What Color is Your 3rd Gen SHO

[stephen newberg]

LOL. I too have a '98, and so far as I can tell, it is just plain old black also.

Though I have not checked, I suspect all of the various names representing black are pretty much the same color except for marketting.

pax, smn

 

[SHOGrabber]

I have a 98 that is just plain old black
Tony

Is that because you live in plainfield!

 

[SHOGrabber]

Oh and I just noticed! Welcome to the board and club Tony!

 

[shonutv8]

Thanks Willie,Italked to you last year at the convention in wisconsin,Iam the guy that has the black gen iii that kick butt on all gen III last year.I have been a sho owner for many years, I just do not post very much.
93 atx/midnight blue
98 black/tan/too many mods to list
Tony

 

[Red Baron]

I use to have a 98 Silver Frost....I miss that car...

 

[venom]

Yep, TG is missing...

I selected "charcoal grey" which the color is really called "medium graphite" but I won't go into that here.

Wife's car is a Tropical Green, that would make two of them. Kinda nice owning two of the more rare colors. Now if I could just add an elusive Rose mist to our stable....

Scott

 

[Funmart6]

Saw a Rose Mist Gen3 SHO down around Gulf Shores Alabama last week when I was on vacation.

 

[SHOGrabber]

Thanks Willie,Italked to you last year at the convention in wisconsin,Iam the guy that has the black gen iii that kick butt on all gen III last year.I have been a sho owner for many years, I just do not post very much.
93 atx/midnight blue
98 black/tan/too many mods to list
Tony

O.K. Do you mean you are Tony Falone? If so, I didn't know from your screen name shonutv8 or just Tony. Anyway, welcome again!

 

[SHOZ123]

........Iam the guy that has the black gen iii that kick butt on all gen III last year.

Only because I wasn't there...... :****:

Just kidding, good to see you're here Tony.

 

[SHOGrabber]

Quote:
Originally Posted by shonutv8
........Iam the guy that has the black gen iii that kick butt on all gen III last year.



Only because I wasn't there......

O.K. Well I will see what I can do about that next year at Indy!

 

[98shotoy]

O.K. Well I will see what I can do about that next year at Indy!

I second that!!!! I think that would be a good place to have my 1 year anniversery and get to the convention. Sounds good to me!!!

 

[SHOGrabber]

Check this out. I done this back on 2-15-04 from the people that was on the V8 mailing list that responded. I took all the responces from the members for about week or a little more before the 15th and then put it together. Some people on here may remember. Anyway the years should be right over top of where the #'s and x's are to indicate the years in order. But copying and pasting got it messed up. But I'm sure you will understand it. Just remember these are all Gen III's



SHO COLORS
of list members
that responded


Gen III SHO Exterior Colors 96----97----98----99

CG----Charcoal Gray Clearcoat Metallic__________2______XXX______XXX_____XXX

SF-----Silver Frost Clearcoat Metallic____________2_______5________2_______4

TR-----Toreador Red Clearcoat Metallic___________5______11_______4________6

RM----Rose Mist Clearcoat Metallic_____________3______XXX______XXX_____XXX

VW----Vibrant White Clearcoat________________XXX______6_______2________5

ES-----Ebony Satin Clearcoat__________________4_______17______XXX_____XXX

B-------Black Clearcoat_______________________XXX_____XXX_______6_______9

MWG-Medium Willow Green Clearcoat Metallic____3______XXX_____XXX_____XXX

PG-----Pacific Green Clearcoat Metallic_________XXX_______6_______0______XXX

TG-----Tropical Green Clearcoat Metallic_________XXX_____XXX______XXX_______1

There is one odd ball
VP----Violet Pearl Clearcoat(Repainted from Ebony Satin)___1_______XXX_____XXX

***=Not Available



104--SHO's on this list

94----Members responded

2-----Members have 1-1/2 SHO's

4-----Members have 2 SHO's

2-----Members have 3 SHO's


Common Colors To Least Common Colors On List

TR= 26
ES= 21
B= 15
SF= 13
VW= 13
PG= 6
RM= 3
MWG= 3
CG= 2
TG= 1

VP= 1


Respectfully Submitted
Willie Orpurt
Lima,OH
99 SF
94 OF

 

[Funmart6]

LOL. I too have a '98, and so far as I can tell, it is just plain old black also.

Though I have not checked, I suspect all of the various names representing black are pretty much the same color except for marketting.

pax, smn

I think the blacks were actually different because my '97 "Black Satin Clearcoat" has a metallic look to it.

 

[SHOGrabber]

I think the blacks were actually different because my '97 "Black Satin Clearcoat" has a metallic look to it.

I believe you are right and I agree with you on how it looks. If there was no difference, then Ford would never have changed the name.

 

[BodylessSHO]

Sorry for being naive, but what the **** is the difference between black satin, and ebony satin?

 

[SHOGrabber]

For one thing, there is no Black Satin. It's just Black Clearcoat which is what your "98" is. Now the Ebony Satin Clearcoat is as Funmart6 described it. It has a metalic look to it. I know he said Black Satin Clearcoat, but it is Ebony. Yours being just Black Clearcoat, it is just plain black when you look at it. Look at my post futher up for the colors. You will see the Ebony was offered in "96"-"97" and Black in "98"-"99".

 

[Funmart6]

Never thought a freakin' color would be so hard to identify. According to the '97 sales brochure, which can be found at V8SHO.com, the color "Ebony Satin" was not offered in 1997, however, "Black Satin Clearcoat Metallic" was. Check out the post from "FAST4SHO" on page one of this thread.
I guess to be exactly sure what color black we all have, we could check the codes on the vin plate right?

 

[SHOGrabber]

I looked and understand what your sayin. But we all know that the sales brochure are printed way early and are far from being the bibles on the cars. Check this one out.

http://www.v8sho.com/SHO/paintcodes.htm

 

[Funmart6]

Okay, so my car is a '97 model and is black metallic, so is that "Ebony Satin", or "Black Satin Metallic Clearcoat" (what a long name)? So I guess the '98 and '99 models that are black, are just a solid black and not a metallic black? Must've been a cost cutting move by Ford huh?

 

[stephen newberg]

I could easily be wrong on this, but it has become my impression that when we strip off all the marketting titles and such, we end up with 2 forms of black used in the Gen III SHOs. Both are clearcoats, since that is pretty much the norm. One has under that a solid black and the other has under it a black with metal flake. I doubt that there is any huge cost differential involved, but suspect that there might have been complaints that the metal flake did not always look 'black', particularly to somewhat older owners, who were more the target market for the Gen III SHO, hence the shift away from it to a more standard solid black.

pax, smn