66 VIN and paint

["Peter Engel" <peter.engel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel,

No, the YM43 VIN definitely indicates a 4 door hardtop.  Find the fender
tag on the car and check the bottom line; it should list YM23 under the
BDY heading.  There are other tricks to determine whether the VIN has
been tampered with.
Regarding color, that will appear on the fender tag also.  It's on the
bottom line at the end.  Frost turquoise is code K; it's a light
turquoise metallic, more like a light blue with a touch of green.  The L
code Royal Turquoise is a much, much darker blue green.
My first car was an L code 66 Sport Fury and my dad bought a new K code
Fury III wagon in April of 66; I guess that makes me intimately familiar
with both colors.

Pete in PA
70 LeBaron
teal metallic!

 
From: "Joel Tufford" <tuf4d@xxxxxxx>
Subject: IML: VIN
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 11:34:21 -0800
Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have a 66 Crown Coupe.  The VIN begins YM43...  From information I've
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received the 43 stands for "4 dr hardtop" but mine is a 2 door.  I've =
double checked the body plate on the car, title and registration that =
came with the car.  Am I misunderstanding something?

Also,  what would the color number be for the turquoise/robin's egg blue
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color of 66 - Frost Turquoise or Royal Turquoise?  The colors in the =
online color chart don't show up well on my computer.