1969 Firebird unusal factory color

[galveston]

Remember the Daytona yellow '69 convertible at MCACN with a green top and interior?

Here's a Daytona yellow/black top.

What other GM colors were crossovers?

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hn...919560548.html

[442w30]

Most GM colors are shared among the brands, but they get to have a few exclusives. I imagine Cadillac could have a lot of their own.

[bkhpah]

It is my understanding the the Yellow/Green '69 Firebird was a Green Bay Packers edition car...BKH

[442w30]

I know nothing about the promotion, but yellow was a regular production color, and green was a regular production interior:

http://www.gt-37.org/gallery/main.php?g2..._serialNumber=1

[StealthBird]

We discussed that at the MCACN show with Gary from Level One Restorations. Being they (Level One) are from Colorado, they didn't understand why sometimes they heard Chicagoans refer to the Firebird as a "Packer car". I told him about the long standing NFL rivalry between the Bears and the Packers, and Packer green and yellow just stand out around here when you see the colors on jackets, shirts, etc.

What's really unusual about the 1969 yellow/green RAIV Firebird was that someone ordered the car, in these unusual colors, made it a ragtop, and added in some expensive items like a RAIV engine, auto trans, p/w, tilt, pwr ant, and many other options. Oddly enough, they left off Rally II wheels.

Most likely the yellow/green combo were school colors, or perhaps they were Green Bay Packer fan, or a John Deere fan, who knows.

More pics: http://www.musclecarfilms.com/1969Po...vertibles.html

Mike

[flyingn]

Great info there. Love that yellow/green car

[GTO_DON]

You need glasses Frank. That car is ugly in person.

[StealthBird]

Well, everyone has different tastes. There were a lot of Chevys, Oldsmobiles, and other Pontiacs with strange color combos too. Clashing colors was somewhat popular in the late 60's.

Look at it this way. Someone ordered it in Goldenrod Yellow with green guts and top, so there was at least one person who loved it. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[earntaz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bkhpah</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It is my understanding the the Yellow/Green '69 Firebird was a Green Bay Packers edition car...BKH </div></div>

Nah -- it was a John Deere promotion ...

[442w30]

Not sure why it's seen a &quot;clashing&quot; because yellow and green are complementary. Perhaps the brightness of the day-glow yellow was not the type of Earthtone that normally goes with the adamantly Earthtoned green interior, but yellow/green is a typical combo of the era. :twocents: