ok, I think I figured out a good way to id a stallion, other than a marti report and the obvious factory black out. so what if it has been painted? If the door tag is still intact, the paint code should be the final piece, right? my blue stallion is 3M - Silver Blue Glow, ray I think you said your white one was 9D - Polar White, and I am sure you can check that yellow one for us, and I know the other members have silver and red...so if we can compile all of those I think we have a pretty good point of reference... thoughts.....
I hope you get a Marti Report on that car. I would be curious how many 3M Stallions there ever were. When you order one....tell them that is what you want to know.
Craig, I ordered one the day I got the title should be here any day...I keep staying home to check the mail every day...lol Dave, i am not sure but I have never seen a maverick painted in 3M, you guy's would know better than me though. Im hoping the stallion colors were unique to the stallion, the only ones that worry me are the white and red...thoughts also looking for the actual mixture of 3M so i can get the original color on there, if someone knows that I would be greatfull
All of the Stallion colors were available as standard colors on the Maverick. I belive my blue 4-door, now a dark blue, was originally the 3M color. Any paint shop should be alble to mix you the correct color paint based on the paint code.
I found at a swap meet a "paint chip" sheet that had all the paint codes for 1970 on it. I think if you found one for 1976...it would have the flat black paint code on it.
Dan Starnes, has had his since new. He should also know. You do realize it was a flat black, not satin... The biggest issue would be to get the stripes, as they were done at the factory. These are from an original paint yellow & black Stallion:
Hey Dave, thanks so much for the pics! I have been lucky enough to own 2 stallions, both with the original paint still on them. this current project however is extremly faded from the CA. sun, so these pisc will be a great help! any suggestions on the paint code?
I have never found a paint code for the satin black that came on the cars. It was satin black, not flat black. For the blue you just need to go to an auto paints store and use the paint code for the YEAR of your car. There is also satin blacks that you can buy that are dead on to what came on the cars. The hot rod black you see on cars is it. The satin black is the biggest pain in the a$$ to care for that I have ever experienced on any car, so be prepared for that. Also beware that the auto paints store probably does not have a mix for single stage acrylic enamel anymore for your car. They will want to convert you to urethane and the color will visually look different than stock. Good luck.