'69 sport Fury Vert

[detmatt]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ctd/3613091383.html

 

[mdh157]

isn't that a fury 3 grille?

 

[1978 NYB]

318 (doesn't make a difference to me) and no A/C. Body and interior looks nice from what I can see.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

it is a FUry III grill and side trim

 

[polara71]

another ad we beat on before

 

[70NPORT]

Yeah, what's up with this.....round 2?

 

[bluefury361]

It appears to be be a Fury III with Sport Fury door panels. The fact that it is being offered by a auto parts recycler should be a red flag.

 

[1978 NYB]

Looks like special code 999 Bahama Yellow paint if the code is on the fender tag. My suspicion is that it's a recent paint paint job and the color doesn't match the code on the fender tag.

 

[bluefury361]

Looks like special code 999 Bahama Yellow paint if the code is on the fender tag. My suspicion is that it's a recent paint paint job and the color doesn't match the code on the fender tag.

I was never clear on the special paint code 999 found on many fender tags. I have had two 69 road runners, a 69 GTX and a 69 Super Bee.... and all had the 999 code.
The road runners were T5 Fire Bronze & W1 Alpine white, the GTX wa R4 performance red and the Super Bee was Hemi orange, (can't remember the code).

I'm guessing that the 999 code appeared only on special ordered cars.

 

[commando1]

I was never clear on the special paint code 999 found on many fender tags. I have had two 69 road runners, a 69 GTX and a 69 Super Bee.... and all had the 999 code.
The road runners were T5 Fire Bronze & W1 Alpine white, the GTX wa R4 performance red and the Super Bee was Hemi orange, (can't remember the code).

I'm guessing that the 999 code appeared only on special ordered cars.

The 999 Super Bee is always mistaken for Hemi Orange. It's a national standard ambulance color.

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[fc7_plumcrazy]

if you are talking 69 models it won't be a "999" code. Just "99", "97" or "96" for special paint. "999" is a code used in 1970&up when the paint requires a three digit code on the fender tag.

In 1969 the code for bahama yellow/butterscotch was "96" on the tag. Despite from the A12 cars you can find butterscotch on other 69 RRs but not on Dodges. It wasn't available on full size cars at all.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

forgot; Hemi orange code is "V2" on the 1969 models, from 1970&up it is cold EV2.
In 1969 the colour was only available on Dodges not Plymouths.

 

[commando1]

I just remembered. 999 orange is called Omaha Orange

http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showthread.php?7811-New-Guy-68-RR-999-paint-Omaha-Orange

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[fc7_plumcrazy]

"99" or "999" just means special order colour. A colour which was not reglulary availabe on a certain model. It could be a hi impact colour like "fc7" which was officially not available on c-bodies or any other colour from any other manufacturer. Nothing else is omaha orange or corporate blue (petty blue)

 

[commando1]

You're misunderstanding me. What I'm trying to say is that IF you have a 99, 999, whatever, AND it is orange from Mopar, it is Omaha Orange, which is a universal standard color. The same way OSHA Safety Yellow is the same yellow no matter who made it. Rustoleum OSHA Safety Yellow is exactly the same color as Sikkens OSHA Safety Yellow.
The Mopar special paint code orange is Omaha Orange no matter who makes it. Put a Mopar special paint code orange next to an Ambulance that is painted to federal standards, and they will be the same orange.

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[fc7_plumcrazy]

if someone wanted that signal orange "omaha orange" on his mopar: Yes, the fender tag will say "99" or "999".

But if in example someone wanted in 1969 the "calypso orange" which was used on Pontiacs GTO judge in example, he could get it from Mopar, too. Then the fender tag will also show "99". As "99" just indicates special order paint. No matter what colour it is in reality.

 

[commando1]

I thought that any special order paint you pulled strings to get had to be from the existing Mopar pallette. Never heard of anyone ordering a Plymouth and having a request for GM Nassau Blue approved.

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[69CoronetRT]

if you are talking 69 models it won't be a "999" code. Just "99", "97" or "96" for special paint. "999" is a code used in 1970&up when the paint requires a three digit code on the fender tag.

In 1969 the code for bahama yellow/butterscotch was "96" on the tag. Despite from the A12 cars you can find butterscotch on other 69 RRs but not on Dodges. It wasn't available on full size cars at all.

999 Paint code was used at least from 62-68
69 is probably the only year, (Maybe '65...not sure) that used only the 99 code.
70-76 used 999
77 and up...not sure. Cop cars tend to carry a lot of 999 special paint codes but in '77 and later, cop cars use a paint code other than 999. I haven't come across a 999 paint code past 1976.

Paint codes vary by year and by plant and even during the model year. As an example for 69 B bodies, what and how LA coded for special paint can be different than what STL or LR did. Rallye Green on a 69 RR can code 99/97/97E depending on the plant or time of year. (One of the reasons I started hanging out here was to learn about C body tags.)

For the most part...999/99 paint codes means the car came with either 1) a non standard paint color for that make and model. As stated above, a color may have been released for B bodies but not for C bodies. If the color was requested on a C body, the car would probably code 999/99 2) A mid year release color that had yet to be assigned a permanent paint code such as Omaha Orange, Bahama Yellow/Butterscotch or Rallye Green 3) some sort of special fleet color designated by a dealer (there are examples of an orange in '68), corporation or cop car or 4) an experimental color or process that was in development for the next model year.

999 trim codes exist too. It means the car came with an interior that was not standardized for that specific model or color combination.

 

[1978 NYB]

Sure is a lot of twists and turns on the 999 special codes. Very interesting.

 

[69CoronetRT]

I thought that any special order paint you pulled strings to get had to be from the existing Mopar pallette. Never heard of anyone ordering a Plymouth and having a request for GM Nassau Blue approved.

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Not necessarily. The hard part is proving the actual color after all these years as the cars pass through different hands, documentation is lost and cars get repainted. We may only know the car was 999/99. We many not know the actual color.

Corporate or fleet cars may have had a paint requirement that was outside of the normal Mopar palatte.

And there are different shades of Orange. I believe the special order Bengal Chargers are a different shade of orange than Omaha or Vitimin C. There was also a special run of 68 Barracudas for a dealer in CA(?) that were orange. Were they the same shade as the Bengal Chargers? I don't know.