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1969 El Camino Paint Codes

 

 

1969 COLORS

PAINT CODE / SALES NAME INTERIOR TRIM COLORS
BLACK
752-753-756
MED BLUE
761
DARK BLUE
764-765
SADDLE
770-771-773
(910AA) 10 ~ Tuxedo Black
Black
X X X X
(916YY) 40 ~ Butternut Yellow
Yellow
X   X
(911CC) 50 ~ Dover White
White
X X X X
(923EE) 51 ~ Dusk Blue
Dark Blue
X X X  
(913RR) 52 ~ Garnet Red
Red
X      
(922DD) 53 ~ Glacier Blue
Blue
X X X  
(921KK) 55 ~ Azure Turquoise
Turquoise
X      
(920VV) 57 ~ Fathom Green
Dark Green
X     X
(919WW) 59 ~ Frost Lime
Lime
X      
(918SS) 61 ~ Burnished Brown
Dark Brown
X     X
(917MM) 63 ~ Champagne
Champagne
X     X
(915GG) 65 ~ Olympic Gold
Gold
X     X
(914NN) 67 ~ Burgundy
Maroon
X     X
(912BB) 69 ~ Cortez Silver
Silver
X X X  
(924FF) 71 ~ LeMans Blue
Bright Blue
X      
(927QQ) 72 ~ Monaco Orange (1)
Orange
X      
(926PP) 76 ~ Daytona Yellow (1)
Yellow
X      

Notes:
(1) Only available with SS option except on special order and coded appropriated on the trim tag as 72 or 76. When special ordered on a NON-SS optioned car, the paint code would show - - (two dash characters unless vinyl top was ordered as well), blank, or the OEM paint supplier's mixing code will be shown. Some documentation calls the color Hugger Orange while others call it Monaco Orange. The PPG color chip chart lists it as Hugger Orange under Chevrolet except the Corvette section which is listed as Monaco Orange; both carry the same PPG paint code 2084. For consistency on this site paint code 72 will be referred to as Monaco Orange when referring to the 1969 Chevelle as that is how the color is described in 1969 documentation I have from Chevrolet.

The 1969 Camaro was marketed as "The Hugger" for its handling characteristics, hence the same orange color was often referred to as "Hugger Orange" when referring to the 1969 Camaro.

Both the Monaco Orange and Daytona Yellow could be ordered on any non-SS Chevelle but the trim tag would reflect the paint code section with either a blank area, two dash characters ( - - ) or the DuPont mixing formula. Special order paint had to be approved by the Fleet & Special Order section of Chevrolet. Special order paint could be any color available by any automotive paint manufacturer except Cadillac Firemist colors.

* Interesting to note that even though the paint codes on the trim tag changed to numbers from letters, factory invoices still used letters to identify the paint color of the more 'standard' colors like 'CC' for white, 'RR' for red, etc.

The lower body panel on Malibu Series El Caminos for Argent Silver is DuPont mixing formula 927-95905 or 41253, Ditzler (PPG) color number is DE-8568.

Special paint trim tags show a dash character(s) or blank area on Baltimore tags. Two (Chevelle sport coupe tags) have been brought to our attention, both with 06D body dates as it turns out. One purported to be Monaco Orange (72) has a code of B1357 just after the body date and another purported to be Rallye Green (79) and a code of B1699. These codes are found just after the date code on the bottom line and not in the typical paint code area.

The double-letter codes below are ordering codes. Where applicable on the Fisher Body number plate a single letter is used.

COLOR

VINYL TOP CODE ~ COLOR
B ~ Black (RPO C08BB)
  E ~ Parchment (RPO C08EE)
  C ~ Dark Blue (RPO C08CC)
  F ~ Dark Brown (RPO C08FF)
  G or S ~ Midnight Green (RPO C08GG)