can i see some photos of S a p p h i r e Blue please?

[LGreen]

(As i said I'm sorry that its another paint code question. Tried the usual vin decoding on the Rs owners club as well as that Rs garage site. links have been posted previosuly on this but they didnt help as they didnt have the information on paint just everything else.

The chassy plate underFarbe/colour says 1. Thats it. On the Vin plate (may have those names the wrong way around) it says Sapp-hire F (the F i presume respondes to the FA on the trim.) Does anybody have any ideas as to what the colour could be.

I found on the link below a paint called sapp-hire blue but that is off a cortina. http://freespace.virgin.net/tommy.sandh ... ndtrim.htm

 

Any body got any ideas at all. The rest of the plate i can understand. Cheers in advance. Lgreen

 

added: so now the chasys plate which says "1" under colour (which means miami blue) doesnt match to the body tag which says s p p h i r e. which one is right? I'm bit confused. LG) Added: all that from trying to solve paint colour.

 

Now i know its s a p p h i r e blue can people show me photos of cars in the colour please. struggling to find many shots. the swear filter doesnt help much either! lg

[pads]

Try this

 

Mk 1 > '70:

 

Paint code

A-Savoy black or Ebony

M-ambassador blue

AZ-imperial maroon

AB/BA-ermine white

BR-goodwood green

BS-monaco red

BT-aqua blue

BU-platinum grey

BX-tuscan yellow

BY-glacier blue

BZ-spruce green

CA-sable

CB-mignight blue

CD-lombard grey

CF-alcuda blue

CG-malibu gold

CH-purbeck grey

CJ-lagoon blue

CL-black cherry

CM-alpina green

CN-velvet blue

CP-seafoam blue

CR-blue mink

CS-saluki bronze

CT-venetian gold

CU-dragoon red

CV-silver fox

CW-anchor blue

 

 

MK 1 '70 > & mk 2

 

B-diamond white

C-sahara beige

D-carnival red

E-olympic blue

F-purple velvet

G-royal blue

H-astral silver

M-modena green

Q-arizona spring gold

T-daytona yellow

V-vista orange

Y-special vehicle order

1-miami blue

3-aerosilver/stardust

5-jade green

7-copper brown

[In The Pit]

I've just spend 15 minutes checking through books and I have come up with something for you. I know the figure 1 doesnt sound like a paint code but it is and the colour is Miami Blue which if its for the car you have on your avatar (1975 Escort MKI) then it should be correct as its a 1974/1975 colour available on the MKI & MKII Escort. It wasn't available on the MKII RS and I dont think it was available MKI RS so thats probably why the RS site didn't have it listed. Its a metallic and a nice colour thats quite rare, i've even got a mixing code for you its XSC859.

 

I also looked up S a p p h i r e Blue and its a 1962 colour with a different code.

 

If its not for a 1974/1975 Escort let me know as I have another possibility, hope this helps.

[LGreen]

thank you both of you. Very help full. The one in my avatar is mk1 rs in its proper colour of moderna green. It's for another one I'm building. (yes i appreciate I'm lucky to be buildig my second escort at my age but i do work hard)

I've only seen decoders with the letters and havnt come accross the numbers before so will be saving them. Now off to find a picture of Miami blue. sounds good and may be changing from my original idea.

Wonder why it says s a p p h i r e on the body plate then if its code is for miami blue. Cheers. LG

[LGreen]

forgot to say its a jan 72 escort. Its a bit wierd how the chassy plate is different to the body tag then or does that happen? lg

[In The Pit]

 

added: so now the chasys plate which says "1" under colour (which means miami blue) doesnt match to the body tag which says s p p h i r e. which one is right? I'm bit confused. LG

 

It could be that the colour plate and VIN plate are off two different cars. If its a 1972 car then it may not be Miami Blue as I doubt it was available then, the date I have for S a p p h i r e Blue is 1962. The problem is Ford would reuse paint codes on another colour so you need to match the code to the year of the vehicle. The code 1 was also used for another blue which is Cosmos Blue but thats a later colour around 1979.

 

I take it your car is not in its original colour and your trying to trace what that colour is, if so have you taken the carpets out? as the floor may still be in its original colour and if you post a picture im sure some of us on here will know the colour.

[LGreen]

Yeah I'm basically trying to find out its original colour.

 

Unfortunately it was either red on the outside or black hamerite on the inside. Now hopefully its all bare metal as picking it up from the shot blasters later in the week.

 

The chassy plate and vin tag are from same car as numbers match up so i presume thats right. Its a jan 72 escort so could miami blue be correct?

 

Thanks for peoples help, still confused tho. lg

[MM77]

Wouldnt a simple reg check confirm the original colour?

[LGreen]

Good idea, dont know why i didnt think of it.

 

Here's whats come up.

 

Date of Liability 01 01 2011

Date of First Registration 07 03 1972

Year of Manufacture 1972

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1993CC

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type Petrol

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status SORN Not Due

Vehicle Colour RED

Vehicle Type Approval

 

Well thats thrown a spanner in the works. Does the vehicle colour mean its original vehicle colour or the one that is currently registered as it was red before stripped it. Originally it was a 1300 but has since had a 2ltr pinto dropped in it so i gues it works the same with paint. Is there anothe check you can do? will figure it out eventually. personally thining it could be miami blue. LG

[In The Pit]

Ok I think i've got it, your colour is S a p p h i r e Blue, the code I have for it is B3P however I also have found another code listed for S a p p i r e Blue which is 1, as I mentioned in my previous post Ford reuse the codes after a colour has been discontinued and i'm sure Miami Blue is a 1974-1975 Colour. Some colours do have 2 or more codes listed, (buying paints for old Fords can be a nightmare!!)

 

With regard to the DVLA you are supposed to tell the DVLA about colour changes so if they were told it was now red and not blue they would update it. One way to find out about colour changes is to buy a vehicle check as some of them list colour changes try here https://www.mycarcheck.com/

[LGreen]

Thank you very much. Glad thats figured out. Now to look at some pictures of sapphire blue.

 

LG