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Old 05-08-2019, 01:19 PM   #21
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Post Re: 1956 Mercury color code help

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Originally Posted by The Motor Pool View Post

The original color as found in the engine bay and inside the trunk is definitely Niagra Blue. The car has been over-painted in a more turquoisy colour (you can see the paler blue underneath where the top coat is flaking off. Again, the dark blue is like Delta blue, but this must have been applied when it was re-sprayed. On the roof, where the dark blue has rubbed off, you can see Niagra blue underneath. I guess cars were painted all over in the main body color, then the roof and lower sides sprayed in the second color if a Flo-Tone paint job was ordered.
Correct. Two-Tone starts with a base color (an all over) and then the trim coat(s) is applied.

Let us know how you come out and hopefully someone will figure out the 205 CODE.
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