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Tuxedo Park colors?

Discussion in 'Early Jeep Restoration and Research' started by Keys5a, Apr 23, 2014.

  1. May 5, 2017
    Robert Basselman

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    Gentlemen,
    Saw your post and just wanted to add another color. My 66 Tux came as what we referred to be Canary Yellow. It was a very light yellow with a black windshield and soft top. Serial number 8322A16719. Built June or July of 1966. Currently painted red. Don't know if I will ever return to the original yellow, but might consider a deep green, if there was a green available in 66.

    Bob
     
  2. May 5, 2017
    Keys5a

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    Bob, For 1966, the light yellow you describe was Prairie Gold, which is a light "canary" yellow. This was a fairly popular color on the Tuxedo Parks in the 1966 model year. There may still be a paint and trim tag on the passenger side firewall near the battery area.
    I'm out of town, so can't check my paint books for that year right now for green.
    -Donny
     
  3. May 5, 2017
    BobH

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    Robert Basselman

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    Thanks Donny,
    Bob
     
  5. May 8, 2017
    OliverButler

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    I'm buying a Tuxedo Park Mark IV, is there any way to find out what year it is if I have the Serial Number?

    8322 A 17081

    CJ-5 Tuxedo Park Mark IV, V6-225, left hand drive, V6-225 with emission, #081 for the SSN.

    is it worth taking back to original?
     
  6. May 9, 2017
    Keys5a

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    I'm 1200 miles from home, but when I get back this coming weekend, I can give you the month/year of manufacture, if nobody beats me to it.
    From memory, 17081 is a pretty high number, so I'll guess later '66, or maybe '67? My mid-year '64's are in the 114XX range. Are you sure that number isn't 11781?
    I'm biased, but would recommend taking it back to stock. If it is a '67, that was the end of the Tuxedo Park run, and there were reletively few '67's made.
    -Donny
     
  7. May 9, 2017
    1967 CJ5A

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    I'm thinking late '66. My Jan. '67 is number 17340.
     
  8. May 10, 2017
    OliverButler

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    so I found out it was is a sept. 66 build. and from all I can find of the 1190 tux's built in 66 only 325 were with the V6.

    anybody have futher knowledge about the numbers?
     
  9. May 10, 2017
    timgr

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    September '66 would be considered 1967 production, if it matters.
     
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    OliverButler

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    OliverButler

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    correction 1190 produced in 1966 and 89 in 67'
    and what I found was there was only 325 V6 models produced in 1966. anyone have any better info?
     
  12. May 11, 2017
    BadGoat

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    I just picked up what I think is a CJ5a Mark IV Tux. Serial number is 832214476. I don't know how much it's been modified. The chrome is all missing, it's an F head motor with a floor shifter and a twin stick transfer case. It's titled as a 1961, but I know the AK DMV was guessing as they couldn't find the serial number in their books. It's been badly repainted gray, although I can see red under the hood and under the dash. It does have a hard top and the black windshield frame. Can anyone tell me the production year from the serial number? We couldn't find any numbers on the frame or the engine block. It's entirely possible that the body was put on an earlier frame.

    Thanks,

    Mike
     
  13. May 11, 2017
    Keys5a

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    I have never seen a breakdown of 4 cyl vs V6 for the Tux production. From observation, nearly every Tux built after the introduction of the V6 (starting around Sept '65?) got the V6. I have heard of only one or two anomalies that came with the F-head 4. I believe that '1967 CJ5a' in post #27 above is one of them.
    When you are looking at production figures by year, are you counting calandar year, or moder year? Model year generally begins in September, and runs through the end of August.
    -Donny
     
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    BadGoat

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    ojgrsoi

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    This 66 Indian Ceramic is currently on the Dallas CL and our ebay and CL posting. I was curious if it was original paint and photos indicate that it is. In looking at several color sheets it seems to be available but this is the only one I have seen.
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    Keys5a

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    Indian Ceramic was an available color in '66, but I have never seen any Jeep painted that color besides the '63 MKlll Tux. The CL Tux looks like it may be original paint from the under-hood photos.
    My period literature states there were 5 new exterior colors for late-'65 up. The white changed to Glacier White, then Prairie Gold (light yellow), Gold Beige Poly, Empire Blue, and Presidential Red appears to have carried over. This may not leave room for Indian Ceramic, unless the red wasn't "new". The early Tux literature listed the 4 available colors, but with the introduction of the V6, the literature just says " five new exterior colors"
    Any other documented Tux colors for the later Tux with the V6?
    -Donny
     
  17. May 13, 2017
    Snouts out

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    Presidential Red number 1 or 2?
     
  18. May 13, 2017
    Keys5a

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    Paint code colors for Presidential Red are 226 and 326. I have looked up the mixing formula for each, and they are exactly the same formula for both numbers. For some reason, Kaiser "updated" the number, but not the color.
    The CL Jeep still looks like it may be Indian Ceramic which is code 332.
    -Donny
     
  19. Jul 24, 2017
    4xwriter

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    Saw this thread and since I am collecting SSO & R numbers, I wonder if any of you have Tuxedo Park rigs with their tags.... and what the number is.

    The only Tux I have so far is a '66 CJ5A and it's D1414. Unfortunately, I don't have particulars at hand on the vehicle and the number usually reflected a particular BOM. I wrote it down and I know I shot pics, but it went into an event filed somewhere and I can't find the images to save my life. Differences in SSR & O could be for paint, column shift vs cane, etc. As you know, then they went to the Mark IV models there was a long "Parts Peculiar" list.
     
  20. Jul 24, 2017
    Keys5a

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    The only Tux I have ever heard of with a SSO# was Cary's '66 that he posted last week, D4114. Is this the one you listed as D1414, transposing the numbers? I have personally inspected 34 Tuxes over the years, keeping notes on many.
    I have never seen a SSO tag on any. Cary is pretty positive the tag he has is from his Tux from many years ago. Check his thread in "Off Topic" from July 15.
    It seems all first generation (pre-V6) MKlV Tuxes were column shifted and had only four color choices, along with several other unique features. When the Dauntless was introduced for the '66 model year, the newer Tux literature stated there were five new colors, and cane shifters became standard for the V6. There were still F-134 Tuxes after the introduction of the V6, but they are reletively few. One member on this forum has a 4 cyl '67 Tux. I have never verified whether the column shift was continued for the '66-newer 4 cyl Tuxes.
    I do have a copy of the parts list of unique Tux parts.
    -Donny
     
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