Best Color for C3?
Safety Car
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From: Concord VA, U.S.A.
St. Jude Donor '05 thru '26
My '80 was originally silver too. I had it painted black 7 years ago and I haven't regetted it. The car can be hot in the summer though, especially with black interior, and hard to keep clean but it does look GOOD when clean. I don't think you can go wrong with most any color as long as it's what you like and C3s are just plain 
anyway.
anyway.
Team Owner
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From: Smile, it's just the internet.
Originally Posted by Rock'n Old
I am going to repaint my -69, this winter, and I have wondered why I have never seen a 2-colored C3?
So I used PhotoShop to try out some, to see how it looked.
Or is it a no-no rule against this.
Any way, I think it looks quite nice.
What do you think?
Rock'n Old
So I used PhotoShop to try out some, to see how it looked.
Or is it a no-no rule against this.
Any way, I think it looks quite nice.
What do you think?
Rock'n Old
Racer
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 287
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From: Baton Rouge Louisiana
Originally Posted by Rock'n Old
I am going to repaint my -69, this winter, and I have wondered why I have never seen a 2-colored C3?
So I used PhotoShop to try out some, to see how it looked.
Or is it a no-no rule against this.
Any way, I think it looks quite nice.
What do you think?
Rock'n Old
So I used PhotoShop to try out some, to see how it looked.
Or is it a no-no rule against this.
Any way, I think it looks quite nice.
What do you think?
Rock'n Old
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Racer
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From: Location: at the right hand of Satan in Hell
Black - see my photos for proof that it is the best.
By the way, my interior is slowly becoming black also.
The car used to be red & I was sick of being cliche and hearing the phrase "just like in the prince song."
By the way, my interior is slowly becoming black also.
The car used to be red & I was sick of being cliche and hearing the phrase "just like in the prince song."
Racer
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From: River Bend NC
Originally Posted by Biker
I recommend dark blue metallic paint. I saw the color on a late model impala recently and it looked great in the sun. It's similar to the color of the bike in my avatar.
Melting Slicks
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From: Folsom Ca
Originally Posted by Mark G
I'm in the process of restoring my 81 shark. It's stripped now but was red when I got it, original color was silver. I think yellow would look cool (maybe like the deep yellow GM uses on the new cars) ..but then silver or red would look good too, I guess. The interior is black so I can go with about any color. I've got some time before I need to decide, but I'm up in the air. What colors do you think look particularly good on C3's?
And, if you could change the color of your car to any color, what would you make it?
Cheers,
Mark G
And, if you could change the color of your car to any color, what would you make it?
Cheers,
Mark G
Drifting
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From: 68 427 4.11s Roadster
I think special colors such as pearl or kandy that kind of thing and something more than a monchrome single color.
I've got a racing stripe so its 2 toned.
But what colors do vettes look good in you ask?
Black white red yellow green blue purple orange but not gray or silver, which is just gray.
Why not gray? I hate gray I had a silver, read gray, vette when I was in the navvy and I hate gray.
Gray this gray that everything was gray. Gray sucks.
Grey is a dead ugly unemotional color if it can even be called a color. Its a wanna be white or black. It just looks like the paints dirty. It don't even know how it wants to be spelled!
It looks like a cloudy day. Who wants to drive a cloudy day?
Did I mention my dislike for grey
I've got a racing stripe so its 2 toned.
But what colors do vettes look good in you ask?
Black white red yellow green blue purple orange but not gray or silver, which is just gray.
Why not gray? I hate gray I had a silver, read gray, vette when I was in the navvy and I hate gray.
Gray this gray that everything was gray. Gray sucks.
Grey is a dead ugly unemotional color if it can even be called a color. Its a wanna be white or black. It just looks like the paints dirty. It don't even know how it wants to be spelled!It looks like a cloudy day. Who wants to drive a cloudy day?
Did I mention my dislike for grey
Melting Slicks
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From: Folsom Ca
Originally Posted by 8T Shark
My car is dark blue right now.Indigo Blue to be exact.I get alot of positive comments on it.The only color I would consider changing it to would be Magnetic Red.Maybe Anniversery Red if they could mix it correctly.
Melting Slicks
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From: Sudbury MA
If you aren't concerned about having it the original color, you might consider Lyndal Blue which was available on the mid year Corvettes and is sort of a steel gray blue. I saw a 67 with that color and it was fabulous. I just painted my 68 LeMans blue as that was what it left the factory with but if it were not for the fact that I was restoring it to original, I would have gone with the Lyndal Blue. Awesome color.
Kurt
Kurt
