Hi everyone!
I'm looking into the correct original paint color for my 69 GT. I've done a couple searches in the forums, and found some links for paint chip charts, but I'm not sure how to decypher the correct color from the id plate on the car. On the color line, it gives a code of "UU 741". One of the links that I found lists specific GT colors, but the images don't go back as far as 1969. I also read another post whereby the poster suggested looking behind the dash, as some people don't bother to paint that far. The radio is missing on the car, so it was easy enough to look through the hole; the paint could either be silver or it could be primer in there. At colorlibrary.com, I do see a silver color for 1969, is the UU the paint code, or is it the 741 number?
What's odd about this car too, is that at the OANA site, they have a section for identifying the car by various features and the vin. They list that the starting numbers for 1969 were 94-1535504. The number on my vin is 93-1802827. That said, as far as I know, the car doesn't have any of the other features described under the 68 list, however there is a squarish hole in the wooden spare panel towards the front vinyl cover. Would this possibly be the "access hole for the fuel gauge sending unit"?
In either case, what's important to me is finding the right color for the car. If the girlfriend has her way, it's Fireglow. Right now, it's close to Strato Blue.
I'm looking into the correct original paint color for my 69 GT. I've done a couple searches in the forums, and found some links for paint chip charts, but I'm not sure how to decypher the correct color from the id plate on the car. On the color line, it gives a code of "UU 741". One of the links that I found lists specific GT colors, but the images don't go back as far as 1969. I also read another post whereby the poster suggested looking behind the dash, as some people don't bother to paint that far. The radio is missing on the car, so it was easy enough to look through the hole; the paint could either be silver or it could be primer in there. At colorlibrary.com, I do see a silver color for 1969, is the UU the paint code, or is it the 741 number?
What's odd about this car too, is that at the OANA site, they have a section for identifying the car by various features and the vin. They list that the starting numbers for 1969 were 94-1535504. The number on my vin is 93-1802827. That said, as far as I know, the car doesn't have any of the other features described under the 68 list, however there is a squarish hole in the wooden spare panel towards the front vinyl cover. Would this possibly be the "access hole for the fuel gauge sending unit"?
In either case, what's important to me is finding the right color for the car. If the girlfriend has her way, it's Fireglow. Right now, it's close to Strato Blue.