Carolina Blue

x33rs · #1 08-01-2020, 10:27 PM

Thanks for the link. Seems there are quite a few people that can't agree on what Carolina Blue looks like and quite a few paint codes thrown around.
I'll have to research some of those codes and see if I can come up with a match.

For the record, that 70 Chevelle in that thread is the "exact" same shade of blue on my 72 Chevelle. I have - - for a paint code, I've always known it to be a special order paint car (bought it when it was 15 years old), just never cared what it might of been till now.

I've found several areas of nicely preserved original paint that is not faded (under the original door jamb stickers for instance)
That is definitely the correct shade of Carolina Blue. Mine was sold new in Winston Salem, NC at Modern Chevrolet.

I just really prefer to not go through a custom color match deal with the paint store and would rather present a code that will get them there.

**John Brown** · #2 08-01-2020, 11:00 PM

FWIW....

paintref.com/colorcodedisplay.cgi?color=Carolina Blue

**John Brown** · #3 08-01-2020, 11:03 PM

And....

paintref.com/cgi-bin/year=1969 model=Chevelle

x33rs · #4 08-01-2020, 11:09 PM

That second link might be what I needed, thanks John.

I see Carolina Blue listed with the old Dupont number 926-98371

That's the same code found on the buildsheet of the 70 Chevelle that rlw68 linked to. Just so happens I have a big picture of that car I can blow up and it visually appears exactly like the blue on my 72. So I'm pretty confident that is the shade I need, and I should be able to cross over that old Dupont number.

**Charley Lillard** · #5 08-02-2020, 01:20 AM

Found it.

x33rs · #6 08-02-2020, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Charley Lillard

Found it.

Thanks Charley. That's the Dupont paint code written on your build sheet I think I'll try to use since the color of that car looks identical to mine.

What do you think the A.L. means??

x33rs · #7 08-02-2020, 03:07 AM

And thanks Mr. Stewart for the pictures. You always seem to dig that stuff up.
The picture of the 69 Camaro and that 70 Chevelle look spot on. The blue I can see on mine is such a light blue I almost mistook it for a primer, almost a robin egg shell blue. The Pontiac looks to be a shade darker.

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