Need more info but only have VIN

72DMag said
Hi guys. Sorry to bring this thread back but I don't believe the duster is b7 evening blue I thinks its b5 true blue. based on the documentation below it doesn't look like b7 was an option on the plymouth duster. Also, I found the code for the white stripe.

Dealer Brochure with all options for 1972 duster. You will see on the one page the 16 different colors available for a 1972 duster and b7 isn't one of them:
1972 Plymouth Duster | My Classic Garage

White stripe code and options:
The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1972 Plymouth Color & Trim Book - Stripes & Interior

Percentage of cars made based on color. Note that b7 isn't listed here either for 1972:
What is the most desirable exterior paint color?

Let me know what you guys think. Based on this I am certain the car is B5. Just guessing the sun made it look darker possibly.

I think that car is too dark a blue to be B5, that’s what I think. At least in that picture. Now, I will say that B5 has a lot of metallic in it and it can look very different in pictures depending on the light. Same for B7 actually. And the color actually changed year to year, some years B5 was lighter, some darker, same code. But I don’t think that’s B5.

As for the other stuff- the percentages listed in the thread you linked (that I posted from Hamtramk Historical) do not account for all the colors available. They just listed the 15 most popular, and if you add those percentages you get 92.6%. So, 7.4% of those cars were painted something else not listed.

I also don’t think that manual you linked shows all the paint options. I could be wrong, maybe B7 wasn’t available on a Duster in ‘72. But nothing posted so far proves that. Without a fender tag or build sheet it’ll be hard to tell. You could take a paint flake from somewhere on the car that didn’t get UV (under a door panel etc) to a paint shop to match, and then compare the code they come up with to the ‘72 colors. Might not be perfect but it should end up real close to one of those codes.