1970 chevelle & el camino's

[Rick Cell]

What was the orange on the 69 GTO Judge called and is it the same as the Monaco orange special order paint on the 70 Chevelles?

[Ngtflyr]

The "Orange" color for 69 Judge's was Carousel Red, don't think it is the same shade as Monaco Orange. Another Pontiac color I always thought was strange was Orbit Orange, which is actually a Yellow color. I think it is a 1970 color though.

[Rick Cell]

There is an LS6 Chevelle that I owned for about one week two years ago and on the build sheet written by hand has Solid 926-99539 Red A.L- White D88 Stripes. on the trim tag it has -- for paint code. Is the 926-99539 the paint code? If it is can anyone look up what they call that color?

[442w30]

Carousel Red and Hugger Orange/Monaco Orange are the same.

Orbit Orange from 1970 is another color. Carousel Red was only available on the Firebird in 1970.

There also are no records of how many Chevys were built with this color, but for 1970 it's rare for the Chevelle as it was a special-order color and not RPO, I believe.

[chevelleheart]

Yea , that's what I've noticed before was that the cowl tags typically had the -- or a long 8 digit number there as well. I agree and would think too that it would be a very small percentage of cars with that paint as it was a special order paint for 1970 , I think a Camaro code isn't it?

[Ngtflyr]

For some reason I've never liked Monoco Orange on a 70 Chevelle, I love it on a 69 but it just doesn't look right on a 70(to me). Might be due to the white stripes??? Sorry if I've offended anyone with a 70 Chevelle that's Monoco Orange. I've only seen a couple as they are rare.

[Rainer]

Quote from personal correspondence last year with Jim Mattison, who worked for GM on fleet & special order stuff:

"I do remember that we painted quite a number of 1970 Chevelles with "Hugger Orange" from the 1969 and 1970 Camaros. We also painted a fair number of vehicles with "Omaha Orange", which was originally a color used on many of the trucks that were sold to county governments. However, some of the car folks liked that color also."

[musclecarjohn]

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For some reason I've never liked Monoco Orange on a 70 Chevelle, I love it on a 69 but it just doesn't look right on a 70(to me). Might be due to the white stripes??? Sorry if I've offended anyone with a 70 Chevelle that's Monoco Orange. I've only seen a couple as they are rare.

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They all look good to me ...but everyone knows the only color for a '70 SS Chevelle is Cranberry Red!





Just kidding guys...I love my Hugger Orange too!

[Postsedan]

For some reason I've never liked Monoco Orange on a 70 Chevelle, I love it on a 69 but it just doesn't look right on a 70(to me). Might be due to the white stripes??? Sorry if I've offended anyone with a 70 Chevelle that's Monoco Orange. I've only seen a couple as they are rare

Dave,

No offence taken...after all this is your opinion. I happen to like it on a 70 Chevelle, but only when stripe delete.

Dan.

[Rixls6]

Ever hear of one called "Funk Orange"?

I have a buildsheet copy for a 70 LS6 that calls out that color.