(Yellow : US Government : 1964 - 1998)
At PaintRef.com we have records of this paint for over 34 years of use.

This code is listed in our database as a cross-reference to PPG codes 81636 or 82291. The most popular is 81636; therefore, the results below are from that code.

1971 paint by Ford with a promotional name of Yellow. This yellow automotive paint color is most commonly known as simply 'Yellow'. The color formulation has been used between 1964 and 1998, primarily by US Government; but also by Ford, Company Fleet Vehicles. See the full detailed list below.

This is one of the paint colors used in US government procurement. Today these colors are specified by Federal Standard 595 documents. FED-STD-595 came out in 1956 with 358 colors; FED-STD-595A, in 1968 with 437 colors; FED-STD-595B, in 1994 with 611 colors; FED-STD-595C, in 2008 with 650 colors; and AMS-STD-595 in 2017 with 692 colors.

The three Companies/Organizations with Fleet Vehicles using this color are: State of Indiana, Detroit Edison, and City of Nashville TN.

The longer Ford paint manufacturing code is WT6020. Ford paint codes starting with WT are usually special order paints primarily used on commercial or fleet vehicles. This longer manufacturing code is useful for tracking paint usage.

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Usage list 1971 Ford Yellow paint (more information)

year	make	model	code	paint name	comment
				Yellow	|PPG/Dupont Cross-Ref 1990|
1964	Ford	Fleet	MX708493	Yellow	|Dupont form A-33538-20M-12-63|
1967	Ford	Fleet	WT6020	Yellow
1971	Ford	Fleet	WT6020	Yellow	|Ditzler PPG Form7163|
1972	Ford	Fleet	WT6020	Yellow	Ford Special Order Paint Selector Fleet Colors |Vol 72-GM-9LZ|
1990	Fleet	Detroit Edison		Yellow
1990	Fleet	Indiana State of		Yellow	Highway Dept
1990	Fleet	Nashville TN City of		Yellow
1998				Yellow	Alt#1, |2003 Autocolor Commercial Transport Color Register|, ppg best guess
1998	Military			Yellow	US Navy, |Autocolor Commercial Transport Color Register 2003-2004|

Paint Manufacturer Codes
Ford : MX708493, WT6020
Make/Year Code : WT6020, MX708493
PPG/Ditzler : 81636
Dupont : 71890, 93-71890

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