Rare LS6 - restoration to begin - question...?

[Nova Research Project]

Rare_LS6;

I think the whole number is the paint code. I still can not find a it exactly, but I found similar numbers. Check out this link for similar codes used on 1969 Buicks. Buick paint codes

Greg

[Mr70]

Why I believe you have a special order Daytona Yellow Code 76 Paint on your Chevelle:
*ZP3 appears on ALL special Paint Cars.
*Januaury is too early to be Sunflower Yellow.I have documents stating it was not available until Spring 1970.I.E. April/May 1970.
*Box #60 is blank on some of these cars buildsheets.Some show the word "Paint"typed in,or hand written.
* 926 appears on all my ZP3 special paint buildsheets as well.Be it Monacco Orange,or a buick Gold paint on a Chevy.Those digits after the three digit code seem to be the call out for that specific color.After reading what has been said here,I am guessing that is a COPO color code of sorts,or Chevrolets in house coding.

[Schonyenko2]

I agree this may be a Daytona yellow car, but could be code 51 for 70. 76 and 51 might be the same, but should check the mix formula as one may be brighter than the other. This is true of code 75 cranberry red. 70 has black tint, 71, same name and number has white. I'm guessing this was inhouse special order vs COPO as COPO as I understand it was usually more than one unless he owned a cab company and had it painted with the order. I guess we may never know for sure, but having it checked with the spectrum machine should tell you what it is, or close to it. My son did find some interesting info on dates of color availability as in spring of 70. I will ask Rob to post an attachment. Note the last three colors added to the 70 Novas. These were the 10 each Yenko deuce colors. Ken S.

[copo9566aa]

Sample of Yellow paint chip 69/70.
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Pontiac
Buick
Oldsmobile

[Rare_LS6]

Rick

Thanks for the tip - I went to the web site and it would appear that this number would be a paint code - I got so excite I call Dupont Corp. I just got off the phone with the Dupont Paint Division - No luck, they said that the code doesn't exist in their entire data base. I even had them look up reference to Daytona and Sunflower Yellow just to be sure...no luck.

I'm stump'd....I just need to be sure of the paint color before it hits the car...

[Schonyenko2]

Had my son, who paints at the best independent bodyshop in the Quad cities run it through Dupont, ppg, and sikens. No hits. Many paint jobbers have spectrometers that can read the paint and cross match a color. Find one that has one take them a chip and see what it shows.Maybe you could post a picture of that trim tag. I'd like to see that. Ken S.

[Jim Mattison]

It appears that your car was special ordered through the Chevrolet Fleet & Special Order Department (many of you folks call it the COPO Group).

During the years that I was a part of this group, we processed many orders for vehicles with special paint. Although these vehicles were ordered with "special paint", they are not concidered to be COPO cars. I'm surprised that more of these "special paint" cars haven't shown-up, as many of these orders were for performance cars.

The paint information (926-99568) that you have on both the build sheet and on the trim tag "is" in fact a Dupont paint number. I don't understand why your local Dupont folks can't identify it for you. The "926" denotes that the color is a non-metallic and the "99568" is the mixing formula. While this color may in fact be for Daytona Yellow, it could also be for some other yellow, including a truck color, or a yellow from another car manufacturer. The paint information that was stamped on your trim tag was supposed to be able to assist you or your body shop to identify the "special paint" color, if repair or re-painting was needed at a later date.

If your local paint supplier cannot identify the paint code, I'd give them a piece of this original paint, from an area that has not been exposed to the elements. Hopefully they can scan the color and provide you with a proper match.

Let me know if I can be of any other help to decipher the color.

Jim Mattison

[copo9566aa]

Wow this is a very very good information.I think that one has still much has to learn on special paint.I like this. <font color="yellow"> </font color>

[Charley Lillard]

Jim...I hope you are writing this stuff down somewhere.

[Mr70]

Jim M.
That is very good information.
Here is what I am showing on two special paint 1970 Chevelle Super Sports.These buildsheets have the same parameters as the one Rare_LS6 has.Can you help answer my questions?

Chevelle #1
In center of RPO codes on one buildsheet:
"TAG S C TRICENTENNIAL"
"HOOD,ENTIRE BODY,FRT.FENDERS 927-98457 GOLD METALLIC ACRYLIC LACQUER....WHEELS-767-98457 GOLD METALLIC BAKING ENAMEL."

*What does 767 stand for,and have you ever seen wheels painted like this?
*What does TAG SC TRICENTENNIAL mean?
This chevelle was ordered new by a South Carolina dealer named Burwell Chevrolet.

Chevelle #2
In center of RPO codes on Buildsheet states:
"F&amp;SO RDO66 1001HA SPEC ORDER Paint DEPT.
1001HA HOOD,FENDERS,AND ENTIRE BODY 926-99616 ORANGE ACRYLIC LACQUER."
*What does F&amp;SO RDO66 1001HA Stand for?
Appreciate any help you or others can give.
Rick