Painted 2021 Bronco Body Frames Captured! Mystery / New Color Spotted

[That_Hal]

Man maybe that is one of the surprises! Maybe good has been getting all these balls so blue and boom... The sweetest release.

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[Deleted member 3063]

Just for reference, I worked in a modern Ford paint shop during 3 new model launches.

I would be very surprised if any of these bodies escape the crusher. Obviously pre production units used for paint shop programing and tryout. Second photo sure looks like bare e-coat to me.

Some of these are likely wearing a colored primer, a process that most makers use. Different colored primers based on finish color.

Process simplified -
Body wash
e-coat, bake
e-coat sand and scuff
prime, bake
prime sand and scuff
top coat, bake
top coat inspection and any needed repair

Bodies then go into surge buffer conveyors and are routed to assembly depending on complexity. Not out to sit in the weather.

 

[zaki]

Could that be just bare metal?

Dude!!?

Dude you’re hereby not invited to my birthday party !!!!???

 

[BroncOcotillo]

Hoping for a green but that one in the back might just have a base coat for the “tricoat” cyber orange. First of the 3 coats to create the end color.

 

[Moze]

Because they're both so muted and variable. "One of the slightly color-tinted grays", IMO. Sometimes A51 looks like a great light blue. Other times, just gray. CG, the same with green.

Almost 10% of men are colorblind - usually mildly and usually red/green. So, desaturated or subtle greens are hard to see. Both CG and A51 are a gray base with green-blue and blue-green tones (respectively) - which is pretty hard for someone with even a slight color deficiency to see. So, if you aren't sure: light/pale = it's Cactus Gray and mid to dark = it's Area 51.

 

[Zero_chance]

Pics by Dennis C.

Area 51

new color?

I would wager more that those are unpainted versus a mystery color at this point.

 

[jaruss01]

AMB second from the white? Or is that black?

...or AMB fifth from the right? or is that Area 51?

 

[Shane]

Perhaps we can order one in a primer finish instead...

 

[BroncBro]

Man maybe that is one of the surprises! Maybe good has been getting all these balls so blue and boom... The sweetest release.

 

[tshaw2009]

After some investigating, I believe I was able to narrow down the approximate location of these Bronco bodies based on where the light is hitting the Area 51 Bronco and its position relative to the blue water tower. Here is a satellite image of the Wayne Assembly Plant where I have marked where I believe these Bronco bodies are sitting. See if you can find something I did not.

 

[MrJoe]

Well... That was fun while it lasted

 

[GiddyUp]

If only I had this "upgrade" to see it better ...

 

[ScalinoFever]

After some investigating, I believe I was able to narrow down the approximate location of these Bronco bodies based on where the light is hitting the Area 51 Bronco and its position relative to the blue water tower. Here is a satellite image of the Wayne Assembly Plant where I have marked where I believe these Bronco bodies are sitting. See if you can find something I did not.

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