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I just joined this forum after finding it while hunting for info on the infamous 'Carolina Blue' GM colors from the mid 60's. My 66 SS-396 was Marina Blue but.........I grew up in Burlington, NC back then...WM Williams class of 67....

Now, to clear up (hopeful) any and all questions about that color...I KNOW it was available (supposedly ONLY in NC/SC) as early as 1966. I know this because there were at least 12 Chevelles that color ordered from the 2 local dealers....one being Alamance Motors on Church St. just 1 block from Sox Sinclair (yes...THAT Sox). Jerry Garringer was the original owner of a 396/375 Carolina Blue car. My best friend in high school, Charles Allen, whose dad ran Allens ESSO on Webb Avenue was the original owner of a 1968 SS-396 in Carolina Blue. Also, a guy I worked with at Southern Bell in Greensboro by the name of DAN Garringer (not sure if related to Jerry....but you know how it is in the south!) traded his 1964 283/301 Malibu for a 1968 Camaro, RS/SS 396/375 in Carolina Blue. To top that a guy in Burlington whose name I cannot remember owned Carolina Blue 1966 GTO and a man I worked for while in high school who is the number 1 UNC/CH fan in the world (Maurice Koury) drove nothing but Carolina Blue Coupe DeVilles.

I'm not sure if the color was around prior to 1966 but it most definitely WAS a factory color from 1966 through 1969. Maybe 1970 or 1971. A friend said he thought they discontinued it with the C/R drop and subsequent H/P losses after the 71 model. I would not wager anything on that/