<VV> Corsa Cove Color Code

[Kent Sullivan]

Replying to something out of the archives... Just wanted to mention that I
noticed last night, on the back of an original 1965 Ditzler paint chip
chart, that Argent Silver is listed, DQE-8568, as being for the front bumper
valence panel on full-sized Chevys and the two-tone rear engine grille on
Corvair Monzas. While this does not specifically mention the Corsa rear
cove, I think we can be comfortable in assuming that the same color was used
there.

FWIW: I have some 28-year-old Duracryl DDL-8568 acrylic lacquer that came to
me with a car I purchased several years ago. The can says "Non Smudge
Aluminum". The formula number and name are printed on the label "from the
factory", not penciled in. Meaning, that this was a pre-mixed color on a
paint store's shelf. Perhaps this alternate name might be helpful.

Has anyone had success finding a DBC- or DBU- version of this color?

--Kent
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Frank DuVal mailto:corvairduval at cox.net 
Fri Apr 21 20:50:44 EDT 2006 

Harry and Matt are right. Argent Silver was used for years in the GM 
line. In my 1970 GM PPG sheets it is listed as a wheel color.

PPG code originally was DQE-8568 for alkyd enamel. PPG (Ditzler) 
suppliers used to stock this in premixed quarts.

Usually you just change the prefix to the type of paint you want, so a 
base coat urethane should be DBC-8568.

Acrylic lacquer if you could find it would be DDL-8568.

Jeffrey Bahret wrote:

> Does only one have the paint codes for the flat silver in the LM rear 
> cove for the Corsa models? PPG paint?
> My painter if clue-less.
> thanks...
> Jeff Bahret
> Corsa Member
> 65 Turbo Corsa Coupe
>

Argent means silver, but in '57, there was a Chevrolet color called 
Argent Silver, that is a dead ringer for the Corsa cove color.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net

Isn't it just "Argent" [ silver]  65-66??

Matt Nall
stocker, mod, v8, turbo, boat, sandcar
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