[FC] Trying to ID Otiginal Greenbrier Paint Colors & Codes

[Merv Krull]

Corvair Kid has it all....
http://www.corvairkid.com/64fchome.htm
paint codes
paint chips.... print them out on photo paper and you have a pretty darn 
accurate set of paint chips to work with...

Love the pics on webshots too!
Greenbrier already looks restored!
Great looking boss too!

Merry toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Mikeamauro at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 7:59 PM
Subject: [FC] Trying to ID Otiginal Greenbrier Paint Colors & Codes


> I'm restoring the wife's 64 Greenbrier Deluxe van. The exterior is not 
> the
> factory paint, but I suspect it is close to what was original;  I base 
> this
> assumption upon the color of the original upholstery  and interior paint. 
> It
> appears the exterior stripe around the middle was not  originally a bright 
> red,
> but rather an "orangish" red (the rest of the exterior  is white). Was 
> there
> such an exterior stripe color? A refinish paint  chart, out of a 1961-1964
> Chevrolet Service News bulletin, shows a Corvair 95  exterior refinish 
> paint: "516
> Orange (DuPont # 31-L, Rinshed-Mason #A-1597 (both  Lacquers), or a 
> Ditzler
> enamel #DQE-60156)."  Could this be the almost red,  but sorta' orange 
> exterior
> stripe color I'm looking for?
>
> See interior & exterior photos at"
> http://rides.webshots.com/album/49614270kzfFvn?start=0
>
> I'd also like to ID the exterior white and the interior colors. I'm 
> trying
> to make this a technically correct restoration; any help offered  would be 
> much
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Mike Mauro
> of several Corvairs and other bad habits
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