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1964 Chevelle Paint Colors

 

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There are no known numbers for any particular color for a particular series or body style whether it be a solid color or two-tone. The numbers shown below are valid for all series and body style Chevelles except where noted for the Malibu SS. There are also no known numbers for the different colors of convertible tops. So just how many red (or any color) Malibu SS Chevelle sport coupes (or any other series) were built is not known and cannot even be calculated with any accuracy. There are a known number of Goldwood Yellow Malibu SSs that were built but not by body style.

 

PAINT CODE - FREMONT, CA PAINT CODE - ALL OTHER ASSEMBLY PLANTS SALES NAME COLOR NAME SALES QUANTITY
A 900 Tuxedo Black Black 12,557
J 905 Meadow Green Medium Green 7.984
E 908 Bahama Green Dark Green 4,144
F 912 Silver Blue Medium Blue 40,207
W 916 Daytona Blue Dark Blue 31,040
P 918 Azure Aqua Medium Aqua 38.385
Q 919 Lagoon Aqua Dark Aqua 10,013
T 920 Almond Fawn Medium Fawn 17.022
V 922 Ember Red Medium Red 17.340
S 932 Saddle Tan Light Saddle 10.583
C 936 Ermine White White 69,006
R 938 Desert Beige Beige 19,634
D 940 Satin Silver Silver 8,142
K 943 Goldwood Yellow (1) Yellow 6,803
L 948 Palomar Red Maroon 19,409
         

Two-Tone Combinations
PAINT CODE - FREMONT, CA PAINT CODE - ALL OTHER ASSEMBLY PLANTS SALES NAMES (upper/lower) COLOR NAMES SALES QUANTITY
EJ 952 Bahama Green / Meadow Green Dark Green/Medium Green 524
CJ 954 Ermine White / Meadow Green White / Medium Green 1,709
CF 959 Ermine White / Silver Blue White / Medium Blue 7,490
WF 960 Daytona Blue / Silver Blue Dark Blue / Medium Blue 1,160
CQ 965 Ermine White / Lagoon Aqua White / Dark Aqua 4,298
RS 971 Desert Beige / Saddle Tan Beige / Light Saddle 3,977
RV 975 Desert Beige / Ember Red Beige / Red 1,959
WD 982 Daytona Blue / Satin Silver Dark Blue / Silver 1,010
CP 988 Ermine White / Azure Aqua White / Light Aqua 4,066
RL 993 Desert Beige / Palomar Red Beige / Maroon 1,387
DL 995 Satin Silver / Palomar Red Silver / Maroon 890
         

Notes of Interest
 
Convertible top codes and colors are:
1 - White
2 - Black
3 - Beige
(1) Goldwood Yellow is a Malibu SS series color only. Naturally any Malibu SS could be ordered in any of the other colors but this one is only a choice with the Malibu S One could order any available color in 1964 via the Fleet & Special Order (F&SO) process. People often ask how many Malibu SS sport coupes (or Malibu SS convertibles) were done in Goldwood Yellow. There are no specific numbers of how many of either were done in Goldwood Yellow. But, if you like to play with numbers:
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By knowing how many Malibu SS sport coupes and Malibu SS convertibles were reported by GM (U.S. and exported to Canada) one can get a total of Malibu SS series - 79,860. Then calculate the percentage of each body style was of the total; 85.44% and 14.56%, then take the percentage times the number of Goldwood Yellow paint cars sold, one can come up with a equal distribution by percentage for each body style. Are these number factual? Probably not but they are a starting point for discussion.
 
The Fremont, CA. assembly plant used letters for their paint codes, all other U.S. assembly plants used numbers.
 
At the Fremont, CA assembly plant, in all two-tone paint combinations for 1964, the upper body color is listed first followed by the lower body color.
 
Convertibles built at the Kansas City, MO. assembly plant have a 4-digit paint code where the first 3-digits are the body color and the 4th digit is the convertible top color. For example a PAINT code of 9323 on the Fisher Body Number Plate is Saddle Tan (912) body color and a beige convertible top.
 
Convertibles built at the Van Nuys, CA. assembly plant have a -1 or -2 following the TRIM code to denote the convertible top color. For example a PAINT code of 943 and a TRIM code of 714-2 on the Fisher Body Number Plate is Goldwood Yellow (943) body color and a black convertible top.
 

 

Color Rating by Sales

 

There is no known breakdown of color and specific series or body style. The figures here are for all 1964 Chevelles including convertibles where they would have a convertible top. Colors are listed total number of sales from most to least. Two-tone combinations are listed separately.

 

Sales Rating Total Reported Sold Color
1 69,006 (C - 936) - Ermine White
2 40,207 (S - 932) - Silver Blue
3 38,385 (P - 918) - Azure Aqua
4 31,040 (W - 916) - Daytona Blue
5 19,634 (R - 938) - Desert Beige
6 19,469 (L - 948) - Palomar Red
7 17,340 (v - 922) - Ember Red
8 17,022 (T - 920) - Almond Fawn
9 12,557 (A - 900) - Tuxedo Black
10 10,583 (S - 932 ) - Saddle Tan
11 10,013 (Q - 919) - Lagoon Aqua
12 8,142 (D - 940) - Satin Silver
13 7,984 (J - 905) - Meadow Green
14 6,803 (K - 941) - Goldwood Yellow (1)
15 4,114 (E - 908) - Bahama Green
     
Sales Rating Two-Tone Colors - upper/lower
1 7,490 (CF - 959) - Ermine White / Silver Blue
2 4,298 (CQ - 965) - Ermine White / Lagoon Aqua
3 4,066 (CP - 988) - Ermine White / Azure Aqua
4 3,977 (RS - 971) - Desert Beige / Saddle Tan
5 1,959 (RV - 975) - Desert Beige / Ember Red
6 1,709 (CJ - 954) - Ermine White / Meadow Green
7 1,387 (RL - 993) - Desert Beige / Palomar Red
8 1,160 (WF - 960) - Daytona Blue / Silver Blue
9 1,010 (WD - 962) - Daytona Blue / Satin Silver
10 890 (DL - 995) - Satin Silver / Palomar Red
11 524 (EJ - 952) - Bahama Green / Meadow Green

 

 

GM of Canada Paint Code Chart

 

General Motors of Canada, LTD. offered many of the same colors as their U.S. counterpart. Although these colors are listed as 1964 Passenger Colours on the paint code chart. It's unknown if these additional colors were available on Chevelles as well. Several Canadian colors were identical to U.S. colors, only the sales names were a bit different and note the paint code is a letter.

 

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Color vs. Sales Name

Paint color names often differ from the advertised Sales Name. One example might be where the factory paint color is simply RED but the sales name may be BOLERO RED or CRANBERRY RED. Yes, the paint mixing formulas are different between BOLERO RED and CRANBERRY RED but to the factory it was still just red. In a case where their may be two or more hues of a color with sales names such as DEEPWATER BLUE, NANTUCKET BLUE, and MARINA BLUE, the factory colors are simply shown as MEDIUM BLUE, DARK BLUE, or BRIGHT BLUE. A given paint color for a year may have a different sales name for Chevrolet than it does for say Buick, Oldsmobile, or Pontiac. An example of this is the 1969 sales name for Chevrolet of HUGGER/MONACO ORANGE is the same color as the 1969/1970 Pontiac sales name of CAROUSEL RED. Same color, same OEM supplier mixing formula, just different sales names for the two GM divisions.

 

 

 

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