<VV> Surprise surprise

[William Hubbell]

I was not a fan of Meadow Green (1964 color) but after  restoring the John Glenn Corvair to that color (original for the car) I’ve changed my opinion. 

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Bill

> On Mar 5, 2020, at 8:54 AM, Harry Yarnell (Verizon) via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 

The WORST (my opinion) green used on a Corvair in '65 was cypress green.
A color that faded to army olive drab.


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> On 3/4/2020 11:03 AM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
> No, that's what GM call it. The color is actually a beautiful 
> turquoise - blue rather than green. GM's Tasco Turquoise, on the other 
> hand, is a yukky dark green. I reckon the guy at GM who named their 
> paint colors was color-blind. Here is Cascade Green on a Corvette;
> 
> 
https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?type=sample&ditzler=41973&
syear=1956&smanuf=GM&smake=Chevrolet&smodel=Corvette&sname=Cascade%20Green&n
ame=corvette1956cascadegreen&scomm=Convertible 
> 
> 

I always just called it Seafoam Green...

I painted Mom's '61 4-door 700 Seafoam green.

tony..

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