SKR8PN
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Mine is a 1968 Fastback painted LL-1. Would love to know how many of the total production and how many 340-S Fastbacks were painted that color.
Is there a source to find how many 1968 Barracudas were painted a certain color?
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jeff alder
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Surf Turquois Metallic... who came up with all these cool names for Mopar colors
SKR8PN
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There is no way to know, But I was at the dealership checking in the cars and can tell you that is an unusual color as well as my dark green as I had to special order it. Nice car.
jeff alder
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Yes that is an awesome car and a beautiful color...Thanks for posting the picture.
It was the 60's man. The Beach Boys and the Psychedelic era, banana flavored rolling papers and 4 finger baggies.
No, there is no surviving record that breaks down paint colors. But from experience it is pretty clear that the three shades of Turquoise are some of the least common colors.
Mopar only started using "artistic" color names in 1968. In 1967, the names were purely descriptive: Dark Turquoise and Light Turquoise. In 68, they became Surf Turquoise and Mist Turquoise. By 1969, they were more imaginative, adding Seafoam Turquoise as well as color names like Limelight, Sandpebble Beige, Black Velvet. And of course, in 1970 they introduced the "high impact" colors with wild names like Go Mango and Plum Crazy.
Mopar only started using "artistic" color names in 1968. In 1967, the names were purely descriptive: Dark Turquoise and Light Turquoise. In 68, they became Surf Turquoise and Mist Turquoise. By 1969, they were more imaginative, adding Seafoam Turquoise as well as color names like Limelight, Sandpebble Beige, Black Velvet. And of course, in 1970 they introduced the "high impact" colors with wild names like Go Mango and Plum Crazy.
Some of my memories of the "60's are a little hazy.
lmao, always the one upmanship.
Timothy Leary didn't have to work for Chrysler for the managers to get the good stuff.
I'm sure it was a thought but dancing in the aisles and making paper airplanes during meetings was frowned upon.
SKR8PN
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it happensMan, this post sure went off the rails!!
Not that I’m aware of. From what I’m understanding Chrysler had a big fire and a lot of documents had been destroyed. We’re lucky we have manufactures numbers by engine, transmission and body style.
I believe that fire story has been debunked.
@Dana67Dart reported on that from information that he received from Chrysler Historical Society? I'm sure he'll chime in.
From the horses mouth..
The fire is a urban legend. The records 68 and up were never transfered to the historical group. They have been searching for them for decades.
The 67 and older records are in the form of IBM cards (basically build sheet data) no breakdown of any kind.
SKR8PN
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What model year did they start to transfer records to the historical group?
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famous bob
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The new one I bought in 1968 was deep forest green metallic ...
thats a nice looking car,
i have a 1968 dart gts that is paint code LL1 beautiful color cant help with how many were that color, but not many !
They have records to the 50s iirc
70SwingerGuy
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Beautiful car! That is an awesome color and it looks great on her
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