1969 Camaro Z/28 w/Special Order Paint

[Keith Seymore]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bergy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I know that at the St. Louis Assembly plant the special order paint was prepared in small pressure pots and hand trucked to the paint line. It would be pure coincidence if the small batch matched any color chip. Does someone actually think that the <span style="text-decoration: underline">PRODUCTION</span> process included spraying test panels, running them through the oven, &amp; checking them against paint chips? </div></div>

Corvette or truck?

If the Corvette front clip was painted along with the body then it certainly was less critical. But in any instance where the front end was painted remotely (like trucks) they had to match the chip. In Flint the cabs were painted at one end of the facility and front end sheet metal at the other end (and on a separate floor). Buicks bodies were built on the north side of Flint and trucked to the south side of Flint (on open carriers) for final assembly. There had to be a common verifiable standard.

The production process absolutely includes matching to chips. When we installed the Behr turbine bell system in Flint the electrostatic charge in the body took all of the metal flake particles and aligned them in a uniform pattern, changing the final effect. We had to reinstall reciprocating traditional spray guns to spray metallic paints so that they would match the chip (which wasn't an inexpensive undertaking).

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[clem]

when the car arrived at grabiak chevy I would have known the difference between EO and silver. my wife worked there and was there when the car rolled off of the truck. there were people on the other website that said the dealer painted the car EO when it was delivered in silver. I hope people this stupid are not allowed vote in our elections.

[sYc]

The best of experts have been prone to errors. For instance, the so called L-89 Nova was inspected by a team of “experts” and though they never admitted that they may have been mislead, seems to be the case.

At times you have to weigh the facts, use common sense and see where that leads you. In this case, appears to have been a factory EO car.

Regardless, a very unique car/color.

[clem]

the problem here is they can not afford to have some dumb hunky from a coal mining town in Pa be correct.

[markinnaples]

Hey Clem, Not that it matters, but from a former Pittsburgher (South Hills - Baldwin/Whitehall/South Park) guy, I believe you.

Do you happen to have any old cars now?

[clem]

as the original owner I installed that air cleaner setup as I did also with my 68 Z/28. I did not like the looks of the cold air hood. I knew that for every 10 degrees you lower the inlet air temp you pick up 1% in HP. I ran this setup on all my high performance cars

[clem]

Mark,no I was into new corvettes but my wife passed away in jan. so I canceled my 2015 corvette order as it would be no fun without her riding next to me. we left on our honeymoon in a brand new 1959 corvette and had 10 since then. the Z/28 camaros were bought because we had children and we needed more seats.

[markinnaples]

Ugh, sorry for your loss.

[Mr70]

Jesus Christ that's an absolutely stunning looking car.How was it received by your local car cliques back then?
I believe it came EO,but for any doubters,are there any locals from your past who can vouch for that color as well?....Who could forget that color.

[Day2_69Z]

Yes....we'd love your input and stories....in sharing anything and everything you can......
Of your many performance cars, Clem.Do you have any pics, 8 mm home movies, paper work, order forms, service records, parts invoices, window stickers......related to any of them ?

I'm also from Western Pa and have travelled past Grabiak Too many times to count on my way to Keystone Raceway/Pgh Raceway Park.

Now living in Irwin. Which is only a few miles/minutes away....I've seen the transformation of Grabiak back to a Performance Store with Corvettes and especially since 2010 with the Camaro.

Since the age of 14,,,, '72-'73 - on into my early 30's we would stop at Grabiak and look at the HP cars and visit Joe at the Corvette Center.
I don't have any pics....just fuzzy memories ....,