<VV> blue on blue

[Ramon Rodriguez III]

Sorry, as usual I forgot the rather important LINK to the PHOTOS!!!
http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/Swiftblade13/blue%20confusion/

Ray R.


On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Ramon Rodriguez III
<corvairgrymm at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ok, a little more on the blue exterior/interior questions.
>
> I had a 66' 500 coupe that was a very light blue (Mis Blue I'm near
> certain) with a blue interior, but before that my first Corvair was a 66'
> Monza coupe.
>
> So looking around for more pictures and such I just learned a couple of
> interesting things (it's amazing how much there is to learn about these
> cars!).  These relate mostly to my blue 66' 500 coupe.  In 66 you could not
> get a blue interior (Bright Met. Blue) in a "Mist blue" monza, but in a
> "Mist Blue" 500 you COULD get a "Blue" interior which is apparently what my
> car had.  The car was very original albeit rough, with slightly tattered
> original 500 upholstery still inside.  I'm not certain the door panels were
> original as they were a bit darker blue than the seats, and they also had an
> "aqua" (i.e. greenish blue) center section horizontally... they didn't look
> right to me.  Take a look at the pics for a glimpse of the interior of that
> car (with me driving).
>
> I just did a lot of digging to come up with a picture that told me for sure
> whether that first Monza of mine was a 65' or a 66'.. and it was a 66' (nose
> "Corvair" script).  Based on the above info this means that the car
> (assuming reasonably original) HAD to have been Marina Blue with the Bright
> Met. Blue interior, but I'd swear it was lighter in color both inside and
> out than most other Marina Blue cars I've seen.  Compare my pics to those
> Brent Fullard just posted for my benefit... what do you think?
>
> Brent, if you look at the pictures of my Monza, do you think it's just a
> difference in camera's and lighting, or do you think mine looks like a
> different color than yours?  I know you said the pics were from before you
> owned the car, did you ever see the car in it's original color combo?  Could
> this be a variance from one factory to another?  Just FYI on my screen at
> least the interior pic of my Monza looks very true to my memory of the
> actual color of the car.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez
> Lake Ariel, PA
>



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Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez
Lake Ariel, PA