Dumb question, need answer
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Absolutely true, making real code 900 black 68-69s, especially roadsters, a premium. Several of the ones I looked at used to be green. Had to travel quite a ways to get a real one.
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did you buy that a resto project? I don't have the vert, but I have full options including the auto in a coupe.
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My Mother worked for a paint company (Spartan)
in the 70's and I tested many auto paints on my pushbike (the Labtechs would strip and paint my frame every couple of months and see how well the paint held up) these were FORD Australia colors
and there was no black,
It was said that black wasn't a "safety color".
The darkest you could get was "Gun Metal" gray
or "Midnite" blue.
My Kawasaki ZX11 '92 motorcycle is "black" but
Kawasaki list it as "ebony" (which is "darker than
black" according to a Kawasaki parts guy
).
Gav
in the 70's and I tested many auto paints on my pushbike (the Labtechs would strip and paint my frame every couple of months and see how well the paint held up) these were FORD Australia colors
and there was no black,
It was said that black wasn't a "safety color".
The darkest you could get was "Gun Metal" gray
or "Midnite" blue.
My Kawasaki ZX11 '92 motorcycle is "black" but
Kawasaki list it as "ebony" (which is "darker than
black" according to a Kawasaki parts guy
).Gav
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I had a good friend who had 3 69s. All black/black, 427/400, coupes. The first 2 were stolen in Laurel, Maryland, but the last they let him keep.
VERY serious looking and acting cars!!!!!
Regards,
Alan
VERY serious looking and acting cars!!!!!
Regards,
Alan
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Cant call it black / huh........??...........
so today at CHEVROLET we call it 41U
that is the paint code to order a car in black
so today at CHEVROLET we call it 41U
that is the paint code to order a car in black
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I wonder if these reported black Vettes had an actual color code or "spec"?
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I thought "spec" usually meant primer. But I guess it could mean anything.
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The handful of custom painted cars from GM in black that are properly documented have to be worth absolutely stupid money.
Kinda like the "there were no production Corvettes produced in 1983, but..."
Kinda like the "there were no production Corvettes produced in 1983, but..."