plum crazy purple paint chevelle

[L78M22Rag]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 442w30</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bill Pritchard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My 2 cents....even if it were legitimately well documented as original, I wouldn't want it at all, just due to all the know-it-alls that would come up to you at every cruise night, car show, and what-not telling you that there's no such thing and then questioning everything else on the car. </div></div>

Who cares what they think? Hell, you can have a 100% correct, stock, &quot;normal&quot; Chevelle and you're going to have to deal with &quot;those&quot; people anyway.

For me, it's a no-brainer - how easy is it to find an unusual Chevelle? And how many of them are this unusual?

PS&gt; White stripes all the way! </div></div>

Well said.

[RAIIIT/A]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The strange thing on that paint code is that FC7 (Plum Crazy/In Violet) was a 1970 Chrysler color and wouldn't have been available until early September 1969 when the new cars came out.

Were they still building 1969 Chevelles at that time? Which makes me think that purple on the Chevelle is a GM truck or Cadillac color? </div></div>

Hard to get a real good look but, doesn't that Mustang hardtop in that picture look like a 1970 model? If it is that might explain how he was able to get the Chevelle painted in that shade of purple. </div></div>

Looks like a '69 to me.

[442w30]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: black69</div><div class="ubbcode-body">don't be so sure they did not have plum crazy purple in 69. I just looked at a 69 GTS 383 that is one of 9 painted in hemi orange. that blew me away. I was sure hemi orange did not come out until the 70 model year. I was wrong (atleast on hemi orange).
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A few points on this:

1. Plum Crazy indeed was a '70-71 color.

2. Production figures for 1969 colors are not available, so the &quot;1 of 9&quot; thing is BS.

3. Hemi Orange came out in 1969 and is quite common on A12 cars.

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It is possible mother mopar was getting some early trials of 70 colors, on 69 models. </div></div>

Why would they need a trial?

[Tracker1]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Oldsmobile-442-W...=US_Cars_Trucks

[ZiggyL78]

and that guy in the pic has GenV Beattle boots which did not come out till late 72

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The strange thing on that paint code is that FC7 (Plum Crazy/In Violet) was a 1970 Chrysler color and wouldn't have been available until early September 1969 when the new cars came out.

Were they still building 1969 Chevelles at that time? Which makes me think that purple on the Chevelle is a GM truck or Cadillac color? </div></div>

Hard to get a real good look but, doesn't that Mustang hardtop in that picture look like a 1970 model? If it is that might explain how he was able to get the Chevelle painted in that shade of purple. </div></div>

[black69]

I do think the plum crazy color is possible on late production 69 camaros, as the 70 camaro production was delayed.

I myself would not believe plum crazy purple would be on a 69 chevelle, if chevelle production ended in july-august, like most cars.

[PeteLeathersac]

As in my previous post, I used to own a factory purple '69 Chevy truck also knew of a '70 the same color.
Pretty sure they were a Canada only thing on the trucks but whatever paint they had may've been the same used on other factory purple 69/70 GM products?
Picture below looks the same as the one I had, pic scooped from pg.5 of this link... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=301319
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~ Pete