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Posted: 12/11/06 12:42pm Message 1 of 12
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Liked the pix of your car - can you tell me the paint spec details.  Loved the colour - would like to use it - am miles away in UK so will not cramp your style!
 
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Posted: 12/11/06 8:01pm Message 2 of 12
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Vette(s): #1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/ Am-Fm/map light National/Regional/Chapter NCRS "Top Flight" #2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto Member: NCRS, NCRS Texas, Corvette Legends of Texas
Thanks!
It is the factory color, "Medium Red Metallic", code 74L.
This was a new color for '74, and the only year for this particular color.
That's all I know, as far as that. It is purdy, tho!
Any decent body shop will be able to mix the color to match, as the formulas are still available. Somewhere, I have info on all of the old paint codes, and the modern formulas. It is a web-site that will give this info. Now...I'll have to look that up!


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Posted: 12/12/06 10:59pm Message 3 of 12
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could you send me the web address also? thanx


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Posted: 12/13/06 5:56am Message 4 of 12
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Vette(s): #1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/ Am-Fm/map light National/Regional/Chapter NCRS "Top Flight" #2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto Member: NCRS, NCRS Texas, Corvette Legends of Texas
I did manage to dig out the notes I took at the paint seminar, and checked the site out....oops...someone gave out the wrong info! I went ahead and sent them an e-mail, just to ask if this was the right place. The reply stated that they got this request a LOT, and weren't sure why, but they did not have any factory paint formulas.
I'll try to get ahold of the man that gave us the info, and see if I can get the correct poop.


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Posted: 12/29/06 6:30am Message 5 of 12
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hey adam,how are you coming with that paint in fo?????????


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Posted: 12/29/06 7:16am Message 6 of 12
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Uh...it's RED?

I haven't been able to get any other info...will keep trying.
When I had the car painted in '97, the paint shop was able to get the correct color formula, but all the info I have come up with so far only supports later model cars.
I'll keep looking...


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Posted: 12/30/06 6:14pm Message 7 of 12
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Vette(s): 1974 t-top 454 #'s matching engine,ugly light green color to be repainted original corvette orange at a later date

I was just reading this thread and thought I would throw in my 2 cents.If you go to autocolorlibrary.com,there are pictures of paint chip charts along with paint code numbers for all factory cars.Don't know if this helps at all,but the charts are fun to look atSmile




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Posted: 12/30/06 7:04pm Message 8 of 12
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Thanx, Mark!
That's kewl you found it. The colors are not all easy to see, but, it is a good representation. These are the pages from the paint books we used to use. Someone photo-copied them, and put them up on a web-page, so they don't really come out all that great! It is still a great source of info!!

Check out the PAINT CHIP BOOKS here! Just click on the manufacturer, and then the year, then, "View Chips"!! Kewl!

I think what Joanne is wanting is how to find the actual paint formula, that tells what colors to mix, in what ratios, to get a specific color. The search continues...


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Posted: 12/30/06 8:08pm Message 9 of 12
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Vette(s): 1975 metallic blue coupe with t-tops,L48, t/t steering, black leather interior. 1990 L98, white/red leather interior, auto,a/c
i went to the site to check it out and don't understand something. the code on my 75 vette on the car says 22L which translates to light blue metallic with leather interior according to books i have read. how come the site doesn't show that code? just wondering.


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Posted: 12/30/06 8:18pm Message 10 of 12
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It does... look at the lower part of the page, where it shows the Corvette specific colors. Yours is there, "Bright Blue Poly"(Poly = metallic).
As far as the "L" in your paint code, it is like that because GM went to two-toned colors in '74, and sometime during the year, they changed the paint codes to reflect that. The "L" is meant to mean "Lower color" on two-tones("U" would be for upper), but on the solid color cars, the code had an "L" at the end, instead of the "9" at the beginning.


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