CAROLINA BLUE PAINT CODE?????

[John Brown]

Look like this?

http://www.myperfectcolor.com/en/col...3-Potomac-Blue

[Kurt S]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mtb</div><div class="ubbcode-body">NO such color listed for Pontiac, Buick, or any other GM car...special order only, NC/SC only. Believe what you want, it was not a standard color and the data plate. </div></div>

I'm not following. Any dealer could special order any color. Denver dealers and others in SD and CA also ordered this shade of blue.
There was no production Chevrolet color this shade of blue so dealers often ordered paint colors from other GM lines (though they weren't limited to just those colors). Different Carolina dealers could and did order different shades of Carolina Blue - 63 Wedgewood blue &amp; 69 Azure Blue come to mind. Real GM colors that were actually used.
I bet the zone provided some guidance on color choice. Most I have seen are the shades shown in this thread.

[firstgenaddict]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kurt S</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mtb</div><div class="ubbcode-body">NO such color listed for Pontiac, Buick, or any other GM car...special order only, NC/SC only. Believe what you want, it was not a standard color and the data plate. </div></div>

I'm not following. Any dealer could special order any color. Denver dealers and others in SD and CA also ordered this shade of blue.
There was no production Chevrolet color this shade of blue so dealers often ordered paint colors from other GM lines (though they weren't limited to just those colors). Different Carolina dealers could and did order different shades of Carolina Blue - 63 Wedgewood blue &amp; 69 Azure Blue come to mind. Real GM colors that were actually used.
I bet the zone provided some guidance on color choice. Most I have seen are the shades shown in this thread. </div></div>

If I am not mistaken the Light Blue Z28 JL8 car with all the paperwork was ordered through a dealer in Colorado.
With the exception of something having been pre-arranged with the University, I can imagine no reason Central nor Zone office would have cared which dealer wanted what color... they were there to sell cars.

[bigsixman]

The highly optioned Carolina Blue 1969 Camaro Z/28 with the JL-8 was sold through Rapp Chevrolet in Marion, SD. It ended up in Colorado and that may be where the confusion comes in.

[L78M22Rag]

This is original Carolina Blue paint from 1970

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: L78M22Rag</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This is original Carolina Blue paint from 1970

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Hi Helmut

Good example, a picture is worth a thousand posts.

PS: Are you coming East for NOCC?

Ryan

[mtb]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: L78M22Rag</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This is original Carolina Blue paint from 1970

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Was this car sold in either NC or SC? If not, it is not Caroling Blue. Just as theFord guys think every PINK Mustang they see a a PLAYBOY PINK car, it isn't. The 30+ C/B Chevys I knew of in Burlington in 66-68 were a richer blue, but if this is the original paint it could have faded.

According to paintref.com no paint code 71 existed for a 1970 Chevy....

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Here is one having fun in the sun. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[L78M22Rag]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mtb</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: L78M22Rag</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This is original Carolina Blue paint from 1970

</div></div>

Was this car sold in either NC or SC? If not, it is not Caroling Blue. Just as theFord guys think every PINK Mustang they see a a PLAYBOY PINK car, it isn't. The 30+ C/B Chevys I knew of in Burlington in 66-68 were a richer blue, but if this is the original paint it could have faded.

According to paintref.com no paint code 71 existed for a 1970 Chevy.... </div></div>

Yes, it was sold at Alamance Motors in North Carolina.

[mtb]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: L78M22Rag</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mtb</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: L78M22Rag</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This is original Carolina Blue paint from 1970

</div></div>

Was this car sold in either NC or SC? If not, it is not Caroling Blue. Just as theFord guys think every PINK Mustang they see a a PLAYBOY PINK car, it isn't. The 30+ C/B Chevys I knew of in Burlington in 66-68 were a richer blue, but if this is the original paint it could have faded.

According to paintref.com no paint code 71 existed for a 1970 Chevy.... </div></div>

Yes, it was sold at Alamance Motors in North Carolina. </div></div>

Do you know who the original owner was? I was stationed in Norfolk, Va. that year and had my 66 396/375 and got down home to Burlington every month or so. I betting I most likely know the person who bought it new. I still stay in touch with some guys there and if you have the original owners name and they are still around I'll put him onto this site.