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  • Dave VanderWal

    1954 Corvette Corvair Show Car

    I am making a model of this car, and am looking for interior color information. I know the car was initially painted in a "candy red" when it first appeared at the NY show. From the few b/w pictures available, I believe that the interior rear deck and dash top were painted to match the exterior, and that the lower dash was white, as was the trim strip on the inside doors.

    The car was later repainted a pale green, and I believe that the interior rear deck and dash top was at the same time repainted in a darker shade of green to complement the exterior, retaining the white lower dash and door trim.

    All that said, I'm in need of any confirming/denying info available on that speculation. Also, I need headliner color info (I'm guessing it might have matched the rear deck color?).

    Also need seat/carpet etc colors. I'm told that the Pennant Blue '54 cars were available with a tan or beige interior, so wonder if that might have been the choice used in the Corvair with both the red and green exterior colors.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA
  • Dave VanderWal

    #2
    Re: 1954 Corvette Corvair Show Car

    Here is a link to a pic of how far along I am with the model. Can you post pics directly inside your post on this site using html tags? Hope the link works.
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    • David N.
      Expired
      • June 30, 1991
      • 142

      #3
      Corvette/Corvair

      I don't know about the colors, but your link works just fine!

      David Nims 19639

      P.S. I have one picture of the car in my "Corvette Chronicle" book that shows the interior slightly. Seats look white, rear deck area and the dash pad are a darker color than the body. The photo I have has the exterior almost a "mint green." The dash and rear deck looks to be a darker green/blue color. A black and white photo in "Corvette" from Consumers Guide shows the dash pad and rear deck inside the rear window to both be darker color.

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      • Mark Jekot

        #4
        Re: 1954 Corvette Corvair Show Car

        Dave,
        Where did you get that? I want one.

        Mark Jekot
        Denver

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        • David N.
          Expired
          • June 30, 1991
          • 142

          #5
          Re: 1954 Corvette Corvair Show Car

          Mark,

          Which one did you want? The car model or the books?

          David

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          • Steven S.
            Infrequent User
            • February 1, 1984
            • 13

            #6
            Re: 1954 Corvette Corvair Show Car

            In Bruce Berghoff's book "GM Motorama" The 1954 Corvair is shown in a pale green exterior with tan interior(Photos Courtesy of GM).

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            • Mark Jekot

              #7
              Re: 1954 Corvette Corvair Show Car

              The Model.....

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              • Dave VanderWal

                #8
                Berghoff Book

                I have that book, but cannot place the picture that shows interior color with the degree of certainty you state. Can you please advise which page that picture is on?

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