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Old 12-29-2006, 02:53 AM
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Painting my car is a long ways off, but I love toying around with Ideas. So far its between the original metallic yellow, 2006 corvette lemans blue, and today I got to thinking about my dads old 67 which was elkhart. That might look cool on my 73 with its black radial tires, black interior, and black grils. Anyone painted their 73 elkhart blue??
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Originally Posted by James B
Painting my car is a long ways off, but I love toying around with Ideas. So far its between the original metallic yellow, 2006 corvette lemans blue, and today I got to thinking about my dads old 67 which was elkhart. That might look cool on my 73 with its black radial tires, black interior, and black grils. Anyone painted their 73 elkhart blue??
my 72 was elkhart green . i didn't know they made elkhart blue vettes
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Absolutely the worst possible color. With all that black it should be painted black.


Just kidding. Blue would be fine if thats what you like.
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Can't picture Elkhart Blue...,is it like LeMans Blue?
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I think it is a one year only color for 1967. Here are some pictures I found on the internet


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elkart blue looks great on my dads 67. I love the color. you just dont see too many that color. I think it would look good in that color.


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I think it will be a real nice change,,, I'd go for it. Maybe someone could photoshop it for ya. Peace,,,Moosie

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I always liked the color on a 67 with black stinger hood. I think that it would also look good on a C3.
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That silver-blue would look great on a C3. Also, check out the C4 Admiral Blue for a darker blue color. I saw an AdBlue C3 at Bloomington Gold last year and it was fantastic looking.
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I think it would work on a C3. Especially on a '68 to '73 model.
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Looks good on the mid years especially the 67s with the Black stinger, but it is too light imho for a C3.
The darker LeMans/Mulsanne would look much better.

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