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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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I would love to see some pics of some orange vettes, since I was thinking sometime down the road of getting mine painted maybe a burnt orange color, with some black powdercoated wheels. Show some pics if you got em
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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Here are a few from random sites.



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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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couple of pics of my burnt orange 81. sure miss that car



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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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Man!!...that 81 is nice!
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 09:33 PM
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Here is some Orange Crush.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1559913839
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 11:11 PM
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Man!!...that 81 is nice!
Larry
thanks, it was a limited edition PT cruiser color, it had some pearl in it. I had tons of compliments on that paint
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 11:59 PM
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Here's my 71 in the factory ontario orange.

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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by RequiemNightmare
I would love to see some pics of some orange vettes, since I was thinking sometime down the road of getting mine painted maybe a burnt orange color, with some black powdercoated wheels. Show some pics if you got em
Was thinking the same color scheme, but decided it might look a little too "Halloween-ish". I am thinking Atomic Orange with white stripes!! Pix this summer I hope!
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69 Monaco Orange. Also called Hugger Orange.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 02:17 AM
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Here is my 73.




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Man!!...that 81 is nice!
Larry
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Here's mine!



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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 09:57 AM
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71 Ontario Orange


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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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May I add that ONLY a C3 body can pull off an orange like it does
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Here is my 74 the day it was put back togeatehr from being painted.
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77 Corvette Orange

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One more of my favorite Orange vettes.

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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:32 PM
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Hi, just checking in with "GLORY DAYS" my Code 66 Corvette Orange 4spd. It's sporting 80% of it"s original paint. Just click on my avatar, and expand my pics.
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Hi, just checking in with " GLORY DAYS" mt 77 4 spd. Click on my avatar to see an additional pic
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