Carolina Blue

[ZLP955]

It’s definitely worth shooting test cards until you get something you’re happy with, modern paint technology won’t look like it originally did, even with the same mixing code.

[x33rs]

That's why I really prefer to use the BASF products when it comes to original colors and paint codes. That's been the best system I've found that really gets the original colors nearly perfect. I also use PPG occasionally but the colors have been hit and miss with that system depending on the color, and sometimes need monkeyed with for good results. Sometimes it's okay. If it needs monkeyed with that opens a can of worms I'll explain in a minute.

With a color like Carolina Blue, with no metallic and kind of a basic pastel color, it shouldn't be too difficult for them as long as that old Dupont number can be found. I can do a spray out with it and most of the time I don't have to change anything.

If it gets into tinting and custom mixing, that's where things get too difficult. Takes these guys way too long and hard to deal with. They just don't like doing it is what it amounts to and I'm not driving 200 miles to the next paint store. It's the only one that supports a quad city area up here, long story.
So if it looks like it's going down that path and we get into custom mixing stuff, there's a good chance I'll skip Carolina Blue and go back to Hugger Orange, lol. That's why I really wanted a code I could start with.

[396guy]

Found this on a 70 from Atlanta. No idea if it's painted correctly but...

[MYSTERYCHEVELLE]

I don’t have the FORMULA but here’s the Real 66 SS Carolina Blue I sold. Beautiful and Different color

[x33rs]

Thanks guys. Boy that sure is a very light blue. I'm trying my best to get used to that, lol.

Both of those look nearly identical to what I'm seeing on mine.
Interesting to see the other Dupont number on a 70 build sheet.
I just read a little bit from Jim Mattison and he states the 926-98371 number was for 69, 71, and 72 only but it is clearly shown on the 70 Chevelle build sheet that Charlie provided. And here we have the 926-96881 on another 70.

Armed with both of those numbers, I'll cross them over and do a spray out on both and see what I come up with.

[x33rs]

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard

Same car but transporter leaked brake fluid on the orig paint so they added stripes.

Charlie,
I thought I had saved a picture of that car you had sent me for reference since it is an original paint car. Going back and looking, the only Carolina Blue 70 I have has snow in the back round. I don't think that was yours since we are in Arizona??

Any chance you have a picture of it I can compare?

[John Brown]

Here is a link with more information on Carolina blue, along with other special paint colors on A bodys.

http://chevellestuff.net/qd/paintinfo2.htm#:~:text=It's%20known%20that%20code% 20926,of%20'Carolina%20Blue'%20specifically.

[Charley Lillard]

Originally Posted by x33rs

Charlie,
I thought I had saved a picture of that car you had sent me for reference since it is an original paint car. Going back and looking, the only Carolina Blue 70 I have has snow in the back round. I don't think that was yours since we are in Arizona??

Any chance you have a picture of it I can compare?

I think I owned it before I had a digital camera. Maybe Legendary has it on their site as sold ? Or google the vin ?

[Kurt S]

There were many different blues used - there wasn't one standard.

[L78M22Rag]

This is my ‘70 SS that still wears its original Carolina Blue paint.

I’d be happy to help out however I can.