I noticed on the two 1969 Oshawa-built Chevelle trim tags I have that the paint designation code is different from U.S. Chevelles and even from 1970 Oshawa Chevelles. Instead of two 2-digit codes for lower/upper colors or (and in my examples both actually) a 2-digit code for the lower color and a letter for the upper color (convertible or vinyl top) both of my examples have a 3-digit number followed by a letter.

Example one is a convertible with 711A and one has a vinyl top with 692C. I know the 71 is Lemans Blue on the convertible and it has a white (A) top but why the extra "1"? The other is Cortez Silver (69) with a dark blue vinyl top (C), but why the extra "2"? Would the "1" indicate a convertible top and the "2" indicate a vinyl top? Unfortunately these are the only two examples I have so there's no other convertible/vinyl top/solid color plate to compare them to.

Dale, I don't have the exact answer, but with the documentation on my '67 I have info on 50 consecutively built cars from Oshawa. The prefix '2' seems to indicate a vinyl roof cover while a '1' prefix indicates a convertible top. For example a top colour (Canadian spelling) of '27' indicates a black vinyl roof cover, while '10' indicates a black convertible top & '12' indicates a white convertible top.

Thanks, Cam. It's a start and possibly Oshawa continued that up through 1969. All my pre 69 Oshawa tags are single color cars and 1970 they seemed to go the 'U.S.-route' of paint number/single letter for vinyl top.

Anyone with a 69 Oshawa-built Chevelle convertible or vinyl top car?

you are correct. Convertible top codes were 1A,1B,1C,1G. vinyl top c08 was 2B,2E,2C,2F,2G,2D for 1969

Thank you. Suspected as much but didn't have a lot to go on.

Not a Chevelle, but I have a 69 Olds Cutlass S that was built in Canada. I sent away for Canadian paperwork that confirms it was a vinyl top car (removed long ago). The paint code on it reads: 692B (69 = Platinum, 2B = Black vinyl top) according to the info GM of Canada sent me.