1974 paint code question
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Drifting
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From: Lake Arrowhead - Georgia > 72 Base Coupe & 74 BB Roadster
1974 paint code question
Looking at a 74 Roadster...seller says trim plate on door jam says...
chevrolet I19 ?????
trim 407 ?????
14L paint ????
This is a silver body with silver leather.....I agree...except for the paint code makes no sense according to my book...
Any knowledge of 14L ???
Thanks for any guidance...I will look at the car in a day or two.
chevrolet I19 ?????
trim 407 ?????
14L paint ????
This is a silver body with silver leather.....I agree...except for the paint code makes no sense according to my book...
Any knowledge of 14L ???
Thanks for any guidance...I will look at the car in a day or two.
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Originally Posted by fotyfobravo
chevrolet I19 ?????
trim 407 ?????
14L paint ????
trim 407 ?????
14L paint ????
407 = silver leather
14L = silver mist. The "L" is nothing, was standard Chevy language for "L"ower and "U"pper when doing a two-tone. Single paint colors used the L only.
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He must of missed the 9, or it got missed during stamping, should read 914L. The 914 is Silver Mist Metallic, the L is for Lacquer. My 74 read 980L Orange metallic Lacquer. 407 is right for int. silver leather, and the I19 tells the month and day trim tag was installed on body,the letter A was assigned to the fist month of prodution which was August 1973 for 1974 models the letter B for the second month and so on...
This info is from my 1968-1982 restoration guide hope it helps
Cole
This info is from my 1968-1982 restoration guide hope it helps
Cole
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Paint codes were changed in 1974 from the 9xx format to the xxL format, even though Chevrolet documentation continued to use the 9xx format until 1975.
The early editions of The Corvette Black Book used the 9xx format. They have since changed to the xxL format (actually just xx).
As indicated earlier, the L stands for Lower, which was the designation for single color cars. Two tone cars would have two paint codes, a Lower (L) and an Upper (U) code.
The early editions of The Corvette Black Book used the 9xx format. They have since changed to the xxL format (actually just xx).
As indicated earlier, the L stands for Lower, which was the designation for single color cars. Two tone cars would have two paint codes, a Lower (L) and an Upper (U) code.
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Originally Posted by emccomas
As indicated earlier, the L stands for Lower, which was the designation for single color cars. Two tone cars would have two paint codes, a Lower (L) and an Upper (U) code.
Lots of people mistakenly assume that L=lacquer and U=urethane.
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