[FC] Re: Corvanatics Digest, Vol 23, Issue 20

[Bill Chellis]

Mike:

The Corvanantics website Merchandise section lists a paint code chart for
$2.00. Not sure whats on it.

The merchandise section is difficult to find from the Corvanantics home
page, but here is a direct link.

http://www.corvair.org/chapters/corvanatics/merchandise.html


Bill Chellis



> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:59:17 EST
> From: Mikeamauro at aol.com
> Subject: [FC] Trying to ID Otiginal Greenbrier Paint Colors & Codes
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org, corvanatics at corvair.org
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> 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?
> Thank you,
> Mike Mauro
> of several Corvairs and other bad habits