(Candy Apple Red : Ford : 1980 - 1998)At
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This code is listed in our database as an offset listing to PPG code
3279; therefore, the results below are from that code.
This red automotive paint color is most commonly known as Candy Apple Red. Other common color promotional names include Candyapple Red and Red. The color formulation has been used between 1980 and 1998, primarily by Ford; but also by Company Fleet Vehicles, International Harvester, Lincoln, and Mercury. We have records of this color appearing on the following models: Bronco, International Harvester Truck, MarkV, Ranger, and Thunderbird. See the full detailed list below. The use of this paint is for main body and special order color.
The two Companies/Organizations with Fleet Vehicles using this color are: National Foam and Smeal Fire Apparatus.
MDMAXXA appears to be an alternate Ford manufacturing code, see the full list of possible Ford manufacturing codes at the end of this page. Typically Ford paint manufacturing codes come in two forms, the short 1 to 3 digit model/year code which changes frequently and the longer 4 digit code which starts with the letters "M", "WT", or "MX". M are production paints, WT and MX are commercial or special order. These longer codes don't change over the years for a particular paint formulation; therefore, it is the best code to track the usage of Ford paint.
Example of the color Ford MDMAXXA
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Usage list of Ford paint code MDMAXXA
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year | make | model | code | paint name | comment |
| | | | Red | |PPG/Dupont Cross-Ref 1990| |
| | | | | |Mack Truck Dupont Imron PPG Durethane Offset Listing| June 1988 |
1980 | Ford | | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1980 | Ford | Bronco | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1980 | Ford | Ford Truck | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1980 | Ford | Thunderbird | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1980 | Lincoln | MarkV | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1980 | Mercury | Mercury | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1981 | Ford | | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1981 | Ford | Bronco | 2K | Candyapple Red | |
1981 | Ford | Ford Truck | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1981 | Ford | Ranger | 2K | Candyapple Red | |
1981 | Mercury | Mercury | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1982 | Ford | | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1982 | Ford | Ford Truck | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1982 | Ford | Ranger | 2K | Candyapple Red | |
1982 | Lincoln | Lincoln | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1982 | Lincoln | MarkV | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1983 | Ford | Ford Truck | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1983 | Ford | Ranger | 2K | Candyapple Red | |
1984 | Ford | Ford Truck | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1985 | International Harvester | Truck | 2304 | Red | Custom, |IH MT-90 Parts Merchandising Catalog|, ppg/name best guess |
1987 | Ford | Ford Truck | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1988 | Ford | Ford Truck | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1989 | Ford | Ford Truck | 2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1990 | Fleet | National Foam | | Candy Apple Red | |
1990 | Fleet | Smeal Fire Apparatus | | Candy Apple Red | |
1990 | Ford | Ford Truck | EU | Candy Apple Red | medium heavy duty truck |
1991 | Ford | Ford Truck | EU | Candy Apple Red | medium heavy duty truck |
1992 | Ford | Ford Truck | EU | Candy Apple Red | medium heavy duty truck |
1993 | Ford | Ford Truck | EU | Candy Apple Red | medium heavy duty truck |
1994 | Ford | Ford Truck | EU,2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1995 | Ford | Ford Truck | EU | Candy Apple Red | Medium/Heavy Duty Truck |
1997 | Ford | Ford Truck | EU,2K | Candy Apple Red | |
1998 | Ford | | EU,2K | Candy Apple Red | |
Paint Manufacturer Codes
Ford :
M5681,
M5681A,
MDMAXXA
Make/Year Code : 2304, 2K, EU
PPG/Ditzler :
3279
Dupont :
C8053
Sherwin Williams : 30538
RM/BASF :
11443
Glasurit : FDU-5681, FDU5681
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