[Jody1970]

I started cleaning the cowl last night and uncovered some cowl markings that are in really good shape. Thought I would share for the archives.

This was a special paint car. Is the 63 related to the paint color? I've never been able to figure out exactly what code the original color was. The original owner said it was the Burnish Saddle color that Buick used. Anyone know if 63 was a paint code for that color?

 

[TCSS1970]

Code 63 is for desert sand and that color was available for 1970 Chevelles. I assume you don't have a build sheet and the cowl tag is marked for special paint? I'm sorry in your sig I see you have the build sheet. A lot of the time they hand wrote the paint code on the build sheet. Is your build sheet complete?

 

[Jody1970]

Yes, the Cowl Tag is marked with - - for the paint. I do have the build sheet as well that lists RPO "ZP3 Special Paint" but I don't see anything on the build sheet that indicates what the actual color was that they used.

When I pulled my fenders off, I was able to see the original color. It's definitely not the code 63 desert sand color that was used in 70 for the Chevelles. The color is in the brown color family but is much darker.

 

[TCSS1970]

Hey Jody if you think it was current 1970 GM paint for Buick go to team Buick and see if you can find a similar color that matches. Worth a shot let us know what you find.

 

[Jody1970]

Hey Jody if you think it was current 1970 GM paint for Buick go to team Buick and see if you can find a similar color that matches. Worth a shot let us know what you find.

The Burnish Saddle color which looks to be a Buick paint code 68 looks really close to the color on my car.

 

[DaleM]

It doesn't necessarily have to be a 1970 color. I know of one that was done in 69 LeMans Blue. That said there is a code 63 Oldsmobile in 1970 for Copper and Pontiac for Palomino Copper - same PPG color number just different sales names. So I doubt it's a 1970 GM color. There's nothing on the build sheet like 926-xxxxx noting the DuPont mixing formula?

As noted, different plants used different methods of noting the color. Some used the DuPont mixing formula and sometimes the color itself while other just had an F&SO number on it.

I'm building a database of 70 build sheets with all the pertinent boxes information. What's the chance of getting a readable scan of your sheet for the database?

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[Jody1970]

...There's nothing on the build sheet like 926-xxxxx noting the DuPont mixing formula?

As noted, different plants used different methods of noting the color. Some used the DuPont mixing formula and sometimes the color itself while other just had an F&SO number on it.

My build sheet does have an F&SO number of "K0302" Is that a number that can be decoded?

I'm building a database of 70 build sheets with all the pertinent boxes information. What's the chance of getting a readable scan of your sheet for the database?

Sure, I sent you a PM.

 

[DaleM]

My build sheet does have an F&SO number of "K0302" Is that a number that can be decoded?

I don't think there's ever been any documentation or listings of F&SO (Fleet & Special Order) numbers. :sad:

It's a tracking code used by the F&SO office (often called COPO) and I'm sure with all the fleet orders they did for state and federal govt agencies (as well as special order paint, deleting standard stripes such as with the ZL2 hood, various Camaros, etc.) and such they'd have quite a few of them.