@pjesf, thank you - I appreciate your feedback! I am really pleased with how the split-screen of acetate with the paint sample under it on the left and the paint sample on the right turned out in the video. Scanning those nine paint samples was not easy because they are quite curled in the bottom portion after 54 years! Yours in old FoMoCo iron, Adrian
We had a 69 Thunderbird 4-Door Landau when I was a kid. It was a dealer demo so it was loaded. Thinking back I’m pretty sure it was the Diamond Green and had a dark green alligator grain vinyl roof. As a kid, I wasn’t sure what color it was because depending on the light it looked white, very light green, or very light yellow. The fact that it was a demo points to it being a special color code car.
Very well done presentation on all these colors. Seeing them on the actual cars and added benefit it really gives you the accurate representation of what those colors look like. IMO every one of those colors is a beautiful color. As are the cars themselves.
Thank you Adrian. A very timely presentation as I was about to “dive in” to research 1969 color code “Y” as there is an outstanding example of Burnt Orange poly 1969 Cougar for auction on eBay right now. When I saw the car I was certain it was the same as “Indian Fire Poly” used on the Mustang for 1969. Thanks to your image of 1969 PPG samples and codes I was able to confirm the match straight away. Well done!
Interesting colours. Thanks, Adrian, for sharing your knowledge on these old cars. I am an old car enthusiast, and particularly Fords, no doubt on account of my dad driving mostly Fords. We lost him in 2013 so I understand the triggers of nostalgia you refer to. Keep up the great work Adrian.
Thanks for producing this, Adrian. I was always a "Ford" guy and worked there in Dearborn in '69 - '73. Was in Engineering (EEE Building), Dyno, Computer Lab, and Test Track Emissions. I knew these vehicles in quite detail, however not to the level that you are able to achieve. Thanks for the memories!
@Doctorj63, thank you for your very kind words! I'm all about the details in my videos, as you've already figured out. Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays! Yours in old FoMoCo iron, Adrian
The Morning Gold looks to be more yellow than gold. It is always nice to see the colours as represented in the Service Manual which are the basic colours without the marketing name.
A great summary, Adrian. FYI, the 1969 dealer promo model cars came in two colors, Morning Gold and Royal Maroon. I don't think I've ever seen an actual car painted Morning Gold. I do remember seeing the Copper Flame and Lilac Frost versions vividly. Each was very stunning in person.
@DSP1968, thank you - I'm glad that you enjoyed video #24. I showed a Morning Gold '69 T-Bird in the video, so you've seen one now - electronically, at least! Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays! Yours in old FoMoCo iron, Adrian
I have a 69 T-Bird Promo in Champagne Gold which looks quite beige to me. Champagne Gold is the original color of my 69T-Bird 2-Door Landau with the Sunroof.
Those colors just look right on that era of Thunderbirds! I especially like the Lilac Frost. Reminds me of Rose Beige on 63 Galaxies. Another fascinating video!
Such a great video. I love the way you focus on a particular aspect of whatever Ford model you're delving into. My pang of nostalgia is thinking back on my Aunt Janie's brand new loaded 1969 Thunderbird 4-door Landau in Indian Fire (a beautiful one-year-only color) with black top and black cloth and vinyl Brougham interior. It was the car that, at age 7, started my lifetime obsession with cars, particularly Thunderbirds and Lincolns.
@sooverit5529, thank you so much for your kind words - I'm so glad that you enjoyed video #24! I think that I would have liked your Aunt Janie; she certainly had good taste in cars! Indian Fire, Color Code "Y", is a beautiful 1969 paint colour. If you haven't done so already, please be sure to check out the Indian Fire 1969 Mustang SportsRoof shown in video "#11 - What the Heck is a 1969 Ford SportsRoof?! Part 2 - Cars": ruclips.net/video/dJEh2fe2ur8/видео.html Yours in old FoMoCo iron, Adrian
…ohh, Adrian!!!…many thanks for the surprise trip down my very personal memory lane… …though the final color covered in your segment, it was worth the wait, for I owned a ‘69 Town Landau identical to the one you pictured in alligator Black padded vinyl over Oxford Gray… …it was a highly impressive, if not somewhat sinister looking vehicle…so much so that when I parked near the then-Sears tower in Chicago, I overheard a passerby saying, “you’d better not mess with that guy…he’s got to be with the Chicago mob”…true story… …thereafter he was christened “Luca” after one of the mob enforcers in “The Godfather”… …that aside, my Mom, who hails from Chicago absolutely loved driving “Luca”, she said she loved the throaty response from the 429 4 bbl. and just how absolutely quiet and smooth it’s highway ride was.., …out of all the noted colors, my favorite was actually Copper Flame, which was a uniquely impressive color, particularly on the slick roof Coupe… …many thanks, again Adrian…and kudos on your carefully prepared and professional presentation….you have a new subscriber as a result…I look forward to additional RUclips offerings.. …and, lastly, may you and your loved ones enjoy a festive, grateful and memorable Holiday Season…😎
@gclarkbloomfield8848, oh, wow - thank you for your very kind words! I'm so glad that you liked video #24; please be sure to check out my other videos for more interesting FoMoCo-related content. Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays, Clark! Yours in old FoMoCo iron, Adrian
@brianmoore6306, I agree - those are some great colours! Thank you for the kind words about the channel. Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays, Brian! Yours in old FoMoCo iron, Adrian
So many beautiful paint colors available in that era on the Thunderbird. It would've been difficult to for me to choose a paint color ordering one new back in the day, although I've always been partial to Lilac Frost which is so elegant and very uncommon. Then again...
Great video as always Adrian, this was a nice surprise. I would've bought a '69 two door hardtop in turquoise. I mentioned my grandad because even though he didn't make the paint at DuPont, he was head of maintenance, lead hand on the Nylon slitters, and a millwright.
@@adrianclements8916 I know exactly how you feel Adrian, I lost my dad in 2014 and yes, nostalgia is from the pain. I was recently watching a movie where a character drove the same truck dad had.
Ahhh - the good old days when there were many and wonderful colors available! Customers should demand more fun colors than various boring grays and silvers, white and black!!
The first cars I collected were 4door birds, had 4 of them but my favorite was the 67 because it was a simpler construction except the turn indicator unit was far better in 68. Gave up on them because I couldn't keep the windows working.
Speaking of the 1969 Thunderbirds, do you know if there was any television advertising for it? I have seen on RUclips advertising for the 1968 Hot Birds and Cool Birds but mothing has surfaced for the 1969 model year which you would think the introduction of the Sunroof would have resulted in. I do have a dealer record for the 69 Bird.
@HFX1955, I couldn't find any 1969 Ford Thunderbird commercials on RUclips. If Ford didn't produced a stand-alone commercial for the '69 T-Brid, I would expect that the car would have been shown in the 1969 introduction commercial. Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays, Tom! Yours in old FoMoCo iron, Adrian
@danielulz1640, that's an excellent theory, as the Wixom Assembly Plant in Wixom, Michigan was building the Ford Thunderbird, Lincoln Continental, and Lincoln Continental Mark III for the 1969 model year. I had the same thought when doing the research for this video. However, the Los Angeles Assembly Plant in Pico Rivera, California was also producing 1969 Thunderbirds, and a couple of the cars shown in the video had VINs showing they were produced at Los Angeles. Yours in old FoMoCo iron, Adrian
Yep, I have a 68 Thunderbird hardtop in Sunlit Gold, another totally awesome one-year-only color, that was built in the Pico Rivera plant. Before I got that car, I didn't know Thunderbirds of this era were built anywhere but Wixom, but found out 68 was the first year of the secondary build location.
@@danielulz1640thanks, it is a wonderful car, a really quite loaded hardtop, but I bought it after it was vandalized with every piece of glass being smashed, the trunk lid mangled and pried open, destroying the taillamps. I couldn't stand the idea of it giving up its low mile 429 and being junked. I've been distracted with other projects lately, but I will focus on it soon and source all the glass etc and get it back on the road. It sits safe and sound in a secure building awaiting my attention.
Yes! I would like a Lilac Frost Four-Door Landau with a Cream vinyl roof, a Tahoe Turquoise Two-Door Hardtop with a White vinyl roof, and a Midnight Orchid Two-Door Landau with a Black vinyl roof. Can you get these to me by Christmas, Santa Claus???
I guess these days you get grey, white, another darker grey, maybe a dark blue and silver. Colors like you've shown are only a dream. But then, people actually chose colors and interior configurations. Not so any more, you take what's available and shut up.
Fantastic cars and colors.
Nice job collecting and presenting photos of those colors 👏🏻
@pjesf, thank you - I appreciate your feedback! I am really pleased with how the split-screen of acetate with the paint sample under it on the left and the paint sample on the right turned out in the video. Scanning those nine paint samples was not easy because they are quite curled in the bottom portion after 54 years!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
We had a 69 Thunderbird 4-Door Landau when I was a kid. It was a dealer demo so it was loaded. Thinking back I’m pretty sure it was the Diamond Green and had a dark green alligator grain vinyl roof. As a kid, I wasn’t sure what color it was because depending on the light it looked white, very light green, or very light yellow. The fact that it was a demo points to it being a special color code car.
man that lilac 4door is delicious! these birds are super...so much 'there' there
@steves9905, isn't it?! Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays, Steve!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
...especially with the white top and interior.. !
Very well done presentation on all these colors. Seeing them on the actual cars and added benefit it really gives you the accurate representation of what those colors look like. IMO every one of those colors is a beautiful color. As are the cars themselves.
Loved all those colors. Thanks for all your research
Thank you Adrian. A very timely presentation as I was about to “dive in” to research 1969 color code “Y” as there is an outstanding example of Burnt Orange poly 1969 Cougar for auction on eBay right now. When I saw the car I was certain it was the same as “Indian Fire Poly” used on the Mustang for 1969. Thanks to your image of 1969 PPG samples and codes I was able to confirm the match straight away. Well done!
Interesting colours. Thanks, Adrian, for sharing your knowledge on these old cars. I am an old car enthusiast, and particularly Fords, no doubt on account of my dad driving mostly Fords. We lost him in 2013 so I understand the triggers of nostalgia you refer to. Keep up the great work Adrian.
Thanks for producing this, Adrian. I was always a "Ford" guy and worked there in Dearborn in '69 - '73. Was in Engineering (EEE Building), Dyno, Computer Lab, and Test Track Emissions. I knew these vehicles in quite detail, however not to the level that you are able to achieve. Thanks for the memories!
@Doctorj63, thank you for your very kind words! I'm all about the details in my videos, as you've already figured out. Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
The Morning Gold looks to be more yellow than gold. It is always nice to see the colours as represented in the Service Manual which are the basic colours without the marketing name.
A great summary, Adrian. FYI, the 1969 dealer promo model cars came in two colors, Morning Gold and Royal Maroon. I don't think I've ever seen an actual car painted Morning Gold. I do remember seeing the Copper Flame and Lilac Frost versions vividly. Each was very stunning in person.
@DSP1968, thank you - I'm glad that you enjoyed video #24. I showed a Morning Gold '69 T-Bird in the video, so you've seen one now - electronically, at least! Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
I have a 69 T-Bird Promo in Champagne Gold which looks quite beige to me. Champagne Gold is the original color of my 69T-Bird 2-Door Landau with the Sunroof.
Those colors just look right on that era of Thunderbirds! I especially like the Lilac Frost. Reminds me of Rose Beige on 63 Galaxies. Another fascinating video!
@djstangerdude, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
Such a great video. I love the way you focus on a particular aspect of whatever Ford model you're delving into.
My pang of nostalgia is thinking back on my Aunt Janie's brand new loaded 1969 Thunderbird 4-door Landau in Indian Fire (a beautiful one-year-only color) with black top and black cloth and vinyl Brougham interior. It was the car that, at age 7, started my lifetime obsession with cars, particularly Thunderbirds and Lincolns.
@sooverit5529, thank you so much for your kind words - I'm so glad that you enjoyed video #24! I think that I would have liked your Aunt Janie; she certainly had good taste in cars! Indian Fire, Color Code "Y", is a beautiful 1969 paint colour. If you haven't done so already, please be sure to check out the Indian Fire 1969 Mustang SportsRoof shown in video "#11 - What the Heck is a 1969 Ford SportsRoof?! Part 2 - Cars":
ruclips.net/video/dJEh2fe2ur8/видео.html
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
If only we had the choice of such wonderful colours these days, excepting the Oxford grey maybe. Another interesting well presented video, Adrian.
…ohh, Adrian!!!…many thanks for the surprise trip down my very personal memory lane…
…though the final color covered in your segment, it was worth the wait, for I owned a ‘69 Town Landau identical to the one you pictured in alligator Black padded vinyl over Oxford Gray…
…it was a highly impressive, if not somewhat sinister looking vehicle…so much so that when I parked near the then-Sears tower in Chicago, I overheard a passerby saying, “you’d better not mess with that guy…he’s got to be with the Chicago mob”…true story…
…thereafter he was christened “Luca” after one of the mob enforcers in “The Godfather”…
…that aside, my Mom, who hails from Chicago absolutely loved driving “Luca”, she said she loved the throaty response from the 429 4 bbl. and just how absolutely quiet and smooth it’s highway ride was..,
…out of all the noted colors, my favorite was actually Copper Flame, which was a uniquely impressive color, particularly on the slick roof Coupe…
…many thanks, again Adrian…and kudos on your carefully prepared and professional presentation….you have a new subscriber as a result…I look forward to additional RUclips offerings..
…and, lastly, may you and your loved ones enjoy a festive, grateful and memorable Holiday Season…😎
@gclarkbloomfield8848, oh, wow - thank you for your very kind words! I'm so glad that you liked video #24; please be sure to check out my other videos for more interesting FoMoCo-related content.
Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays, Clark!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
I Love these colors. BEAUTIFUL. My favs? Lilac Frost...Diamond Green...Copper Flame. Liked this video..I'll be looking for your other vids!
@brianmoore6306, I agree - those are some great colours! Thank you for the kind words about the channel. Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays, Brian!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
So many beautiful paint colors available in that era on the Thunderbird. It would've been difficult to for me to choose a paint color ordering one new back in the day, although I've always been partial to Lilac Frost which is so elegant and very uncommon. Then again...
I guess you would be spoilt for choice - the exact opposite of what we are given today!
Great video as always Adrian, this was a nice surprise. I would've bought a '69 two door hardtop in turquoise. I mentioned my grandad because even though he didn't make the paint at DuPont, he was head of maintenance, lead hand on the Nylon slitters, and a millwright.
@bobhill3941, thank you - I'm glad you enjoyed it, Bob!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
@@adrianclements8916 You're welcome Adrian, keep up the great work.
@@adrianclements8916 I know exactly how you feel Adrian, I lost my dad in 2014 and yes, nostalgia is from the pain. I was recently watching a movie where a character drove the same truck dad had.
Interesting 1965/1966 Emberglo, 1967 Burnt Amber and 1969 Copper Flame are all color code V all in the same color spectrum.
Diamond green for me
Ahhh - the good old days when there were many and wonderful colors available! Customers should demand more fun colors than various boring grays and silvers, white and black!!
I had a 69 LTD four-door hardtop in that same color as that 68 Thunderbird, except mine had a white top
The first cars I collected were 4door birds, had 4 of them but my favorite was the 67 because it was a simpler construction except the turn indicator unit was far better in 68. Gave up on them because I couldn't keep the windows working.
I like Diamond Green.
Speaking of the 1969 Thunderbirds, do you know if there was any television advertising for it? I have seen on RUclips advertising for the 1968 Hot Birds and Cool Birds but mothing has surfaced for the 1969 model year which you would think the introduction of the Sunroof would have resulted in. I do have a dealer record for the 69 Bird.
@HFX1955, I couldn't find any 1969 Ford Thunderbird commercials on RUclips. If Ford didn't produced a stand-alone commercial for the '69 T-Brid, I would expect that the car would have been shown in the 1969 introduction commercial.
Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays, Tom!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
The reason that Thunderbird had exclusive colors was that it was built in the Lincoln factory.
@danielulz1640, that's an excellent theory, as the Wixom Assembly Plant in Wixom, Michigan was building the Ford Thunderbird, Lincoln Continental, and Lincoln Continental Mark III for the 1969 model year. I had the same thought when doing the research for this video. However, the Los Angeles Assembly Plant in Pico Rivera, California was also producing 1969 Thunderbirds, and a couple of the cars shown in the video had VINs showing they were produced at Los Angeles.
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
@@adrianclements8916 FoMoCo must have mailed a few gallons of paint to California. LOL 😆.
Yep, I have a 68 Thunderbird hardtop in Sunlit Gold, another totally awesome one-year-only color, that was built in the Pico Rivera plant. Before I got that car, I didn't know Thunderbirds of this era were built anywhere but Wixom, but found out 68 was the first year of the secondary build location.
@@sooverit5529 sounds beautiful.
@@danielulz1640thanks, it is a wonderful car, a really quite loaded hardtop, but I bought it after it was vandalized with every piece of glass being smashed, the trunk lid mangled and pried open, destroying the taillamps. I couldn't stand the idea of it giving up its low mile 429 and being junked. I've been distracted with other projects lately, but I will focus on it soon and source all the glass etc and get it back on the road. It sits safe and sound in a secure building awaiting my attention.
Yes! I would like a Lilac Frost Four-Door Landau with a Cream vinyl roof, a Tahoe Turquoise Two-Door Hardtop with a White vinyl roof, and a Midnight Orchid Two-Door Landau with a Black vinyl roof. Can you get these to me by Christmas, Santa Claus???
@toddbonin6926, all excellent choices! Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays, Todd!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
That Copper Flame is 🔥🔥
@428eliminator3, it sure is! Thanks for watching, and Happy Holidays!
Yours in old FoMoCo iron,
Adrian
I guess these days you get grey, white, another darker grey, maybe a dark blue and silver. Colors like you've shown are only a dream. But then, people actually chose colors and interior configurations. Not so any more, you take what's available and shut up.
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