Where can I find paint and upholstery codes for my 1981 t-top? There is nothing on door edges or jambs and nothing I can find under the hood.

The paint is a dark blue and the interior is fairly dark blue cloth. Thanks for the help.

 

On my 71 there is a trim tag on the driver side door post. Not sure if its the same for a 81.

 

As I mentioned there are none of the usual labels anywhere. No tire pressures, no id codes, no nothing.

 

You should have a "Trim Tag", riveted to the drivers side forward door jam, just above the top hinge. The trim tag, is the only thing GM attached to the car, to identify the paint and interior colors.

There was originally a build sheet, glued to the top of the gas tank. The tank sticker will list the original colors also. You can peak in through the fuel filler hole in your rear deck, to see if it's still there. Pull the fuel filler rubber boot out of the way, and look around the top of the tank, with a flashlight. If it is still there, you'll be able to see it, but probably not read it. To read or remove it, you'll have to drop the tank, but at least you'll know where to access the info.

There is one other possible way to identify the original colors, of your car. If your 81 was built at the Bowling Green KY plant, you can buy a copy of your car's window sticker and build sheet, through the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. To determine where your car was built, check the VIN. If the eleventh digit of your VIN, is a "5", then you have a Bowling Green car, and can get your window sticker. An "S", as the eleventh digit, indicates that your car was built in St. Louis, and the information is not available from GM.

Below is a Bowling Green trim tag. The information on a St. Louis trim tag has a slightly different appearance, but the tag and it's location, are the same.

 

Is this a great forum or what! The plate is there and the trim is 29C and paint is 28L.

Couldn't see a build sheet but didn't want to mess with the rubber around the filler cap. The plant code is S so it was built in St Louis.

Thanks for this help. I'm to do some restoration and colors are key.

 

Your in good shape then, because 29C is dark blue cloth, and 28L is dark blue metallic paint.

 

Thanks, you can see the car in the avatar. Evidently blue cloth isn't available any more but the leather looks better according to Al Knoch.

 

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