RE: color sweeps: 1963 Fury color question

[Dan McCormack <mcwheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure Gary but I believe having the sweep painted a different color on a 63 Fury was an option. I know for sure of a red 63 Fury 4 door hardtop that has the sweep also painted red like the rest of the car and that car has never been repainted. I've also seen a number of 63 Furys with sweeps painted other than white such as black, copper, blue and red. But I can't guarantee that they were original. If the car isn't 2 tone and there's a second color listed on the fender tag then I would assume that's the color of the sweep. Here's a site that lists what the color codes were for Mopars from 1960 to 1971.

http://www.mymopar.com/paintcodes.htm

Dan



-----Original Message-----
From: Gary H. [mailto:spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:32 AM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: color sweeps: 1963 Fury color question


Hi all,

A fellow I know is having a 1963 Plymouth Fury repainted right now. The car is the color of the Plymouth shown in the link below,
light tan MM1 with Alabaster (tan) interior. (Thanks Nick!)

http://usacars247.com/pictures/carpic0-11891-2008:08:18:11:53:45-.jpg

According to a 1963 catalog he has, he thinks the side accent stripe -- color sweep -- should be pained white "ermine" on all model except Savoys, which lacked the side trim. Seems to me the side sweep was coordinated with the color of the interior in 1962 and 1963 on Dodges at least.

Don't know why the Fury in the picture has a red stripe. That car also has an Alabaster (tan) interior. His Fury has a white color sweep, but his Plymouth was repainted an incorrect color by some previous owner.

Any tips? Is the side sweep a code on the fender tag perhaps? And how would one find the paint codes (Ditzler) used? 

Thanks,
Gary H.


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