57 chevy experts?

[Lynn]

I have been looking at 57 Chevy's lately.
I had a cherry 210 two door sedan in hs, Tropical Turquoise with white top and white side panel.

Been looking at color codes on this site:

http://www.bestintexas.com/cars/57codes.htm

The codes are all three digit numbers for both the single tone and two tone paint.

However, every tag I look at has a 3 digit number followed by a letter or letters.

What are the letters for?
Asked for a pic of one on ebay and received this tag pic:

[Lynn]

Hmmm... no pic

Try again.

[ban617]

The 822D is Dusk Pearl/Ivory ,is the upper color ... Does the OA mean overall?

[Lynn]

From the site:
<span style="font-weight: bold">822 = Dusk Pearl/Imperial Ivory
Note : The first color is the upper body color, the second is the lower body color</span>

Are you saying the D after 822 means the colors are reversed? I.E. 822 would be a white car with Pearl top, but 822D would be Pearl car with white top.

That makes sense (so it can't be right - oh wait, we are talking GM not the gov.)

I have seen many of the tags with a color code followed by a D. This is the first I have seen with the D followed by the OA.

[69VN]

Lynn, you might try asking some of the experts over at...

http://www.trifive.com/forums/ <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif