<VV> 911

[Norman C. Witte]

This was a '60.  

I thought John Cole had answered this; the numbers on Gary's site and in
Corvair Decade are apparently taken from the Clark's catalog, which are one
number less than the Corvair code numbers.  These numbers were the Chevy
code number for the rest of the Chevy lineup.  But the accurate codes are
what is on the body of the car and in the paint books, not what's on Gary's
site, the Clark's catalog, the Corvair Decade, or my website, which I
haven't updated for this issue yet.

If you look at my color page, 

http://www.wittelaw.com/personal/colors/index.htm 

at the bottom of each year's page is a link to the Ditzler color chart for
which Frank DuVal provided a link.  These color charts appear to be the real
McCoy from back in the day. 

Norm 

John's original response:

If you look at the colors you will see that more than one have the asterisk.
The asterisk denotes the colors that were available for the Corvair.  That
number next to the asterisk is the number that is found on the 1960 body
tags.  If you look in the Corvair Decade which took the information from
Clark's catalogue you will see the 1960 colors listed under the Chevy code
numbers which was one number less than the Corvair code.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 1:46 AM
> To: VirtualVairs AA
> Subject: <VV> 911
> 
> Not the phone # and not the date, but the paint code.
> 
> I forget who asked the question but it was about a '60 model with paint
> code
> 911 on the body tag.  It has been bugging me and I've check with a couple
> of
> people who SHOULD know.  Since neither (not surprising) could answer of
> the
> top of their head, they will now be checking their records and will get
> back
> to me.
> 
> A couple of items came up during the discussion.  Is this and EARLY early
> car?  By that, I mean a '60 with the 2 holes in the front for the horns?
> If
> so, that could possibly have an effect on how the paint was coded.  VIN #
> would be helpful here!
> 
> So far, the research has turned up that 911 was not a Corvair color, but
> was
> used on other 1960 GM cars.  That brings up the (somewhat remote - but
> can't
> be ruled out just yet) possibility that the original paint was intended by
> GM for a different line of cars.
> 
> We are still working on this, so hopefully a better answer will be
> forthcoming.
> 
> Please send me the VIN #.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Later, JR
> 
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