Colors offered on 1935-1936 Ford pickups

[Roothawg]

I have a Ditzler color chart hidden somewhere in my mounds of paper, but alas I can't find it.

What colors were offered on the 35-36 Ford pickups?

I am particularly interested in the grey-green color. Any ideas, names, color chart numbers?


Also , were the running boards always body color? I know I have seen some in black, but I think that was probably done by the owners.

Thanks

Root

[oldandtired]

Lawson can probably help you with the colors...far as I know all of the runningboards were black from the factory...you do see some body color.

[jerry grayson]

The colors for 1935 are;
Vermilion Red
Dearborn Blue
Black
Cordoba Gray
Vineyard Green
Light Gun Metal
The colors for 1936;
Cordoba Tan
Gun Metal Grey
Washington Blue
Vermilion Red
Black
Grey Vineyard Green
The running boards are always black. You will notice that the colors are similar for the two years, but the red and black are the only ones that are the same.

[Steel 35]

I found this mentioned on this site and was able to look at the colors Jerry was so kind to list but the numbers did my paint supplier no good so it is what it is.....

http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/

[Dave D]

You should also know the fenders were body color... except for Black. For some reason if you ordered a "Medium Lustre Black" body the fenders were "Black Japan".

Now if you wanted to pay extra, well..... they would do just about any color you wanted. They would even do lettering, art work and "decalcomania application"!

Extra charges:

Frame, front and rear axles, springs and spring brackets....$4.50 set
Rear Fenders (painted other than Ford colors).....$2.00
Front Fenders only (painted other than Ford colors)....$3.00
Truck Wheels (per wheel)....... $1.00
Complete Chassis, frame, front and rear axles, springs, front and rear fenders, running boards and wheels............ $12.50

[Roothawg]

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Thanks guys. I learned something today. I love this place.

[Roothawg]

Hey Steel. I sent PPG an email to the main auto paint plant and they converted the Moselle Maroon number to a custom mix bc/cc for me. They wouldn't give me the mix ratio numbers but they sent it to my local PPG store, then they gave it to me....

[Brendan]

my truck came yellow with washington blur fenders and grill. the yellow
is under the dash and under the cab and bed also!

[jerry grayson]

Originally Posted by Brendan

my truck came yellow with washington blur fenders and grill. the yellow
is under the dash and under the cab and bed also!

More than likely a state truck bought as a fleet order. Most State trucks in that time period were yellow. The blue fenders and grill may have been a later change. JMO

[jerry grayson]

Originally Posted by Dave D

You should also know the fenders were body color... except for Black. For some reason if you ordered a "Medium Lustre Black" body the fenders were "Black Japan".

Now if you wanted to pay extra, well..... they would do just about any color you wanted. They would even do lettering, art work and "decalcomania application"!

Extra charges:

Frame, front and rear axles, springs and spring brackets....$4.50 set
Rear Fenders (painted other than Ford colors).....$2.00
Front Fenders only (painted other than Ford colors)....$3.00
Truck Wheels (per wheel)....... $1.00
Complete Chassis, frame, front and rear axles, springs, front and rear fenders, running boards and wheels............ $12.50

The difference with body color and fenders is that the body was sprayed with enamel and baked on and the fenders were dipped.
The frame etc painting mostly refers to 1 1/2 ton big trucks and not to commercial cars(pickups& panels etc).

[Chet/Ma.]

This my 35,green with black fenders and a red strip around the belt line.

[Lawson Cox]

I am painting my 35 Cordoba gray with black fenders. Sure looks nice. Hopefully I will have it on the road in a few more days. It is still not all in one pile yet. lol

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by Brendan

my truck came yellow with Washington blur fenders and grill. the yellow
is under the dash and under the cab and bed also!

I had the chance to meet Lorin Sorensen he said that my truck could
have been a dealer promotion truck because it was painted two tone
he said that they used to that to attract people in to the dealership

[jerry grayson]

Originally Posted by Brendan

I had the chance to meet Lorin Sorensen he said that my truck could
have been a dealer promotion truck because it was painted two tone
he said that they used to that to attract people in to the dealership

What you say is true, but if a dealer decided to take a pickup out of stock and do some promotional paint on it he would not have gone to the trouble of painting under the bed and inside the cab and take out the door panels to paint. The factory had some promotional paint on trucks, both 1 1/2 ton , pickups and panels, but they were white with a blue sweep down the side from the front.

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by Brendan

I had the chance to meet Lorin Sorensen he said that my truck could
have been a dealer promotion truck because it was painted two tone
he said that they used to that to attract people in to the dealership

i don't know how true the story was but i think it is a good one!

[Dennis/Arkansas]

Hey Brendan, The current discussion on colors may have answered a question I had on a color, "Demonstrator Yellow", that I have seen on several Ford paint chip charts. I could never figure out why they called it "Demonstrator". Perhaps it was to gain attention at the dealership. Please see attached photos. And Brendan, if you want a copy of the sheet send me your mailing address. Next time I'm in town I'll have a copy made for you. Dennis/Arkansas

Originally Posted by Brendan

i don't know how true the story was but i think it is a good one!

[mikeorb]

I think they used Yellow and red on the "demonstrators". Ford was trying to become the big player it wasn't in the big truck line in those days. They used "demonstrators" to convince company owners their trucks could out perform the trucks currently in their fleets. They would let them use a truck for a period of time in regular service and compare maintanence and opperating costs. I guess some of them came back from "demonstrator" service, got repainted and sold as new/used. I'll try to find the article I saw that in and post it.

[mikeorb]

http://www.vicariauction.com/104

[Tinker]

I found this site the other day. It can take a little while to load. Gives Ford, PPG, dupont, (sherwin williams... huh?) code numbers. Wish the sample colors were bigger.

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...r=1936&rows=50

[Tinker]

The site also has larger paint chip samples, but start with 1941 for ford.

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/chipdisp...f=Ford&smodel=

[Brendan]

i saw this truck at the Auburn swap today. the guy said that it came from a ford dealer in Fresno ca. i now that my truck was panted the same color, but i wonder if the band around the cab was also blue?

[34fivewindow]

Originally Posted by Brendan

i saw this truck at the Auburn swap today. the guy said that it came from a ford dealer in Fresno ca. i now that my truck was panted the same color, but i wonder if the band around the cab was also blue?

Brendan, was this pickup for sale?

[Brendan]

no, it belongs to a guy named Randy he lives up there somewhere

[34fivewindow]

Originally Posted by Brendan

no, it belongs to a guy named Randy he lives up there somewhere

It looks like a pretty nice old pickup, thought you might have bought yourself, second 36.......Ed

[Lochsa78]

I have a 1936 truck that has the exact same paint as the one in the picture from the Auburn swap meet . I got mine in Idaho. I always thought it was originally Yellow because of the over spray inside the cab, it also has Blue finders.
What shocks me is the Blue strip around the cab, always thought that was added later by the kids that drove it.
Now that I see that one, maybe ford painted it. I am in the process of making a hot rod out of it

[Brendan]

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Originally Posted by Lochsa78

I have a 1936 truck that has the exact same paint as the one in the picture from the Auburn swap meet . I got mine in Idaho. I always thought it was originally Yellow because of the over spray inside the cab, it also has Blue finders.
What shocks me is the Blue strip around the cab, always thought that was added later by the kids that drove it.
Now that I see that one, maybe ford painted it. I am in the process of making a hot rod out of it

could you post some photos of your pickup?

[Lochsa78]

Can't seam to post the pictures I have of the truck.
Will work on a solution,

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by Lochsa78

Can't seam to post the pictures I have of the truck.
Will work on a solution,

kool, i would like to see them!

[Jeff/Illinois]

Root, Pop's original 2nd owner '36 Ford pickup was originally the Vineyard Green. Nice looking color he had it repainted in the 50's why I don't know. Guess he got tired of that color.

No such thing as a 'bad' color on a '35 or '36 Ford pickup. (Black or Washington Blue is awful hard to beat though)

[Lochsa78]

This is the 36 ford truck with original paint that I am turning into a hot rod.

[Brendan]

yup i bet that was a demonstrator!

[CA Victoria]

Our local paint store could not mix Nason in Vineyard Green by the paint codes so I had them color match from an original inner fender panel off of an early 1935 truck. They needed a flat panel and the inner fender was wavy so they did their best to get a match.
I’m blending newly painted panels up to originals and the match is pretty close.
IMO a full paint job would be as original as could be reasonably achieved...

Here is the info if anyone is interested.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by CA Victoria

Our local paint store could not mix Nason in Vineyard Green by the paint codes so I had them color match from an original inner fender panel off of an early 1935 truck. They needed a flat panel and the inner fender was wavy so they did their best to get a match.
I’m blending newly painted panels up to originals and the match is pretty close.
IMO a full paint job would be as original as could be reasonably achieved...

Here is the info if anyone is interested.

[highbeams]

I've posted about my 'demo yellow' '36 half-ton.

Reading up on '36 pickup Ford-painted (yellow)black-fender demos=demo'd for the year w the attention-getting color while being demo'd, which brought customers into the dealership. Per Ford, after demo'g for the year, the dealer is to repaint over the yellow with a '36 Ford commercial color, then sold as a used demo half-ton.

There was the yellow under my '36 half-ton dealer repaint Ford-green color. The truck had lotsa options . . . is what clued me to the fact that this was a demo.

[highbeams]

Originally Posted by Jeff/Illinois

Root, Pop's original 2nd owner '36 Ford pickup was originally the Vineyard Green. Nice looking color he had it repainted in the 50's why I don't know. Guess he got tired of that color.

No such thing as a 'bad' color on a '35 or '36 Ford pickup. (Black or Washington Blue is awful hard to beat though)

There was a Duncan Blue as well, darker than Washington Blue. Other blues as well! type in your search bar: "1936 Ford colors" or "1936 Ford commercial colors"

[Lawson Cox]

Reading over this thread and noticed some comments by Jerry Grayson. Jerry was my closest friend for years. I really loved that guy. Agape love. A wonderful go guy on 35-36 pickups. I really miss him. Thankfully we will see each other again before long. God promised that, and I believe it.

[highbeams]

Yes, I had a '36 half-ton demo that I bought from a EFV8 photo ad because I noted it had dual spares w/ indent for tire on each rear fender, chrome windshield surround, dual w-wipers, rear chrome bumper.

I bought the truck and then redd up on it because of all these options. Mine was vineyard green, (repainted by dealer for resale as a new truck; I scratched 1" scratch between the back cab and bed to discover the yellow.

A rare truck; I eventually sold it to an acquaintance. Still on the road here in Calif.

***

[Lawson Cox]

Oh what a trip down Memory Lane this posting has been. Posts by Jerry Grayson, my dear and best friend for many years. We traveled the country to car shows and flea markets for years. We lost that fine man several years ago. And "Chet" Chambers, another 35 Pickup owner that I got to meet personally when he and his wife came through town quite a few years ago. Chet machined the running board step plates so they would work on our trucks and I gave him a spare tire locking hubcap for his truck. I was "in love" with both Jerry and his wife Gwen for many years. Both are gone now. We lost Chet several years ago but I sort of stay in touch with his widow, Joyce, through Facebook. Thanks for reviving this thread Roothawg. You made my day.