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how would a x44 camaro with a code of 55 50 PNT be painted. I know it is azure turquoise and dover white, but did that mean the vinyl top or paint? I know it had a vinyl top originally. The complete line of the tag is:

TR 727 55 50 PNT

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727= Standard Ivory/Black bucket seats
55-50= Lower color is Azure Turquoise and the top color is Dover White (both are painted on no vinyl top

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I believe thats 2 tone paint, white painted roof, Azure body. Whoops, Jeff beat me to it anyhow! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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It didn't have a vinyl top originally, the 2 tone combos used the same trim as a vinyl top to separate the top color from the body color.

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Wasn't this fairly a rarely ordered option? I've yet to see a car with 2-tone paint.

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Thats what I was going say. Can someone post a picture of the car. I have never seen a two-tone first gen. Camaro before.

-Dan

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Here's a late production (11A) 63-50 coded car. It's actually about 200 cars from the end of production Though it looks like a vinyl top, it's not.

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I don't think GM kept color or vinyl top records but I think the vinyl top was a popular thing in the 60's. I remember looking for my 1st Camaro in the late 70's and being turned off by so many vinyl topped cars, but wound up buying one anyway. The 2-toned thing must have been GM's idea to give the customer a whole lot of options on customizing their new car.

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Nothing on the colors were kept, but since the Vinyl Top was an RPO (RPO C08)GM does have the records for how many Camaros came with a vinyl top:

67 - 52455
68 - 77065
69 - 100602

Lot of cars had Vinyl tops, approaching 40% of all Camaros in 69. Lot more than have them now.

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Do you think this two-tone color option was very rare? Or a high volume item like the vinyl tops?

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Don't know about the rarity of the two tone schemes, but there does appear to be more of them later in production, than earlier.

Heres another one. This it a 53-51 car.

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2 tone is pretty rare. About 1% of 69 Camaros got it.
It was available on 68 and 69 F-birds too.
The trim was not the same as vinyl top, different part #'s. Probably not blacked out in the groove of the trim.

That brown car that Mark posted above is actually 61-63 paint. Pretty rare, not many ordered and who would keep it that color. The upper paint is Champagne, never actually seen it on a 69 other than this car.

All 6 two tones combos have been observed. The three white top combos are the most common. The rarer combos are the two blue on blue combos and the brown on champagne.

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Kurt, Thank you for the information. It's a lot fun to learn more about the camaro I have.

The March 2003 Feature car is a great example of Azure Turquoise. as seen here

Does anyone know of more Azure Turquoise camaro photos?