montgomg
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04-25-12 11:44 AM - Post#2218997
I have a 1959 Bel Air. The trim tag shows 900A for the color. I know the 900 is Tuxedo Black. What does the A designate?
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 1960_Guy
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04-25-12 01:37 PM - Post#2219029
In response to montgomg
Link for 1960 paint.
The paint code is indicated on the cowl tag after the word "PAINT" (see the image above) and is typically followed by a letter. If you don't know where to find your cowl tag, click HERE. If your paint code is followed by a single letter "A", this designates that the vehicle did not leave the factory with two-tone paint. Two-tone paint codes had numbers higher than 941. Available combinations and their respective numeric codes are shown in the Interactive Paint Code Viewer above. The letter code for two-tone paint jobs gets a little more complicated. According to the Late Great Chevy Associations judging guide, these numbers (for two-tone only) were followed by up to three different letter codes. The first letter would indicate the primary color of the car and was sometimes doubled... for example, "V" or "VV" to indicate Roman Red. The second or last letter indicates the two-tone color. For example, "C" would indicate Ermine White two-tone. All together, a three letter color code could appear as "973-VVC". However, inspection of most 1960 Chevrolets that were equipped with two-tone paint reveals only one letter code to indicate the two-tone color. Either way, the letter codes seem to be redundant, as the numeric code already indicates the two-tone color combination. These are typical 1960 Chevrolet color codes:
Edited by 1960_Guy on 04-25-12 01:38 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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montgomg
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04-25-12 01:58 PM - Post#2219041
In response to 1960_Guy
Hey, thanks. That explains the letter A.
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models916
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04-26-12 07:08 AM - Post#2219288
In response to montgomg
A (acrylic) means single color
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