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Title: WA ID #'s for Ken Post by: fastjbav6 on March 16, 2008, 12:39:08 AM Ken you may already have these #'s
What confuses me is its a late 59 model and is in two tone (same as 1st 58 model) Adobe Beige over Terraglow but with fin extensions and chrome mould below tail lights. 2nd owner said he had it painted 8 years ago to original. 1st time repainted.Owned it for 10 years. The sun visor is Adobe Beige and no signs of the short mould at the 'C' Pillar to separate roof & insert colour. 1959 sedan Chassis # FC 12220P Eng # L602747 Sept 59 225 - 16201A Special Trim 298 - 848 Adobe Beige over Terraglow (Is Trim paint?). Black and Turkish Ivory interior Paint 253 - 9665 Terraglow (lower body colour) Insert 256 - 2031 Adobe Beige (flash) Top 253 - 9665 Terraglow I was thinking of buying this one. I'll email you a pic. Regards Seb Title: Re: WA ID #'s for Ken Post by: mcl1959 on March 16, 2008, 02:09:07 PM I would suspect that even though the 2nd owner says that it was repainted to original, that it has in fact been changed from its original format. Whilst it is in the realms of possibility that the factory may paint a car in the early scheme in late 1959 if a special order was requested, they would reflect this in the ID plate detail. This is what the ID plate was used for. One way I thought to check was to open up the windlace retainer at the front door near the sunvisor and check to see what colour the metal is under the headliner. This will confirm what the original roof colour was since it is more likely than not that the roof lining was not removed when the repaint was done.
In answer to your question about the trim number - this number is a combination of a 3 digit code which describes the paint scheme and a 3 digit code which describes the trim colour and style. Ken |