Plum Purple paint

1970Bluel78 · #1 10-07-2013, 06:34 PM

Never ever saw it before. On E bay a 1970 Big Block Nova SS . Owner states it was special ordered with this color.. ??

**Mr70** · #2 10-07-2013, 06:41 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet...r#ht_500wt_1184

leach · #3 10-07-2013, 06:50 PM

One thing 396/350 engines did not come with smog

**BARRY** · #4 10-07-2013, 06:53 PM

yes they came with smog

**Fast67VelleN2O** · #5 10-07-2013, 06:55 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: leach</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One thing 396/350 engines did not come with smog </div></div>

I am not sure about automatics but I know 350hp 4 speed cars came with smog.

**1967Z28** · #6 10-07-2013, 07:18 PM

I have seen another one of those the same color at Famoso Drag Strip several times. Special paint code on the tag and owner said the color was original. Claimed it was Mopar Plum Crazy.

StealthBird · #7 10-07-2013, 07:43 PM

You could order a car in any color, even colors from other manufacturers, if you went through channels and paid for it. There have been some very interesting cars found in recent years, thanks to the web, that 20 years ago people would have laughed at and said the owner was making up stories.

1970 W-30 in Plum Crazy
1969 Cutlass in a 1957 Ford color
1972 Trans Am in black

Would be interesting to see the documentation for this Nova. He has the dashes for the paint code, but we would need the paperwork to show it was truly "Plum Purple" (or whatever color it actually is).

**Tracker1** · #8 10-07-2013, 08:59 PM

I knew we'd been here before...

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...opics/482722/1

L72copocamaro · #9 10-08-2013, 02:04 AM

I'm pretty sure that by 1970 everything sold in the US, except diesels had mandatory smog equipment.

442w30 · #10 10-08-2013, 05:28 AM

Mike, tell me about the Cutlass!

FWIW, I don't think the 442 had docs, correct?