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I don't even have the car yet, but I'm thinking about what to paint it. It is the Silver Anniversary two-tone edition with the white oyster interior. I think that these are a dime a dozen.
It's a numbers matching 4 speed car and I don't know if I should paint it that way and keep the interior as original, or make the interior black and paint the car one solid color.
I'm leaning the latter. Paint it whatever color and get a new black leather interior.
I don't even have the car yet, but I'm thinking about what to paint it. It is the Silver Anniversary two-tone edition with the white oyster interior. I think that these are a dime a dozen.
It's a numbers matching 4 speed car and I don't know if I should paint it that way and keep the interior as original, or make the interior black and paint the car one solid color.
I'm leaning the latter. Paint it whatever color and get a new black leather interior.
What do you guys think?
Your car will tell you what it needs and it'll probably be stuff you hadn't thought of. Only had mine since last November and very few of my original ideas worked out the way I thought they would. It has been a lot of fun though.
For example today I'm going to lay on my back in 100 degree heat and give myself a power steering fluid facial
When you get the car open the driver's door and look at the trim tag. Post a pic. The top line will tell you when the trim tag was attached to the car on the assembly line (some use this as a build date) and the next line will tell you what the original exterior color was when it left the factory and what interior was in there. Since you are not the original owner there might have been some changes.
I don't even have the car yet, but I'm thinking about what to paint it. It is the Silver Anniversary two-tone edition with the white oyster interior. I think that these are a dime a dozen.
What do you guys think?
Its not really "a dime a dozen" with the 4-Speed. Just out of curiosity, why not just buy one in the color combination you want and save yourself the cost and hassle?
save the hasslee...interiors on those cars can get warm and black will make it worse
If the car was originally silver/oyster/4spdthey are not a dime a dozen and actually super desirable if you had 1st gen camaros you know what were really saying here; topped with a 4spd you got a nice car
Im not a "keep it original" guy but wiht that particular one yes
Black looks good but every old car it seems has a black interior
Think of that vette as a marina blue ss 4 spd Camaro;wish I had a few extra dollars Id buy it love that combo
I wouldn't say the two-tone paint is a dime a dozen, however, it was the most numerous for 78. One third of all Corvettes made in 78 were the two-tone anniversary scheme. Some people will tell you the two-tone paint makes it "rare" or more valuable. That is simply not true. As stated previously, do what you want to do with it. If your intent is to make it a show car, then keep it original (IMHO). If you want to drive it and have fun, follow your dream and do with it what you want. At the end of the day it's what you think you should do, and not what other people think you should do.
When you get the car open the driver's door and look at the trim tag. Post a pic. The top line will tell you when the trim tag was attached to the car on the assembly line (some use this as a build date) and the next line will tell you what the original exterior color was when it left the factory and what interior was in there. Since you are not the original owner there might have been some changes.
That was the first thing I did. It is originally a Silver Anniversary two-tone car with Oyster leather interior.
Its not really "a dime a dozen" with the 4-Speed. Just out of curiosity, why not just buy one in the color combination you want and save yourself the cost and hassle?
save the hasslee...interiors on those cars can get warm and black will make it worse
If the car was originally silver/oyster/4spdthey are not a dime a dozen and actually super desirable if you had 1st gen camaros you know what were really saying here; topped with a 4spd you got a nice car
Im not a "keep it original" guy but wiht that particular one yes
Black looks good but every old car it seems has a black interior
Think of that vette as a marina blue ss 4 spd Camaro;wish I had a few extra dollars Id buy it love that combo
Like I said, this is my first Bette. I've looked at a lot of pictures and it seems like a common color combo. Maybe the oyster leather and 4 speed could make it a more special edition.
I wouldn't say the two-tone paint is a dime a dozen, however, it was the most numerous for 78. One third of all Corvettes made in 78 were the two-tone anniversary scheme. Some people will tell you the two-tone paint makes it "rare" or more valuable. That is simply not true. As stated previously, do what you want to do with it. If your intent is to make it a show car, then keep it original (IMHO). If you want to drive it and have fun, follow your dream and do with it what you want. At the end of the day it's what you think you should do, and not what other people think you should do.
Agreed, but as a "former" Camaro guy, if someone asked me if I thought that it was a good idea to turn a '67 RS/SS into a drag car, I'd tell them what I knew about the car. It still the owners decision of course, but a little information is very helpful.
I have the same car L82 4 spd. The Silver Anniversary Paint was designed by Bill Mitchell. He choose the specific colors and laid out the stripes, etc. He recommended the Oyster Interior but black and red were also available.
For my purposes, I love it. the silver/charcoal combo looks more like a grown up car and is presentable in any situation. I've been to everything from beach parties to business meetings to funerals all without feeling out of place. It's easy to keep clean too!
Bill Mitchell was right...the Oyster interior goes great with the exterior. Neither compete with each other.
Its not really "a dime a dozen" with the 4-Speed. Just out of curiosity, why not just buy one in the color combination you want and save yourself the cost and hassle?
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