plum crazy purple paint chevelle

[442w30]

I'm not so sure I believe that story, although that's not to say it's not true. I do think since each of GM's brands operated practically as independent companies, it's possible that this story is Olds-specific. Whatever the case, I can think of numerous cars that were ordered with non-RPO colors that had nothing to do with anything other than the owner wanting a color that suited his/her personality, or perhaps for a promotion.

[PeteLeathersac]

In the 70's I had a factory purple '69 Chevy 1/2 ton also knew of a '70 the same then plus have seen what appear to be more since too..
Didn't know enough to note or save build info then and no idea if it was a Mopar color or not?.
If someone w/ Canadian paint books of the era checked it wouldn't be surprising if it's listed w/ truck info perhaps also may be the same color used on original GM purple cars of the same time period?.


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[bwag]

A lot of cars we ordered during the 60's and 70's at the Chevy and Pontiac dealerships I worked for were Cadillac Firemist colors . One of the colors was a plum or purple with lots of metallic .

[black69]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bwag</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A lot of cars we ordered during the 60's and 70's at the Chevy and Pontiac dealerships I worked for were Cadillac Firemist colors . One of the colors was a plum or purple with lots of metallic . </div></div>

that is true, there was a 70 GS buick convert around here in chicago that had the darker plum shade from cadillac (on the build sheet). this 70 chevelle has the mopar paint code actually on the buildsheet.

[Dog427435]

This picture was taken in '69 @ Islip Speedway

[black69]

very cool!

[njsteve]

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?

[Dave Rifkin]

<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.

[black69]

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).

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

[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.