1964 Chevelle Exterior Paint Codes - (Canada Paint Chart)
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| 1964 COLORS | PAINT CODE / SALES NAME Color |
LUCITE | RINSHED-MASON | DITZLER |
|
900 (A) ~ Tuxedo Black -
El Camino Black |
88-L | A-946 | DDL-9300 | |
|
905 (J) ~ Meadow Green -
El Camino Medium Green |
4532-L | A-1613 | DDL-43264 | |
|
980 (E) ~ Bahama Green - El Camino Dark Green |
4534-L | A-1614 | DDL-43263 | |
|
912 (F) ~ Silver Blue -
El Camino Medium Blue |
4250-L | A-1481 | DDL-12546 | |
|
916 (W) ~ Daytona Blue - El Camino Dark Blue |
4395-L | A-1539 | DDL-12696 | |
|
918 (P) ~ Azure Aqua -
El Camino Medium Aqua |
4253-L | A-1476 | DDL-12525 | |
|
919 (Q) ~ Lagoon Aqua -
El Camino Dark Aqua |
4529-L | A-1611 | DDL-12848 | |
|
920 (T) ~ Almond Fawn -
El Camino Medium Fawn |
4527-L | A-1610 | DDL-22392 | |
|
922 (V) ~ Ember Red -
El Camino Medium Red |
4387-LH | A-1538R | DDL-71336 | |
|
932 (S) ~ Saddle Tan -
El Camino Light Saddle |
4392-L | A-1537 | DDL-22269 | |
|
936 (C) ~ Ermine White -
El Camino White |
4024-L | A-1199 | DDL-8259 | |
|
938 (R) ~ Desert Beige -
El Camino Beige |
4526-L | A-1609 | DDL-22391 | |
|
940 (D) ~ Satin Silver - El Camino Silver |
4247-L | A-1477 | DDL-32173 | |
|
943 (K) ~ Goldwood Yellow - n/a * Yellow |
4530-LH | A-1612 | DDL-81450 | |
|
948 (L) ~ Palomar Red - El Camino Maroon |
4389-LM | A-1536R | DDL-50684 |
* Goldwood Yellow was only available on Malibu SS series; not available on El Camino.
2. Fremont, CA.-built 1964 Chevelles used letters for paint colors as noted by the letters in parentheses above. Other U.S. assembly plants used either a 3 or 4 digit (for convertibles) RPO paint code.
Example of Fremont, CA. paint code. Note "CP" for Ermine White
(C) upper and Azure Aqua (P) lower in a two-tone paint scheme. The last "C"
code is also unique to Fremont indicating the wheel color as well. At
any other assembly plant the paint code would be 988.
Example of Kansas City, MO. paint code of 959 for two-tone paint scheme
of Ermine White (upper) and Silver Blue (lower). A corresponding code
from Fremont, CA. would be "CF C" as the "CP C"
code shown above.
Fremont quirks never cease to amaze me. No two-tone combination of Silver
Blue (F) upper and Ermine White (C) lower is known. More probable, the
correct two-tone is like the KC example above of Ermine White (upper)
and Silver Blue (lower) with silver blue wheels, or CFF. It's also possible
the wheel color (F) was stamped first followed by the upper then lower
body color. The hand stamped #7 is unusual for a Fremont tag in 1964.
| TWO-TONE | ||
|
Upper |
Lower |
The Fremont, CA. assembly plant used the letter codes for paint color designation in 1964 and the upper body color was listed first, then the lower body color. All other assembly plants used a 3 digit number for paint codes except on convertibles when a 4th digit was added to designate the convertible top color. No Fremont convertible tag has turned up to date so it's not known how Fremont handled the convertible top color on the trim tag. |
| 952 (EJ) Bahama Green / Meadow Green |
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| 954 (CJ) Ermine White / Meadow Green |
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| 959 (CF) Ermine White / Silver Blue |
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| 960 (WF) Daytona Blue / Silver Blue |
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| 965 (CQ) Ermine White / Lagoon Aqua |
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| 971 (RS) Desert Beige / Saddle Tan |
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| 975 (RV) Desert Beige / Ember Red |
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| 982 (WD) Daytona Blue / Satin Silver |
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| 988 (CP) Ermine White / Azure Aqua |
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| 993 (RL) Desert Beige / Palomar Red |
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| 995 (DL) Satin Silver / Palomar Red |
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| COLOR | CONVERTIBLE TOP CODE ~ COLOR |
|
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1 ~ White |
|
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2 ~ Black |
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3 ~ Beige |
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.
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.
