Yellow ?
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Heel & Toe
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From: Elgin Illinois
Yellow ?
I was thinking of painting my 64-Yellow and noticed that the 65 yellow has a different color code then the 66 / 67. Where they different colors, I always thought 65 thru 67 was the same color yellow. Anyone with pics would help Thanks 
Burning Brakes
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The 66-67 was called sunflower yellow, the 65 was a different yellow, I can't remember the name but it is a very pale yellow, not to affend anyone but it looks like a tennis ball that's been setting in the sun for a long time. 66-67 is a little more yellow with some green in it. Maybe some else can better describe the color diffs. to you. I painted my 65 the 66-67 color and I receive all kinds complements on it. Along with the black trim it really shows off.
Send me your e-mail address and I'll send you a photo.
Dennis
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Dennis
Melting Slicks
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From: Park City to SoCal - according to the map it's all down hill. No bad days in Indian Wells, California
and there was no yellow offered in 64...... but you couldn't tell that by looking at my car.
Was not my first choice of colors becasue it's neither Goodwood Gold or Sunflower yellow. Came to me that way and yeah it's more like the tennis ball color.
Was not my first choice of colors becasue it's neither Goodwood Gold or Sunflower yellow. Came to me that way and yeah it's more like the tennis ball color.
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Not to start an argument but I can't tell any difference. I always remembered the 66 - 67 yellow cars as also being a fairly pale yellow too - which attracted me to the color. Who can tell about repaints but I had a very good paint shop formulate my Sunfire Yellow DuPont Lacquer in the early 90's based on the current DuPont conversions at the time (take out some of the bad old lead, etc) and it came out exactly as I anticipated and similar to other 66/67 yelllow cars I had seen or remembered. It's hard to judge from photos but I can"t tell the color of mine apart from the photos of 65 cars above. I would say the photo by StingrayL76 appears the most disimilar - and palest yellow. I've seen a couple of the newer urethane system, greenish-orangish-yellow Sunfire repaints and I don't think they are close to original at all. I suspect that if there is a formula difference between the 65 and 66 yellow, a lot of 65 cars have ended up getting painted back with something closier to the 66/67 yellow over the years.
Dan
Dan
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Melting Slicks
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When I was restoring my 65, I was having trouble decding what color to paint it. Originally a silver coupe, it had been repainted twice...metalflake turquoise and then a dull bronze. I didn't care for silver and although I do like red, there were already enough red ones around. I like yellow but not the pale yellows on mid-years. The year was 1978 and the vette yellow for that year was BRIGHT! So that solved my dilemma!
Le Mans Master
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When I was restoring my 65, I was having trouble decding what color to paint it. Originally a silver coupe, it had been repainted twice...metalflake turquoise and then a dull bronze. I didn't care for silver and although I do like red, there were already enough red ones around. I like yellow but not the pale yellows on mid-years. The year was 1978 and the vette yellow for that year was BRIGHT! So that solved my dilemma!
Le Mans Master
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From: Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Mo Yellows.
Great timing, I was hoping that this would get addressed. We are all familiar with 65-66 Goldwood Yellow and 67 Sunfire Yellow but my old 1963-1967 Corvette Fact Book by M.F. Dobbins lists for 1965 a Crocus Yellow available with only black or (yikes !) green interior (very British). I have never seen this color or have even heard mention of it. Considering the green interior color combo it must have a noticeable green tint to it. Anyone out there know about this or better yet, have any photos ?
Instructor
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The only yellow offered for Corvettes in '65 was Goldwood Yellow, and it was only in '65. Sunfire Yellow was offered in '66 - '67.
Chevrolet offered Crocus Yellow from the mid '50's to maybe '70, but it was never offered for Corvettes. Nick
Chevrolet offered Crocus Yellow from the mid '50's to maybe '70, but it was never offered for Corvettes. Nick
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My 66 goes in for paint next week....Back to original color....Sunfire Yellow...PPG paint....cannot wait to get some color back on her...i've had this car since 1976....modified it...stripped the paint...flared the fenders...put it all back together and now the body is as straight as my (you know what on a friday night)
This car has not seen the road since 1978 and was in pretty rough shape...now i"ve spent the kids college $$$$, (so what else is new)?...
jack
This car has not seen the road since 1978 and was in pretty rough shape...now i"ve spent the kids college $$$$, (so what else is new)?...jack
Safety Car
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No offense to any yellow vette owners, but IMHO the only nice yellow is Millenium Yellow and it's the only color that I would own in a C5. But even the worst color (and I'm not saying that yellow is the worst color) looks good on a mid-year.
Burning Brakes
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From: Corona CA
I just had my 65 repainted Goldwood. It was an original Goldwood car and still had mostly original paint on it. It was so faded by the CA sun (I had people think it was white at first) that it was hard to really know if the repaint was close to original or not. I will say the Faded Tennis ball description is about the best I have heard. The places that were less faded (under the antenna and door handles) did have that slightly green cast to the yellow just like the tennis ball, as does the new paint. I was not sure I really liked it, once I saw the car in the paint booth it started growing on me and as I get the chrome back on it is looking better and better. One thing is you need to see it in the sun. Under florescent lights it looses alot...in fact I think it looses everything and becomes pretty sickly green but in the sun....very nice.
I have the paint mixing codes for BC/CC in the Sherwin Williams Ultra 7000 paint system if you want them. Be forewarned they used to have a code for 65 Goldwood but it was not even close IMHO, very green and too dark. Of note too is this is a pale color and you need to be sure you get full coverage on the base as I have found a thin spot or two (after the clear of course) and then the color of the primer really changes things.
I have the paint mixing codes for BC/CC in the Sherwin Williams Ultra 7000 paint system if you want them. Be forewarned they used to have a code for 65 Goldwood but it was not even close IMHO, very green and too dark. Of note too is this is a pale color and you need to be sure you get full coverage on the base as I have found a thin spot or two (after the clear of course) and then the color of the primer really changes things.
