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I own a 1968 Ford Mustang and would like to know its origi- nal color. I assume the VIN will provide that, but I’m just not sure what I’m looking for.
Actually, the VIN won’t help you learn the Mustang’s original paint color. That information is found on the body number plate, which is located on the door hinge pillar. The color will be indicated in the second notation, matched to one of these letters or numbers:
door hinge pillar, the cowl/firewall or on the driver’s door trailing edge near the latching mechanism.
I own a Pontiac Acadian pro- duced in the fifth week of Decem- ber 1970. I suspect it was built at the very end of the Acadian brand, but I'm not sure. What was the production end for Acadians?
In the book Canadian Cars
A black B maroon M white N diamond blue O light green P pewter metallic Q medium blue metallic R dark green metallic
T red U light blue W yellow X dark blue metallic Y gold metallic 3 Vermillion 5 low gloss black 6 light beige
While there are plenty of excep- tions, color codes for U.S. automo- biles built between 1960 and 1979 can generally be found on plates attached to the left or right front
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I’m slowly restoring my 1967 Datsun 1600 roadster, and I can’t seem to locate a windshield. Can you help?
As you’ve found, there aren’t many Datsun windshields out there. According to the auto glass ex- perts at Pilkington Classics, Datsun changed the windshield on the 1600 three times during the 1967 model year. As of this writing, Pilkington (
pilkington.com; 800-848-1351) had one of the three versions available, while Glass Seekers (
glass-seekers.com; 800-345-4527) had the other two. Datsun/Nissan clubs are also great sources for information.
1946–1984, R. Perry Zavitz writes that the Acadian was discontinued early in 1971, so yours probably comes from the last few months of production. In the chapter on Acadians, the book states that “the Pontiac Ventura II was placed in production at Willow Run on March 11 of that year [1971]. It was imported and sold in Canada, so in effect the Acadian was replaced by the Ventura II. It seems the Acadian’s demise was the result of its success. It proved the sales vi- ability of a compact car for Pontiac dealers, both in Canada and in the U.S. The Ventura II was just that. Its Canadian price was $74 more than the Acadian it replaced.”
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