CAN ANYONE DECODE THIS? OLDS CALAIS

[Pharozen]

The previous owner of my 1979 Cutlass Calais changed the interior color slightly, and I'm interested in going back to the factory color. Can someone decode this plate and inform me of the EXACT paint color of my interior panels so I can paint them back to the original factory OEM color...?

 

[MeanBuicks]

I'm going to say that Ruby Red is the color. I don't see 79T listed per say in the list below but all the 79 codes are pointing to Ruby Red.

http://www.rpocodes.com/

 

[88hurstolds]

It's Dark Carmine
Here are the paint codes:
http://www.gbodyolds.com/forum/showthre ... Code-Index

 

[Pharozen]

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate this.

 

[Pharozen]

It's Dark Carmine
Here are the paint codes:
http://www.gbodyolds.com/forum/showthre ... Code-Index

What did you look at on the plate to definitely tell you "Dark Carmine"?

 

[MeanBuicks]

The code 74E. I was looking at the 79 but your car has a vinyl top so it'll have a code too.

 

[Pharozen]

What am I looking for on this plate, because I do not see the code for 74E.....?

 

[spudd]

above the left bolt

 

[88hurstolds]

It's on the left, second line.

15L is for the lower color, silver metallic.
79T is for the upper, in this case vinyl top, Dark Carmine, which looks to be a bit faded... mix up some vinyl dye and restore it.

AR9 - Reclining Buckets
CC1 - T-tops
CO4 - Vinyl Top
BX2 - Lower Rocker Wide Molding
B51 - Lower B/S Wide Molding
D35 - Side Mirrors

Body was built second week of May
Built in Lansing, MI
Sequence #: 548602

 

[Pharozen]

Anything on the interior color? If the vinyl top is "Dark Carmine", what color is the interior?

From what I heard, '78 and '79 were two years where the vinyl top and interior were not the same color.