It seems to be a 1968 color... I wonder if it was originally a special order, where the Owner ordered it with that color specifically and Ford just used left over paint? What month of 1969 did your car roll off the line? Or is it an export car as you say and if it is, where is their documentation on what paint codes were offered for those?
Can you post a link to the video you spoke about?

Last edited by Toploader (2/22/2023 5:12 PM)

Color code T shows as Candyapple Red on 69 color charts.  Body buck says Card Red on it, but has the T paint code.

I like the Cardinal Red better than Candyapple Red. Door jambs and under trunk do look more like candyapple (darker) where original paint shows.  I am curious as to why original buck has different name. 
I may have to contact the T5 registry to see what they can offer.

Car is 50+ years old.  Lots of stuff has been changed over the years.

I love a 69 Stang....I was born in 1969 too.

BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC71-Mdqdic

this your car?

 Yes, that must have been taken right after I sold it. Nine years ago.

I bought it back a couple of years ago

Found a calypso coral code 3 (BUTT) maybe to much orange?

 

Ron68 wrote:

MS wrote:

Car is 50+ years old. Lots of stuff has been changed over the years.

I wonder why the odometers on these old classics only have 6 digits instead of 7. They didn't expect the car to last over 99,999 miles....?
 

If you found a car with over 80,000 milers on it. It was considered a car destined for the junk yard or a major rebuild. Even then you had to worry about the tranny or rearend going out. I can remember cars with 50,000 miles needing a valve job on them.
 

Last edited by Quicksilver (2/23/2023 4:47 PM)

Does that body buck say export to West Germany???

50vert wrote:

A colour from another car line would be special order, and have a blank under paint on the door plate.
Buck tag codes were a plant specific thing, left up to the plant building the car.
It seems the CARD code is a NJ thing. There is a theory that it's an abbreviation for Candy Apple ReD
What RED denotes is anyones guess.
Have you ever found a build sheet in that car?
My guess is that it's a candy apple red car.
JMHO

That makes good sense.  I never put CARD and candyapple red together!   Seems it got painted a brighter red later in life.

Yes, West German export.  That is what makes a T5 a T5.
 

It had a 3-speed originally. The T5 is the name of the car.  T-5 tranny did not exist in 69, but it has one in it now.  Thinking of swapping it out fir a 4R70w.