Bad Color Combos [Archive] - The Supercar Registry

GearheadSS

11-08-2019, 01:29 PM

I kinda like that one. I've always liked blue with red guts though.

I've seen some yellow with red guts Corvettes that looked awful. Mustard and Ketchup......no thanks.

I also remember seeing a 77 or 78 Special Edition Trans Am that had blue interior. That was not a good combo either.

HawkX66

11-08-2019, 01:30 PM

Anything with a mod top... Paisley should have died with the 60s lol

Billohio

11-08-2019, 01:43 PM

I saw a 69 camaro, orange with dark green interior. If I remember right it was a Z

GearheadSS

11-08-2019, 01:57 PM

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Chevrolet-Camaro/223731003146?hash=item3417682f0a:g:d80AAOSwFINdvFJ Q

William

11-08-2019, 03:01 PM

I will save everyone the bother of looking this up: Olympic Gold, brown vinyl top, medium green interior.

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 04:04 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/vmkP14pX/888.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 04:07 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/3JYtD5cM/99oo.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 04:08 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/dVS6X7tv/55599.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

L_e_e

11-08-2019, 04:32 PM

X44
61 Burnished Brown
721 Medium Green

HawkX66

11-08-2019, 04:33 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/vmkP14pX/888.jpg (https://postimages.cc/)
What was wrong with those Lee? Other than being a Ford and Pontiac of course... ;-) I think the Mustang is actually pretty sharp. I guess it's all that eye of the beholder thing though right?

GearheadSS

11-08-2019, 04:36 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/dVS6X7tv/55599.jpg (https://postimages.cc/)

I'd rock this one all day long!

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 04:43 PM

What was wrong with those Lee? Other than being a Ford and Pontiac of course... ;-) I think the Mustang is actually pretty sharp. I guess it's all that eye of the beholder thing though right?

Take a closer look!

It's got a black dash, red A pillars and red seats - with a green close to Army Green. It's a pre-production 1970 with 1969 wheels BTW.

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 04:48 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/3wk4w154/screenshot-7467.png (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/nrJC0tsB/screenshot-7468.png (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 04:53 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/bYgzKnWK/gdd.jpg (https://postimg.cc/DmWkGS2g)

Black 1970 GTX with a Green interior.

olredalert

11-08-2019, 05:37 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/3wk4w154/screenshot-7467.png (https://postimages.cc/)

https://i.postimg.cc/nrJC0tsB/screenshot-7468.png (https://postimages.cc/)

----Lee,,,Wow! I see a green steering wheel, but to my eyes the rest of the interior really looks black. I've got my good specs on too......Bill S

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:09 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/NGyf3F8D/untitled.png (https://postimg.cc/YjHHgpsL)

According to Pontiac, this is the only 1969 Trans Am with a Red interior. 2 had a Gold interior and 2 had a Green interior. None of the 4 have ever surfaced AFAIK. Also two had Black vinyl tops

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:14 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/FKJTtjRm/109xel1rtka31.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:16 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/jqhZrqsW/modtop110-01.jpg (https://postimg.cc/9zrGdhwV)

https://i.postimg.cc/DwSgsq1s/6298577513-aa2934f077-z.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:18 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/VNyjC2fQ/gg55.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:19 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/QNPVC1Nv/gga.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:21 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/tCxJxJYJ/yyy.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:22 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/gj6z8tcQ/544.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:26 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/TYMLQn8g/yrt.jpg (https://postimg.cc/K4f88k88)

danachevroletfor1967

11-08-2019, 06:30 PM

I actually really like the blue/green GTO with the red or orange interior; the interior matches the stripes on the outside.

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:30 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/d3mq5kdj/fdd.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:35 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/26NRgjCc/Cougar-Appraisal-May-2007-004.jpg (https://postimg.cc/4KPS9g7V)

https://i.postimg.cc/NG4qPwSD/456992.jpg (https://postimg.cc/K4RHRCZ3)

Lee Stewart

11-08-2019, 06:36 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/2yjJfVMw/untitled8.png (https://postimages.org/)

1903USMCUnertl

11-08-2019, 06:56 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/dVS6X7tv/55599.jpg (https://postimages.cc/)

maybe it is me....but I like that a lot...

Mr. Chevy

11-08-2019, 11:32 PM

Sometimes ugly can be cool because it is different..

Rich

Burd

11-09-2019, 01:03 AM

I don’t mind the Judge.

Burd

11-09-2019, 01:07 AM

I remember seeing a mint green 61 Pontiac bat wing car, I wanted it. It ended up being sold. I’ve never seen another like it.

markinnaples

11-09-2019, 02:04 PM

I love the Mod Top Mopars. Not sure I'd want to rock one as my daily, but they look cool. And I've never seen those houndstooth roofs before, and I'd have to see them in person but I don't mind that look too much. Of course, I'm weird because to me, different is good in a lot of cases. Thanks for posting all those pics up.

L78 Fred

11-11-2019, 01:51 AM

StealthBird

11-11-2019, 04:08 AM

1969 COPO Camaro in Tuxedo Black with a Custom Yellow Houndstooth (714) interior.

Jonesy

11-11-2019, 01:44 PM

I must love bad color combos because I actually like a lot of these ones that have been posted. :drool:

Burd

11-11-2019, 01:49 PM

Wow. The yellow. Lol

Lee Stewart

11-11-2019, 04:09 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/brdLHvtg/c0004.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-11-2019, 04:10 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/sx8mnRPr/c0027.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Lee Stewart

11-11-2019, 04:20 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/vTg9CHsp/screenshot-7429.png (https://postimages.cc/)

https://i.postimg.cc/br7bPcYd/screenshot-7430.png (https://postimages.cc/)

Dave Rifkin

11-11-2019, 05:04 PM

1969 COPO Camaro in Tuxedo Black with a Custom Yellow Houndstooth (714) interior.

I love that car

danachevroletfor1967

11-11-2019, 08:17 PM

Is the yellow rear stripe on the 2 Challengers a factory color? I wasn't aware they came in any colors other than white and black.

StealthBird

11-11-2019, 08:53 PM

1969 Firebird Ram Air IV convertible, Goldenrod Yellow with a green top, green interior, and full wheel covers.

Lee Stewart

11-11-2019, 09:48 PM

Is the yellow rear stripe on the 2 Challengers a factory color? I wasn't aware they came in any colors other than white and black.

https://i.postimg.cc/brYgzff7/screenshot-7472.png (https://postimages.org/)

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/colorsExt/colorsExt.shtml

R68GTO

11-12-2019, 12:29 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/sx8mnRPr/c0027.jpg (https://postimages.cc/)

OO must have been a Minnesota Vikings fan:grin:

Burd

11-12-2019, 02:50 AM

1969 Firebird Ram Air IV convertible, Goldenrod Yellow with a green top, green interior, and full wheel covers.
That’s a crazy combo. Lol

danachevroletfor1967

11-12-2019, 05:57 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/brYgzff7/screenshot-7472.png (https://postimages.cc/)

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/colorsExt/colorsExt.shtml

Thank you Lee.

GearheadSS

11-12-2019, 08:04 PM

1969 Firebird Ram Air IV convertible, Goldenrod Yellow with a green top, green interior, and full wheel covers.

That car is a Packers fan's wet dream.

markjohnson

11-12-2019, 09:14 PM

I love that ‘70 GTO pictured above!

StriperSS

11-12-2019, 11:38 PM

StealthBird

11-12-2019, 11:47 PM

That car is a Packers fan's wet dream.

Or a John Deere employee. http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/happy/happy0024.gif (http://www.mysmiley.net/free-ashamed-smileys.php)

markinnaples

11-13-2019, 01:11 AM

Love the Mod Tops
I met Jack Stein the owner of Keystone Motors in Doylestown PA, a few years back when I was tracing back my 1969 Garnet Red SS/RS L78 ownership that he sold in 73 and he said at that time he also had a 1969 Garnet Red L78 SS/RS with a white hounds tooth interior as well as a white hounds tooth top- Unfortunately the car was stolen and never recovered- I would love to see that combo on a 69 Camaro!

I worked for Dick Irwin Chev Olds in North Vancouver in the 70's(formerly Mander Chev Olds), and the sales manager would hit the roof every time an odd color combo would come in off the car carrier. If it was a custom order, he'd insist on a big deposit, because he didn't want to get stuck with it. If it was a stock order, the one who ordered it would get a tune up! LOL

Great story. Did you see anything out of the ordinary color-wise?

hiperf406

11-13-2019, 01:33 AM

I went to trade school with a guy that ordered a 69 Chevelle SS 396 in Yellow with a red painted top. It also had bright red interior god it was awful.

67since67

11-13-2019, 02:48 AM

Summer of 1968, parked at the local hang-out lot. A guy rolls in with a spanking new Coronet R/T. Bright blue with bright red interior. He explains that he ordered it with black int, came red by mistake and he didn't want to wait for a re-order. Ouch!

GearheadSS

11-13-2019, 04:29 PM

I worked for Dick Irwin Chev Olds in North Vancouver in the 70's(formerly Mander Chev Olds), and the sales manager would hit the roof every time an odd color combo would come in off the car carrier. If it was a custom order, he'd insist on a big deposit, because he didn't want to get stuck with it. If it was a stock order, the one who ordered it would get a tune up! LOL

Haha. Been there, done that. I'm the inventory manager at Chevy Cadillac dealer now and I've been ordering cars for almost 20 years now. Sometimes I like to order unusual combos just to have something different on the lot.

Back in 2001 or 2002, I was able to order a Silver WS6 Trans Am with Taupe interior. It was a color combo that, for most of the year wasn't available and it was never published that you could order that combo. I was just playing around with orders and the system let me order that combo one day so I let it ride.

When the car came in, it was not attractive at all and our GM did not approve of my decision. The car sold within 2 days of hitting the lot and my ordering was never questioned again after that. lol

That car had to have been a one of less than 5 ever made. It was a 6 speed too. I still have a copy of the invoice somewhere.

Born30YrsLate

11-13-2019, 04:31 PM

I love that car

1969 COPO Camaro in Tuxedo Black with a Custom Yellow Houndstooth (714) interior.

I'm digging all these 'odd' color cars....that black/yellow COPO needs a houndstooth vinyl roof to match the seats!....LOL

Burd

11-13-2019, 08:37 PM

Back in the day I had a Blue Gremlin to store the ta away for the winter, not really a bad Combo, but the Levi Jean interior was strange, I wanted the Le I interior in mine. Lol

https://www.heddels.com/2014/08/levis-amc-denim-gremlin-car-wore-pants/

Lee Stewart

11-14-2019, 07:30 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/LsK5hz53/njj.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Keith Seymore

11-14-2019, 12:20 PM

"Mustard"

I thought of this one immediately when I saw the title of this thread.

They had one just like this in the Henry Ford Museum. I figured the museum must have purposefully chosen the ugliest Corvette ever conceived for their display.

Since then - I'm pretty sure I've seen another (or perhaps the same car) on display in the Gilmore Museum.

K

Lee Stewart

11-15-2019, 08:01 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/G3FZPzV8/ff.jpg (https://postimg.cc/8sCKNd1N)

https://i.postimg.cc/15M22X9y/hh.jpg (https://postimg.cc/YhGdmpGP)

Burd

12-03-2019, 03:03 AM

Wow. The Vette.

Craig_Maiorana

12-11-2019, 05:04 PM

I will take a 70 standard GTO or Judge in absolutely any color combo .. especially that turquoise

TomP

12-20-2019, 01:11 AM

AMC used the Levis interior on many cars. Always blue interior of course, even if the car was orange or green. That yellow interior, black Camaro is wild. I haven't seen such a bright interior until recently on customized ricers.

mssl72

12-20-2019, 05:40 AM

A friend of mine had a Levi's Gremlin back in the day. I remember the red Levi's tag on the seats.

Lee Stewart

12-20-2019, 02:21 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/ryxMdx9B/dfg.jpg (https://postimg.cc/rzVv3d3j)

GMC_Typhoon

12-21-2019, 03:59 PM

Haha. Been there, done that. I'm the inventory manager at Chevy Cadillac dealer now and I've been ordering cars for almost 20 years now. Sometimes I like to order unusual combos just to have something different on the lot.

Back in 2001 or 2002, I was able to order a Silver WS6 Trans Am with Taupe interior. It was a color combo that, for most of the year wasn't available and it was never published that you could order that combo. I was just playing around with orders and the system let me order that combo one day so I let it ride.

When the car came in, it was not attractive at all and our GM did not approve of my decision. The car sold within 2 days of hitting the lot and my ordering was never questioned again after that. lol

That car had to have been a one of less than 5 ever made. It was a 6 speed too. I still have a copy of the invoice somewhere.
You sir, are a winner. It's posts like this that keep me coming back here. You actually made history, that is bad ass.