not recall the sites offhand.
My buddy and partner in OBR, Nhopman scanned my complete collection several years ago in high resolution. I will see if I can find those files. If not, I will see if I can re-scan it for you.
In the mean time, he is a pic of the portion of the original 77 brochure that relates to this thread:
I dont want to muddy the thread, but I have a 76 paint code V that was silver. Silver is listed as V in 77?
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I went to Sherwin-automotive.com under Formula Express and typed in code "V" and all these came up. I'm thankful that modern codes at least don't have a bunch of totally different colors.
Ford America V Exterior Academy Blue 1959-1965
Ford America V Exterior Alaska Blue 1968
Ford America V Exterior Burnt Amber Metallic 1967
Ford America V Exterior Dark Jade Metallic 1975-1978
Ford America V Exterior Emberglow Metallic 1965-1966
Ford America V Exterior Indio Beige 1974
Ford America V Exterior Light Pewter Metallic 1971-1973
Ford America V Exterior Medium Beige 1974
Ford America V Exterior Medium Copper Orange 1970
Ford America V Exterior Medium Silver Metallic 1976-1978