I've seen that Grabber? yellow on '73  
Re: I think I've figured out the year... -- Root Moose Post Reply Top of thread Maverick Message Board
Posted by: littleredtoy ®
2001/10/17, 23:38:34

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:Does this logic hold out?
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:I'm pretty sure it was a 1971 after reading this page:
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: http://www.geocities.com/mavcentral/yrtoyr.htm
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:My Dad's car was grabber yellow and that would have only been available in the Comet GT in 1971 as the color was discontinued for 1972 and the Comet GT didn't exist in 1970 (Mercury got the platform for 1971-on).
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:This is assuming that the Mercury paint codes coincide with the Ford codes (probably?). Mercury is a more conservative manufacturer so they would probably pull the "bright" colours even before Ford.
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:Sound plausible?



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