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White interior is normally accented with black (black dash, carpet, etc.).There were two different mixed interior options.I guess you were supposed to look at the number and ignore the words! Carmine is misspelled both Carmel and Carmen on a Redbird build sheet shown at the top of this page.
#79 firebird code
The color code 64 refers to either color on the build sheet. The seats, door panels, and headliner are a light color, and everything else is a contrasting dark color. My car has buckskin tan interior, which is color code 64.On some years, exterior paint color was printed using an RPO code of EXT PT (for exterior paint, apparently)
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Van Nuys and Norwood were inconsistent in how they showed color codes on build sheets, and they also changed a little from year to year.
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This the only type of car in all my build sheets to use a "U". The Nascar is a lot like the Indy, but has a U, instead of an M, for the upper 2-tone paint scheme. In additional to all this, it has a giant 11 like the giant Y82 back on the buildsheet bingo page. The seat belts were multicolored in this car, and I can see the 9 but I can't see the color code. The 1980 Turbo Pace Car puts it over the top with six codes: 12C (weird combination leather/cloth multicolored seat), 16X (charcoal dash,carpet,etc), 11L (white paint), 11P (white wheels), 16M (charcoal accent paint), and probably 169 (charcoal seat belts). Want a fat example? A 10th anniversary Trans Am (TATA) has 152 ( silver leather interior), 15X (silver dash, carpet, etc.), 159 (silver seat belts), 15L (silver paint), and 16P (gray wheels). Our cars have color-coordinated seat belts, but they didn't start using a color code for that until 1979. His car also has 50L for paint instead of EXT PT. Brian's 1978 car has 55P for gold wheels, where mine does not. My build sheet says EXT PT BLACK instead of having a 19L. Out of 4 possible color codes on my build sheet, I have just two: 64N (for buckskin seats etc) and 64X (for saddle dash, carpet, etc.). This is for the "Nike Swoosh" kind of Stripe that was available on Firebirdsįor example, my 1977 car is black and has buckskin tan interior. Denotes roof paint color, like the black roof of the Nascar Trans Am. Usually denotes accent paint color where used, like on a W50 Formula.
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Thanks to the Audrain Automobile Museum for sharing this ride with us!Ī new #JayLenosGarage episode today! Stand by. American muscle meets #SmokeyandTheBandit!