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Color chart confusion

Posted: 10/10/02 3:54pm Message 1 of 4
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San Pedro, CA - USA
Joined: 10/6/2002
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Vette(s): None at this time
Hmm.... I bought a 1970 colour chart on E-Bay. It arrived today and I'm a little confused. There is a little colour square marked Ontario Orange but the square is kind of a brown/bronze colour. Also there is no Corvette Bronze listed in the chart.

So.... This chart is either a botched reproduction, was incorrectly produced in 1970, or I don't know what I am doing.

Anybody have a 1970 colour chart, and knows what's up with this?


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Color chart confusion

Posted: 10/23/02 8:57am Message 2 of 4
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ORLANDO, FL - USA
Joined: 2/13/2002
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Vette(s): 1980 L82 Midnight Blue
Try this link.

http://www.performancecoatings.dupont.com/dpc/color/daf/doc/corvette.PDF


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Color chart confusion

Posted: 10/23/02 12:46pm Message 3 of 4
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|QUOTE|smccall80 said: Try this link.

http://www.performancecoatings.dupont.com/dpc/color/daf/doc/corvette.PDF|/QUOTE|


I tried the URL and got a blank page. Did I type something incorrectly?

http://www.performancecoatings.dupont.com/dpc/color/daf/doc/corvette.PDF

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Color chart confusion

Posted: 10/23/02 2:31pm Message 4 of 4
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RIDGEFIELD, CT - USA
Joined: 6/27/2002
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Vette(s): '71 454 Coupe, Auto, Ontario Orange/Black
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The chart he referred to above just shows that 987 Ontario Orange was not a listed color in '70. 3 out of 4 people who see my '71 call it bronze but it's true ontario orange. I know that 987 Ontario Orange was the same in '71 & '72 -- & it was called a "firemist color." When I hold a paint chip up to mine it's really right on. The actual corvette copper in '70 had more of a reddish cast to it. You can see one listed at Proteam Corvette (http://www.proteam-corvette.com/cars/108S.htm) Hope this helps!
~ Joe
PS -- The color chart you bought may be for the '71 model year but may have been printed in '70. The color also may be off given that it's 32 years old.

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