A dash of colour

Over the next few posts I'll be dealing with the paint schemes applied to some of the classic X-series Australian Fords. By its very nature, the subject of paint is huge and as such, we want to touch on some of the more unusual aspects of paint schemes, and try and provide a background to how some of the codes and paint coding works.

Through the years of the X-series Falcons and Fairmonts, Ford relied on a series of alphanumeric codes to differentiate the colours that they painted their cars. These codes appeared on option specification sheets, and on the compliance plate of the car, but, as far as the customer was concerned, he or she was presented with a nice colour brochure from which to choose a colour.

Here is that colour chart for the XA.