1969 Camaro Z/28 w/Special Order Paint

[William]

Nope. None of the paint we saw on that car even remotely resembled EO.

[cook_dw]

Not the greatest comparison but all I had to work with at the time..

[70 copo]

Bingo... Looks like the chip.

[watk69]

I think the reason its a subject ripe for discussion is, "the hobby" or maybe the "fluff" this car has gotten now miraculously made it a 200k Camaro. Its no longer a run of the mill 60-80k restored car. It would be especially interesting to see how the body number lines up with the VIN, Can't imagine they'd break up the paint line without putting it on some kind of hold until they had the time to paint this ONE car purple.

[Keith Seymore]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: watk69</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Can't imagine they'd break up the paint line without putting it on some kind of hold until they had the time to paint this ONE car purple. </div></div>

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Seymore</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Most assembly plants have/had a special paint system, separate from the main line, where smaller paint pots could be loaded with low production volume colors, which would minimize the amount of waste when flushing the system. Typically these were done for fleet and special equipment runs (Grand Trunk RR, RCMP, Bell Telephone, etc). We also have had some plants were the special colors were run through the paint repair line rather than the main assembly process.
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Everything keeps right on flowing. Once the paint is loaded and the order is introduced to the production sequence they never miss a beat.

K

[cook_dw]

[cook_dw]

Going back and reading through some of the Team Camaro thread; I noticed that the owner at the time and the one that paid to have the inspection done asked that it be looked at again but nothing more was mentioned.. Was there nothing more that could be done?


<span style="font-weight: bold">Just to be clear I am not picking on anyone or pointing fingers.. Just simply asking questions.</span>

[William]

As for paint chips, don't make me laugh.

[markinnaples]

I have a hard time believing that the original owner made up a long story about how his wife wanted purple/EO and they specifically special ordered it and got it but didn't like it. What does he have to gain from all this, beside a little notoriety?

Just wondering, is EO a multiple stage paint process, like a base silver than a purple over? No idea how that color was painted, but wondered.

[cook_dw]

Just for comparison sake.