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My trim tag (1/8)
 8/6/13 6:40pm
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Just reading my trim tag and want to verify something.  "TRIM 752  10L PAINT"
 
I know it says red claret interior and white exterior.  Does the "L" stand for lacquer?  Being a St.Louis car I had always remembered hearing that they used lacquer and Bowling Green used a base coat/clear coat system.


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Re: My trim tag (2/8)
 8/6/13 8:49pm
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I think (emphasizing the word think!) that your tag means:

White paint, medium red leather interior. 

One decoder site I saw said that the L was for leather interior (which makes sense with your trim code).  Didn't read anything about lacquer vs. clear coat.

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1981 Corvette Exterior Color Choices

CODE EXTERIOR QUANTITY
06 Mahogany Metallic 1,092
10 White 6,387
13 Silver Metallic 2,590
19 Black 4,712
24 Bright Blue Metallic 1
28 Dark Blue Metallic 2,522
52 Yellow 1,031
59 Beige 3,842
75 Red 4,310
79 Maroon Metallic 1,618
84 Charcoal Metallic 3,485
33/38 Silver/Dark Blue n/a
33/39 Silver/Charcoal n/a
50/74 Beige/Dark Bronze n/a
80/98 Autumn Red/Dark Claret n/a

1981 Corvette Interior Color Choices

CODE COLOR
152 Silver Gray Leather
19C Charcoal Cloth
192 Charcoal Leather
29C Dark Blue Cloth
292 Dark Blue Leather
64C Camel Cloth
642 Camel Leather
67C Dark Red Cloth
672 Dark Red Leather
752 Medium Red Leathe





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Re: My trim tag (3/8)
 8/6/13 9:58pm
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Yup!!  Trim tag says you got a White, Medium Red Leather Interior.  All cars built in St Louis had the Lacquer!!

|UPDATED|8/6/2013 6:58:57 PM (AZT)|/UPDATED|


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Re: My trim tag (4/8)
 8/6/13 10:00pm
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Re: My trim tag (5/8)
 8/7/13 7:34am
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The "L" after the paint code is for "Lower". That format started in '73, even tho they were not doing any two-tones at the time. If you have a two-tone car, there would be two paint codes listed, an "L" for lower, and a "U" for upper.Thumbs Up

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Re: My trim tag (6/8)
 8/7/13 9:02am
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Adams' Apple said: The "L" after the paint code is for "Lower". That format started in '73, even tho they were not doing any two-tones at the time. If you have a two-tone car, there would be two paint codes listed, an "L" for lower, and a "U" for upper.Thumbs Up



See, now that's interesting.  At first you would think it's kind of dumb to put the "L" in, but it's not like they were putting it in they just were never taking it out.  Saved some time and man power I would think.

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Re: My trim tag (7/8)
 8/7/13 1:26pm
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They were using the paint codes across the board....not just Corvette, so the code formats were "standardized". On single color cars the code ended with the "L", regardless of the car line(Corvette, Impalla, etc.). Back in the day, it was theorized that the "L" was for Lacquer paint, but...at the time, ALL they had/used was lacquer, so that theory dint hold water. They dint start using enamel until the Bowling Green plant went operational in '81.
The only(regular production) St. Louis cars with both the "L" & "U" code was the Pacer, and the Silver Anny cars... both in '78, but still lacquer.  Thumbs Up

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Re: My trim tag (8/8)
 8/9/13 11:43am
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Adams' Apple said: The "L" after the paint code is for "Lower". That format started in '73, even tho they were not doing any two-tones at the time. If you have a two-tone car, there would be two paint codes listed, an "L" for lower, and a "U" for upper.Thumbs Up



Also note that 1973 was the production year when General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAD) took over management duties of the Corvette assembly plant from the Chevrolet Motor Division. This transition began in the mid 1960s with other Chevy brands (Chevelle, etc) all of which is in keeping with the GM effort toward standardization.
 
The evidence of this transition for Corvette is the GMAD buildsheet that is used in 1973 assembly and glued to gas tanks.
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