Its amazing how fast dirt tracks in to the cab, carpet etc - all brand new and looks filthy already - good job it vacuums up well 

I had posted about Chrome yellow but then got thinking it had an orange tone to it, I am now guessing but the 1969/1970 Mustangs came in a
Grabber yellow ( Ford Code was M3217)
We had a 56 Nomad Gasser all painted this colour and only from memory and the photos on your page looks the same but as a painter
I know how "exact" can be a mile off when going through the gun too...

i had kinda the same issue. i needed to paint a hood and was told the rest of the car was GM paint was 'code 10 white' (or whatever) and it turned out there was several different 'code 10 whites'.

at that point i had them use the digital scanner and it came up with something different than any of the "code 10's'. i decided to pick my own choice of color and painted the hood ............. it sucked. i then relented and used the paint the scanner suggested (also not a 'code 10 white') and reshot the hood. way better but still not absolutely perfect ........... i decided to live with it. the only other possibility was to repaint the entire car and i wasnt up for that.

based on this experience i would suggest that either you use the color the computer suggested (which might not be a perfect match) or you repaint the entire truck because i just dont think its possible to perfectly match old paint due to aging, sun exposure etc etc.

best of luck.

lucky for you i dont drink any more ........... well not since they invented the funnel 

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the computer was so far off it looked like sour mild rather than yellow

I just found some old paint chips - and there are two goldenrod yellows - go figure - and one appears correct - but how ot e sure

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you have several options as i see it ................. either find a car with the paint color/code you think yours is and compare, squirt the truck the code you think it is and hope it close, squirt the truck the code the computer says it is and hopes its close, or repaint the entire truck any color you wish. 

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well the computer isn't an option - done that already as I said

 

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kinda confused ....... have you actually squirted the computer color or are you just not liking the look of it from a paint chip?  (in my case the computer picked a color that was a LOT closer than one i picked by eye).

also not understanding why it took three tries with the computer.  wouldnt the first scan be the same as the other two?

if the three scans are all diffent i would guess that could only be because the scans were taken from different locations on the truck body. if that is the case then i dont think you can possibly match it.  how can you possibly match three different colours using one code?

so a couple nights worth of work - new steel headliner and interior panels and covers - still need to paint the screws black

dash repaired from big double din hole that was butchered into it

couple old pedals installed

new doors sills and carpet

newly recovered Ford 150 seats, and custom end and centre filler panels

new tailgate with custom centre filler panel and handle moved to the inside

tomorrow - door panels      

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ok, so my second attempt ever doing upholstery - the headliner being the first

not perfect but a far cry from the nothing that was there before 

looking really good..I am a fan of clean, neatand simple..