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#13 - The History of Lime Gold - 1967-1970 FoMoCo COLOR Code “I”
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2024
- Hello, and welcome back to the “Yours in old FoMoCo iron” CZcams channel! My name is Adrian Clements, and before we get into video #13, I want to mention a couple of things. First, I hit 1,000 subscribers on Monday, November 7, 2023 - a big and heartfelt “Thank you!” to all who have subscribed! Second, videos #1 through #12 on my channel are new additions from September 2023 up to today, so why not check out some of them when you're done with this video? There's lots of good stuff in them!
Today in video #13 we’re going to investigate the history of the 1967 to 1970 FoMoCo COLOR Code “I”, a paint colour commonly called “Lime Gold”. We’ll learn which vehicle lines in 1967, ’68, ’69, and ’70 were available with COLOR "I" as Regular Production Options (or RPOs), and we'll review what marketing names Ford, Meteor, Mercury, and Lincoln used for COLOR Code “I” each year. Finally, we’ll see some photos of actual cars originally painted this colour. For the record, “Meteor” was a vehicle line unique to Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited that was produced in Canada and sold only in Canada and a few other Commonwealth countries. It was essentially a Mercury full-size car body with some Meteor-specific trim and a Ford full-size car interior.
At first glance you might think the subject of this video is an easy topic, but watch and you’ll soon find out that COLOR Code “I” actually presents as a complex and dynamic situation over the 1967 through 1970 model years. Let’s get started!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:47 FoMoCo Mix Code
4:02 Application Chart
5:02 1967 Model Year
11:40 1967 Cars
15:00 1968 Model Year
17:48 1968 Cars
19:54 1969 Model Year
22:36 1969 Cars
24:29 1970 Model Year
27:07 Close-Out
I now appreciate this color. It can look fantastic. I've always thought of it as 'Puke Green'. Thanks for changing my mind!
Thanks. Another informative video. You keep making them and we'll keep watching!
@stlfomoco, thank you so much for your kind words - I'm so glad that you liked video #13! If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Absolutely wonderful presentation.....enjoyed learning....
@lancehardy5808, thank you for your kind words - I'm so glad that you liked video #13! If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #15, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! I released video #15 less than two hours ago. Thank you, Lance!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Good looking car"!
On December 9th 1967, we took my uncle's new lime gold Mustang to Long Beach to watch the Queen Mary arrive.
@NetWit20, amazing that you remember the exact date from more than 55 years ago. December 9, 1967 was a Saturday. If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Fascinating!! What a deep dive into a color line named "lime." I almost feel like car designers helped shaped public tastes at the time, rather than the other way around. Thank you for this great video!
I liked that color.
Wow I thought I was OCD. You win. Hands down.
@michaelwhite2823, guilty as charged! I have OCD so bad that I spell it "CDO" so that the letters are in alphabetical order! Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays, Michael!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Years back one of my uncle’s drove their new 67 or 68 T-bird from CA to our house in IL. I was around 9 years old, first car I ever saw with power seats. I remember playing with the driver’s seat so long the seat motor shut off from high temperature. I hid in my room thinking I broke something. Later when they left our house the seat was functioning again, uncle Mike never knew anything about it. I can not remember the color of that car though, just the seats. 😂
@chatrkat, it's amazing the experiences that stay stuck in our heads for YEARS!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
First congratulations to hitting 1K subscribers! Secondly, another great video. FYI, as a long time Cougar, guy, I can tell you that this color was the most popular one on '67, '68 and '69 Cougars. Not my favorite color -- and I've had two Cougars (a '67 and a '68) painted this color! At least the second one had a fresh paint job, which did help it "pop" a bit. I also owned an Aspen Green '69 Mark III.
@DSP1968, thank you on both counts (1K subscribers and video #13)! I appreciate your support.
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Thanks for this one Adrian.
In the early '90s, I purchased a well used '67 Galaxy XL hardtop with a 390 4bbl automatic in Riverdale Illinois.
It was red with a black bucket seat/consol interior.
Although the door jams and underside of the trunklid & hood were painted red, the original lime gold paint was visible in spots.
After seeing those two hard tops in your video, gleaming in the sun, wow what a great color.
In around '96 I traded her for a '79 F-150.
(needed a truck for my sign business)
The best one in your video was that tasty Custom 500 with the 390 4 speed.
Great memories but I long for the quiet ride and smooth power delivery of that XL...
@nealsidor1323, you are most welcome! I honestly thought "The History of Lime Gold / FoMoCo Color Code "I"" was going to be a pretty straight forward video to make, then I remembered the big availability change partway through the 1967 model year, followed later by the discovery of Aspen Green on the '68 Lincoln Continental and Lime Gold on the early 1970 Ford Mavericks.
I'm working on video #14 now and it's going to cause a bit of a stir, me thinks!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Lime Gold went from being the most common color, to being the most common color to be painted over with a different color.
My 67 Ford XL convertible was Lime Gold thankfully it was repainted a brick red metallic sometime in the 80's.
I had a '67 Mustang coupe this color. Matching two tone interior, with full length center console. 289/auto. My first Mustang, bought it in '77 for $850 !!!
@mistert7958, not surprising, as Lime Gold was THE single-most popular paint colour on 1967 Mustangs. If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
when I was a kid my mom drove a 1969 T-bird in this colior. It looked like the one in the begining of your video but with black vinyl top and two doors. Black interior.
Another interesting, well researched video, Adrian. My '68 Mustang Fastback 289 was originally painted in Lime Gold. I only found this out when I got the Marti report which showed the door data tag was fake to reflect its colour change to Acapulco Blue code D. It had also been changed to a four speed from the original C4. I'm happy about both changes.
@stephenhollan5930, thank you for your kinds words - I'm so glad that you liked video #13! I'm a purist and like old cars the way they were originally built, but to each their own. Glad you are happy with both changes to your car.
If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you, Stephen!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
I’ve got a Gulfstream Aqua 68 LTD and know of a 1969 Shelby in Gulfstream Aqua near me. I like that color in every model I’ve seen. I’m not a huge Lime Gold fan but interesting presentation
@tomrowe7534, Gulfstream Aqua (COLOR Code "F") is a beautiful medium aqua metallic colour! If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you, Tom!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Thanks for your reply. My LTD is original paint. I subscribed when the 67 428 4-speed video was suggested. That is my dream wagon. I had seen Tom Cotter’s videos on it. Big 60’s and early 70’s Ford fan. Keep up the good work
@@tomrowe7534, thank you very much for subscribing - much appreciated!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Very interesting video!
I just had my 67 Mustang Lime Gold repainted.
But today's Ford lime gold color "2041A" is "too yellow and gold" compared to the original Lime gold paint on the car. So I chose to repaint it with a Land Rover color which is closer to the Lime Gold of the time.
(Sorry if my sentences are not correct, I use Google translate)
@mickaeljoannes5083, I'm glad you enjoyed video #13! If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #15, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! I released video #15 less than two hours ago. Thank you, Mickael.
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
My Dad ran the body shop for Frontier Ford in Rapid City from the late '50s until 1969. We didn't call it "Lime Gold", we called in "Puke Green". 😉
@markko17, too funny! According to the FoMoCo "Dealer Register Book" released on Monday, August 12, 1963, Frontier Motors, Inc. was located at 7 Omaha Street in Rapid City, South Dakota, and was dealership number "54I546". Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
My brother's first car was a 1969 LTD in Lime Gold.
My parents bought a used 1969 Ford Ltd woodtrim Country Squire wagon in this green. A few weeks later, my Aunt bought the same exact car in the same color but 1970 with electric windows. We could only tell them apart as we had a black California plate, and they had the new Blue California plate. My father was furious... We both had those cars for five years each. Alot of weekends together seemed like a team event.
Back in the late 70s, I was always searching the Dallas Morning News classifieds Used Autos For Sale for Cougars and Thunderbirds. Obsessed! I looked at so many Dallas-area 67 Cougars, and you are right about it being the most popular color of 67, because most of the Cougars were in Lime Frost, usually with matching interior. Back then, I wasn't much of a fan of this color (stupid teenager), but I'd love a Lime Frost Cougar now.
@sooverit5529, good times! I really like the sound of "Lime Frost" as a paint colour name. If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
The 2005 Mustang had a colour called "Legend Lime" as a homage to this colour.
My 67 LTD is factory lime gold, so i guess you could have ordered one with that color
I really appreciate this because I saw a 1967 Ford Mustang fastback in lime gold recently, and I enjoyed learning about the colour. Ford also reintroduced that colour for the 5th gen Mustang in 2005 for the 2006 model year. I rode in one that summer.
I also enjoyed this because my maternal grandad worked for DuPont Canada from 1959-2017.
@bobhill3941, thank you - I'm glad that you enjoyed video #13! The similar paint colour on the 2005 Ford Mustang was called "Legend Lime", if I recall correctly. 58 years working at one company is INCREDIBLE - well done, Grandad!
If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you, Bob!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
@@adrianclements8916You're very welcome Adrian. I've liked and watched all your videos so far, you do great work. I subscribed as soon as Adam from rare classic cars told me about your channel.
Thanks for the colour name, in my late teens, I thought that colour was unique and cool.
I appreciate the admiration to my grandad
Bob
@@bobhill3941, brilliant - thank you for subscribing, Bob!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
@@adrianclements8916 You're welcome Adrian, keep up the great work.
I saw sp many '67 Mustangs with Lime Gold
@maxr4448, yup - Lime Gold was THE single-most popular colour on the 1967 Mustang. If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
My second Car was a Lime Gold/ green standard interior Mustang coupe c-code 289 2v auto. It would be great if you could do a video on the Ford color 'Silver Jade'. My older sister had a Silver Jade 1969 Mustang Mach 1 S-code 390 witha shaker hood, C-6 auto with a black interior. Thanks.
My 65 Lincoln has exterior paint color code "C", labeled as "Med. Ivy Gold Met." in the shop manual. Interior trim code is "88" labeled "Lt. Ivy Gold Met. Leather". Both of these colors are more light green than gold. I'm sure there must be a good story behind these as well.
@mec7568, many of the 1960s FoMoCo shop manuals have a generic description for the paint colour associated with each COLOR code, which is why your 1965 Lincoln Shop Manual shows that COLOR Code "C" is "Med. Ivy Gold Met." while the actual Lincoln marketing name for this paint code is actually "Persian Sand". COLOR Code "C" was called "Honey Gold" when applied to a Ford and "Ivy Gold" when applied to a Mercury.
The "1965/72 Lincoln-Mercury Master Parts and Accessories Catalog" lists 1965 Lincoln TRIM Code "88" as light ivy gold "Crinkle" grain leather and light ivy gold "Crinkle" grain vinyl. It isn't listed, but I would expect that the cushions are leather while the bolsters are vinyl.
If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! It's time to start thinking about video #15. Thank you!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Congratulations on your 1K achievement. But let's look at the quality of your videos. A technical assessment of the following would be WOW 😳!
@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525, thank you! I don't understand the last two of the three sentences in your Comment; can you clarify, please?
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
@@adrianclements8916 oh you got to love autocorrect I'm sorry. I like how you are technical in your explanations. You give codes for example. You don't just say this is how it is. You back it up with a cypher of the numbers on the vehicle. VIN and elsewhere. So that's essentially what I was saying about the technical assessment of following would be WOW 😳! BECAUSE part of it was left out by autocorrect and I did not catch it. I apologize. But thank you for asking for clarification.
@@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525, OK - now I understand! Thank you very much for recognising the efforts that I put into documenting the facts in my videos. I strive to only disseminating true and factual information about these FoMoCo topics. I greatly appreciate your support!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
@@adrianclements8916 you're very much welcome. When I find a channel that I like to let them know why I like it. Especially when somebody puts out so much effort and with the number of viewers and subs that you currently have, then you're doing this out of your own pocket $$$. Or maybe I should use the symbol for the British pound? I noticed that you spell RECOGNIZE as RECOGNISE. I'll take a look to see if your child description says what country of origin. That doesn't make a difference to me. If anything makes it more interesting. Although I'm not known for my short comments. But this one little longer and I was thinking 🤔 it would be.
@@adrianclements8916 well congrats I went in to see where you were located at just out of curiosity now. And you mentioned Commonwealth country and Canada. I think Candice is still the number one country that we import cars from. Mainly Fords. I know that my uncle's Ford LTD back in the day was imported from Canada. A couple of months ago on my channel I put up a Ford pickup that was actually a Canadian Mercury pickup from around 1965. He said he couldn't find the parts readily to put it back original so he just swapped it over to Ford parts on front. He had a fender bender with it probably hit a deer giving the part of the country he was in. Okay I thought I'd also add congratulations because it says you are at 2. 0 3K subscribers. So you doubled the number of very quickly.
I'm one of those rare beasts that loves Ford's lime gold and get upset when i see Mustangs that were lime gold getting repainted in a more "saleable" colour.
My 1971 Rideau 500 was Bright Lime Green (or whatever it was called on Meteors)with a dark green vinyl roof and green interior..triple green,as green is my favourite colour i was in heaven..LOL.
@teebird94, you and me both! I had to do a lot of digging in my extensive FoMoCo photo archives to come up with Lime Gold / Lime Frost / Aspen Green / Medium Lime cars still painted in their original colour because so many of them had been repainted "Resale Red"!
If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Shame about that Marauder. That would have been a pretty cool color combo on an awesome car
@steves9905, agreed! She must have been pretty striking back in the day with the two-tone green paint job. If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you, Steve!
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Adrian
Corinthian White (I think). It was one color for the Squarebirds, a different color for the '61 to '63 T-birds, and yet a different color for '64-'66. At least one T-bird restorer I know had parts of his car repainted in the wrong Corinthian White. It was a disaster and I felt bad for the guy.
@hunkydorian, I have looked through many 1961-63 paint chip charts, and cannot come up with a clear answer here. Corinthian White was used until the 1963 model year and was COLOR Code "M", and then Wimbledon White debuted with the 1964 model year, also COLOR Code "M" but with a different mix code because it was a different colour. More research is required here.
If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #15, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! I released video #15 less than two hours ago. Thank you!
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Adrian
I'm confused by DSO A1 on that 68 Merc. What does A1 mean?
Metallic greens and dark "root beer" browns were very popular colors mid-'60's to early '70's, then quickly lost favor. The cycles of color selection in cars is a fascinating subject. Today? White, black, silver and grey, with few exceptions.
@loumontcalm3500, truth! When I worked at the Ford Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne, Michigan from 2000-2008, white was always the most popular paint colour.
If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! Video #14 is coming together well. Thank you, Lou!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
I have a 1967 ford galaxie 500. The color looks like lime-gold. Checking on the drivers door, it says color Z, which I found to be sauterne gold. Do you think this is correct? Oh-- I just subscribed to your channel.
@gened7756, you are 100% correct that COLOR Code "Z" is called Sauterne Gold. It's a medium gold-green metallic paint colour, while Lime Gold is medium green metallic colour. Please be sure to check out video #12 which features a Sauterne Gold 1967 Ford Country Squire DFRS (Dual-Facing Rear Seats) 4-door station wagon:
czcams.com/video/6klJCZT2GPs/video.htmlsi=znqNBg8Z6XB4aduV
Thank you very much for subscribing - there's LOTS more good stuff on the way!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
The color of money !
Remember these well. It is a striking color, although I didn’t appreciate it at the time.
@Jw77019, I personally like Lime Gold. So many of them were repainted other colours. If you haven't done so already, please a) check out my other videos #1 through #13, and b) subscribe so that you can be alerted as each new video is released - there are LOTS more coming! It's time to start thinking about video #15. Thank you!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
@@adrianclements8916I subscribed immediately when the algorithm sent me a video. I’m intrigued by all this detail. I’ve never been a Ford person, but the older I get the more these cars bring back memories as they were all around when I was growing up.
@@jw77019, thank you very much - I'm all about the details! Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Ford thunderbird landau 1967
That car was the most hideous Ford ever! Even that cheesy ornament on the C Pilar looks from JC Whitney !
Hate that color...lol
@ericheld4382, I keep hoping that you'll repaint your "Resale Red" 1967 Ford XL convertible in its original Lime Gold paint!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
@@adrianclements8916 I'm thinking code Y Dark moss green or Vintage Burgundy maybe Lime Gold it was the most popular color