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Wood Brothers Junkie
Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Posts: 66
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:30 pm Post subject: Stroppe Colors |
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A friend of mine is painting a full size 64 Merc in the Stroppe colors and the question is, what is the red color I can't find it and I think it is Poppy red. No guess's please, just the answer. Thanks |
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RCB
Joined: 09 Mar 2020 Posts: 44
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:55 am Post subject: |
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1957 Mercury Persimmon, actually an orange in sunlight. The blue is 1957 Mercury Pacific Blue Poly. There were different mixes of the blue so year make is important. |
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Len Woodruff
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 100 Location: Frisco, TX
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:51 am Post subject: |
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I thought the Poppy Red and Guardsman Blue looked better to me. This is a model of the restored (replica) that is running in the historic races.
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Bill J
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 393
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:10 am Post subject: |
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I seem to recall doing some research and varifying that the Mercury colors were exactly the same as Ford Poppy Red and Guardsman Blue,
Great looking Merc Len! |
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Firefly
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 810 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:33 am Post subject: |
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Sox & Martin loved this paint scheme so much on their Stroppe Comet, they continued using it on their Mopars. _________________ Bill Jobson is my real name. |
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Wood Brothers Junkie
Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Posts: 66
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Guys, thats what I thought. |
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Len Woodruff
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 100 Location: Frisco, TX
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Bill J wrote: | I seem to recall doing some research and varifying that the Mercury colors were exactly the same as Ford Poppy Red and Guardsman Blue,
Great looking Merc Len! |
Thanks Bill. |
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Tom M. Board Moderator
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 602
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Poppy Red and Guardsman Blue didn't exist in '63 though, when Stroppe returned with the Mercury factory team. In fact, I don't think Poppy Red existed as a factory color until the spring of '64 when the Mustang was introduced. Maybe not even then, the color chip charts don't list it as such. It's much more likely that the color was 1956 Persimmon:
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hillybilly
Joined: 14 Mar 2018 Posts: 31
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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It is Persimmon. It is a bit more orange than Poppy Red which as Tom pointed out wasn't available until the 1964 Mustang. As for the blue, I can't remember off hand what it was. |
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Tom M. Board Moderator
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Stroppe tended to use '56 colors since that was the year he was hired by Mercury originally. Based on that, the blue would have almost certainly been Delta Blue Poly.
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