70 1/2 RS/Z28 Special Paint Order - ebay

[Rowdy Rat]

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The Mopar color mentioned is a surprise too....does anyone know more on this?

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Pete,

There was an article several years ago printed in the Nova Times (NNN club magazine) regarding a 1970 Nova painted the Mopar "Plum Crazy" purple. I remember it being a 396 car, but not certain if it was an L-78 or not. Interesting car all the same.

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Were any cars known to have been shipped in primer only and would they be -- also or noted 'PRIME' on the tag like I think some Vettes were?.

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Corvettes in the 1968-1972 range were delivered with PRIM or SPEC paint codes in a few cases. The cars delivered in primer are interesting... I know of one 1971 ZR-2 car currently being restored that was delivered this way. I've seen a feew special paint Corvettes as well... Mostly Chevrolet colors offered on other lines, but I would imagine that non-Chevrolet colors would be possible with the right connections. Word is that there was a run of approximately 25 black Corvettes in 1972 (black was not an available color)... Not sure what the tags on those cars read, but I'm in the process of finding out.

I still have a SPEC tag taken from a 1976 Corvette painted in Bright Green Metallic that was available on the 1975 Corvette.

Regards,

Stan Falenski

[PeteLeathersac]

Great info Stan....thanks for sharing! . Love to see more on the Plum Crazy Nova if anyone has anything! .

I'm always interested in the paint topic as my '67 Biscayne 2Dr Post is a special paint car and has FC and a few numerical digits in the paint code location of the tag. . I've never made any sense of it yet and wonder if it's really to note paint or something else to do w/ the special order as it's a RCMP Ghost car and the lower area of the tag is stamped 'RED TAG RCMP'. . My GM Canada documents does confirm the special paint but no more.

Wow on the ZR2 'Vette....these are the LS6 w/ off-road option right? . Is it an Owens-Corning car or something w/ a known race history? . As a kid I grew up down the road from the Mosport track so got to see a some of these up close....they were sure the best of times!!!

~ Pete

[Xplantdad]

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Great info Stan....thanks for sharing! . Love to see more on the Plum Crazy Nova if anyone has anything! .


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This is from the Golden State Novas site...

Is this the Nova that you're talking about?



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