Rare LS6 - restoration to begin - question...?

[Rare_LS6]

Hi there,

I'm about to begin the restoration on my #'s matching LS6. I've been
doing alot of research on this car and other LS6 cars to make sure the
restoration is completed correctly the first time. Yet, I have one very
important question that hasn't been answered to my satisfaction and
thought maybe someone here can help out....Paint color!

The car is numbers matching (less distributor) and sits in it's original
paint that appears to be "Daytona Yellow" - very faded. I've removed the
door panels and the paint again appears to be "Daytona Yellow"...

I have the build sheet for this chevelle which confirms this car as a true
LS6 chevelle with the "ZP3 Special Paint" option, plus a few more interesting
things;

On the build sheet in the box #44 "color" - hand written is "Special" and
underlined.

Below in the option listing area the option;
D88 - Hood & Deck Str <-- this is crossed out.

Below the option listing area - the large blank area:
* Delete Stripes. (large star and hand written)

BYPASS CODE 2: (factory type)
SOLID COLOR 926 - 99568 - YELLOW (all hand written)

This number (926 99568) matches the number on the trim tag (cowl tag) right
before "PNT" as well as "-" (TR 753 926-99568 - PNT). I've seen on other
cars ordered with special paint that have the "-" or "--" but never a eight
digit code before it.

Bottom line...I need to be correct in choice of paint color before I paint
this car. Having spoke to others, some have mentioned the color to be
"Daytona Yellow" or "Sunflower Yellow" (any real difference?). I've yet to
see a good representation of these colors in any paint chip book. Could the
eight digit code on the build sheet and trim tag help determine the true
paint code...?

Also, how rare is a LS6 car with a ZP3 special paint option....?

Any help would be VERY helpful.

[Nova Research Project]

Rare_LS6;

This looks like a DuPont paint code. I would visit a paint supplier who sells Dupont Automotive paints and see if they have a listing in thier 1969 automotive paint chip books.

This dupont site can research you code for a fee http://www.dupontautomotivepaint.net/index.asp

"Ketone can now assist you with providing you with the mixing formula for DuPont automotive paints or technical advice for $5.95 per formula or per question"

I hope this helps,
Greg

Greg

[Schonyenko2]

Checked my Dupont book, shows 52 (912) sunflower yellow, late 70as in end of run year. Daytona yellow shows 76 (984) 69.Yes there is quite a difference in the two colors. What is the build date on the car? If its before spring of 70 probably to early for sunflower. I personally have never seen a code 52 SS 70 Chevelle. Novas, Camaros. but no Chevelles.Not saying there wasn't any, just never saw one that was original.Will be interesting to see what this shakes out to be. Ken S.

[Mr70]

Welcome!
Sounds like from what you have stated that it is an authentic Datona Yellow special paint car..
Daytona Yellow was used in 69/70.Sunflower Yellow was used in Spring 1970 and is a completely different color.I too have never seen Sunflower yellow on a 1970 Chevelle.
Does your buildsheet show RPO ZL-2 Cowl induction as well? It should.
I have a few copies of 1970 Chevelle buildsheets and the ZP3 special paint cars are similar to your descriptions.They are unique in their own right,but no way to verify how many actually came with that color.
What plant built your Chevelle,and what is the cowl tag date.
Do you have an email address I can contact you at? [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[COPO PETE]

If you go way back on this site, there was a thread called Daytona Yellow. Might be an interesting read for you!
Peter

[JoeC]

Do you have anything in box no. 60 on your build sheet? There was a guy on here with a Monaco Orange LS6 that was in a MCR article called "Mystery Chevelle" or something like that. I have heard of other 1970 cars with these two colors. Since the Monaco/Hugger Orange and Daytona Yellow were special order Chevelle colors in 69, there were probably some customers who asked for these colors in 1970 so they made if available. It may have required using the COPO process to get them built. This would explain special numbers on the build sheet.

[Rare_LS6]

Thanks for the info - so far...

The area of the most confusion for me is exactly what the eight digit code means - Tracking number, paint code, special order number, COPO number...? The "926" at the begining would seem logical to be a paint code....yet, I haven't been able to find a color for that code. The 99568 code...no idea...9568...copo number?

Some more details;
Mr70 - Yes, the car has ZL-2 Cowl Induction.
The car was built in Van Nuys in Jan. and delivered to Garden Grove Ca. (SoCal).

I've personally only seen one other LS6 chevelle with the ZP3 option and the paint delete "-" on the trim tag (not to say there aren't more) that car was orange.

Anymore info....

[JoeC]

On the cover of Colvin's book 70-75 Chevy by the numbers is a 70 454 Chevelle that looks like Daytona Yellow. I don't know if this is an original car but there were not many made in Monaco Orange or Daytona Yellow.

[Rare_LS6]

JoeC -

Yes, I've seen the car on the cover of Colvin's Book 70-75...nice car. I have a zerox of my build sheet here at work - box #60 appears to be blank...?

Is box #60 for a copo number...?

[JoeC]

I have seen COPO build sheet with numbers in box 60. Not only hi po COPO but also fleet order stuff. But your car was built in Cali and those free spirited Cali people did weird stuff to build sheets and trim tags. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] They may have used the hand written numbers instead of typing in the boxes. I have not seen too many Cali COPOs but if you can email or post the build sheet I may be able to notice some similarities to other COPO build sheets.