1955 F100 vin paint color

[harvest]

Curious to what some members here might know what color my f100 should be by looking at the vin. The frame is stamped f10D5CL6984. I know it's a Chester build. Any help much appriciated. As I prep the truck, I'm finding yellow paint.

[Herman Munster]

I don't think the vin will tell you the color. You need to go off the data tag. It should be on the glove box lid.

[dmsfrr]

Originally Posted by Herman Munster

I don't think the vin will tell you the color. You need to go off the data tag. .....

If it follows a similar format to Ford cars, the serial number will only tell you the; engine, year, body type and assembly plant, along with the unit number. Exterior color code would be on the second line of the data plate.

Here a link to an example data plate for '55 & '56 full sized cars. Some of the '55 exterior color codes may be the same. (pdf document, opens in a new window)
https://thecvaonline.com/howtos/DataPlateDecoder.pdf


EDIT - better links....
Here's a decoder for '55 Ford trucks...
http://www.1955fordtrucks.com/1955-ford-trucks.html

and a few other misc links..
https://www.google.com/search?q=1955...nt=firefox-b-1
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[Big Red 51]

The '55 truck and car color code for Goldenrod Yellow is L (M20j-358) which may be the L in your frame code, however, there should be a data tag on your glove box door as Herman mentioned.

[whalepirot]

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Caution on getting code-driven paint for the '55. I found that paper reference materials are disappearing, replaced by databases and those color charts may not go older than 1959; not the same.

The Colonial White mix for my '57 F100 was not even close, only to find it was a 1959 formula, but no one told me until after I'd sprayed some.