vstol

Orange is an option for my car I was wondering if anyone had a C3 painted with any of the three GM oranges
Thanks

vstol

I meant to add C3

nwav8tor

Over on the Corvette-Restoration.com "C3 General" forum, there's a guy named Vito running his thread "1972 BB Convertible in Atomic Orange Color".

Go over there and give him a shout, he's a helpful guy and there are pictures of his car on the thread.
Paul

vstol

Found it thanks

Garys 68

Kept the corvette black, but kinda tempted to repaint to match the atomic orange 72 Olds.

Black & Tan

Search for brent319 - he has an inferno orange 76. Also very helpful and lots of pics of his car posted.

72LS1Vette

Atomic Orange is a great color. I have seen a C3 painted Ontario Orange basecoat/clearcoat rather than the original single stage and it is stunning.

When we first saw the 72 it was a cloudy/snowy day and the paint looked really dull. My original thought was "get used to it" but later when I saw the color in the sun I understood Ontario Orange.



Rick B.

AF_Vette

Hey Paul---Should be done within weeks...been saying that for years

vstol

I will have the owens corning stripe but not the hammer head like the orange Blackwell car

brent319

Hey, thanks for the shout out.
I love the color in person and this is my favorite shot of it (it is probably my avatar)


The only draw back is that in photos (like above) it does not show up as orange, but rather a dull red. This is a rare photo that I took at a buddy's shop that my camera phone caught some of the orange. This is more what it looks like in person in the sunlight.



I am hoping to try it with a better camera and see if the color shows up. If summer ever gets here that is.

Richard454

Here it is last summer...really got to see it in person!!!


DSCN4305 by richardhayes454, on Flickr

DSCN4304 by richardhayes454, on Flickr

vstol

Very nice and that is inferno orange?

brent319

Sorry. Yes; Inferno orange.

vstol

Thanks and that is a very good looking ride. I wonder what color the "Owens Corning Stripe" would go best, black, silver or white.

brent319

I had originally planned on a stripe on mine and even bought the charcoal gray metalic for it. I did not get it done, but I thought the combo would have been really sharp.

Brandons72vette

Here is my '72 in Ontario Orange, which is close to Atomic.

7T1vette

Ontario Orange with a fine gold metallic in it is a stunning color. I've seen a couple of them. And in the sunlight they are terrific. Not as flashy as Atomic or Inferno orange....but still really good and an almost-stock color.

vstol

Looks great thanks, what year did atomic orange come out

Brandons72vette

I want to say it came it out in 1999 and were painted on a few GM trucks. Then it showed back up in 2005/2006 on select GM cars such as the Aveo, Corvette, Avalanche, Silverado, etc.

I could be wrong, but that is what I am thinking. Ontario Orange has slightly less flake in it than atomic and is just a shade darker, but they are very close.











Frame off restoration on a 2005 Chevy Avalanche. I swapped the frames as the truck was flooded. The owner had sentimental value in the truck, and was well aware that he could have just bought another one and been done with it. But it is Atomic Orange.

Brandons72vette

Check this out!


https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-orange-2.html