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1966 El Camino Paint Codes

 

 

1966 COLORS

PAINT CODE / SALES NAME / COLOR *

INTERIOR TRIM COLORS
FAWN
707-710-711
BLUE
727-730
RED
745-748-749
BLACK (1)
762
  A ~ Tuxedo Black
Black
X X X X
  C ~ Ermine White
White
X X X X
  D ~ Mist Blue
Light Blue
  X   X
  E ~ Danube Blue
Dark Blue
  X   X
  F ~ Marina Blue
Medium Blue
  X   X
  H ~ Willow Green
Light Green
X     X
  K ~ Artesian Turquoise
Medium Aqua
X     X
  L ~ Tropic Turquoise
Dark Aqua
X      
  M ~ Aztec Bronze
Bronze
X     X
  N ~ Madeira Maroon
Maroon
X   X X
  R ~ Regal Red
Red
    X X
  T ~ Sandalwood Tan
Light Tan
X     X
  V ~ Cameo Beige
Beige
X     X
  W ~ Chateau Slate
Grey
      X
  Y ~ Lemonwood Yellow
Yellow
      X
Notes:
1. Black only available in 135-13680 Custom El Camino with A51 bucket seats
2. Additional colors were offered on Canadian Chevrolet models that were not offered on their U.S. built counterparts. Whether all of these additional colors were available on Chevelles is not known but many were. Some colors used different names as noted by the asterisk (*).

B ~ Blue Charcoal Metallic
C ~ Provincial White (Ermine White)*
H ~ Laurel Mist Metallic (Willow Green)*
J ~ Cypress Green Metallic
P ~ Plum Mist Metallic


TWO-TONE
Lower Upper  
    CK ~ Ermine White / Artesian Turquoise
    DC ~ Mist Blue / Ermine White
    DE ~ Mist Blue / Danube Blue
    HC ~ Willow Green / Ermine White
    LC ~ Tropic Turquoise / Ermine White
    NA ~ Madeira Maroon / Tuxedo Black
    TV ~ Sandalwood Tan / Cameo Beige
    WA ~ Chateau Slate / Tuxedo Black
 
Some unique two-tone combinations have been reported on Oshawa, Canada-built Chevelles
    MV ~ Aztec Bronze / Cameo Beige

COLOR

CONVERTIBLE TOP CODE ~ COLOR
  1 ~ White (Std. C05AA)
  2 ~ Black (RPO C05BB)
  6 ~ Beige (RPO C05AB)

COLOR

VINYL TOP CODE ~ COLOR
  2 ~ Black (RPO C08AA)
  6 ~ Beige (RPO C08AB)

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Fremont, CA. continued to use a three letter combination (third letter being wheel color) off and on until late November, 1965 when the wheel color code was dropped apparently on all model tags.

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Sometime between December of 1965 and January of 1966, Fremont, CA. also changed the format of their trim tags to match other assembly plants.


GM of Canada Paint Code Chart

General Motors of Canada LTD offered the same colors as their U.S. counterpart with three additional colors available, Blue Charcoal Metallic, Cypress Green Metallic and Plum Mist Metallic. Several other Canadian colors were identical to U.S. colors, only the names were a bit different.

Color Color Name Paint Code
    Enamel Lacquer
  Tuxedo Black A 3A
  Blue Charcoal Metallic* B 3B
  Provincial White C 3C
  Mist Blue Metallic D 3D
  Royal Mist Metallic E 3E
  Marina Blue Metallic F 3F
  Laurel Mist Metallic H 3H
  Cypress Green Metallic* J 3J
  Artesian Turquoise Metallic K 3K
  Tropic Turquoise Metallic L 3L
  Aztec Bronze Metallic M 3M
  Madeira Maroon Metallic N 3N
  Plum Mist Metallic* P 3P
  Regal Red R 3R
  Sandalwood Tan Metallic T 3T
  Cameo Beige V 3V
  Chateau Slate Metallic W 3W
  Lemonwood Yellow Y 3Y

Canada also offered some different two-tone paint combinations not available in the U.S.
Code MV is one such combination found; Aztec Bronze lower with Cameo Beige upper.


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