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  • Tony M.
    Expired
    • August 31, 2010
    • 102

    Need Color Advice on my 59

    Gentlemen,
    Hope you are all well!

    I have owned my 1959 Vette with 270 Hp Dual Quad option for seventeen years. The car is very original with all correct numbers for all mechanical components including all glass. It has 75,000 miles that I can only assume is correct...based on general car wear, glass, previous owners, being stored winters, etc. Having said this, the car has been red with white coves for at least thirty years. I now want to paint the vehicle and re-do the interior. The original color combination for my car was Crown Sapphire with white coves and a tourquise interior.

    Question: Not having seen a 59 with this color combination, can someone send pictures of their vette that has this configuration? Is there additional value in this unique combination?

    I know that the codes never indicated colors for the first generation. I like red...but I also love every other color combination for 59, Snowcrest White, Classic Cream, Frost Blue, etc!

    Thanks for the guidance!
  • Patrick H.
    Beyond Control Poster
    • December 1, 1989
    • 11608

    #2
    Re: Need Color Advice on my 59

    Tony,

    Send me your e-mail address.
    Richard Dunham has a 1959 that won the Duntov a few years ago. It is a striking color, and I'll see if he can send you some photos of it.

    Patrick
    Vice-Chairman (West), Michigan Chapter NCRS
    71 "deer modified" coupe
    72 5-Star Bowtie / Duntov coupe. https://www.flickr.com/photos/124695...57649252735124
    2008 coupe
    Available stickers: Engine suffix code, exhaust tips & mufflers, shocks, AIR diverter valve broadcast code.

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    • Tony M.
      Expired
      • August 31, 2010
      • 102

      #3
      Re: Need Color Advice on my 59

      Patrick,
      Thanks...e-mail address is tony.nilda@hotmail.com

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      • Tom A.
        NCRS Body & Paint Advisor
        • May 31, 1986
        • 138

        #4
        Re: Need Color Advice on my 59

        Tony,
        Crown Sapphire is an outstanding color, you just don't see it much. I'd encourage you to look into it seriously. It would certainly make your car stand out from the rest.

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        • Patrick H.
          Beyond Control Poster
          • December 1, 1989
          • 11608

          #5
          Re: Need Color Advice on my 59

          I sent him an e-mail asking him to send you some photos.

          Patrick
          Vice-Chairman (West), Michigan Chapter NCRS
          71 "deer modified" coupe
          72 5-Star Bowtie / Duntov coupe. https://www.flickr.com/photos/124695...57649252735124
          2008 coupe
          Available stickers: Engine suffix code, exhaust tips & mufflers, shocks, AIR diverter valve broadcast code.

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          • Rick G.
            Very Frequent User
            • March 1, 1983
            • 270

            #6
            Re: Need Color Advice on my 59

            Tony,

            Check your email I ask a friend, Don, to send you photos of his newly restored crown shapphire 59. It is a beautiful color so representative of the time. I own an original color classic cream which some day I hope to return to this color. Best of luck with your car.

            Rick Gower

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            • Tony M.
              Expired
              • August 31, 2010
              • 102

              #7
              Re: Need Color Advice on my 59

              Rick,
              Not sure if I thanked you before. I did receive Don's pictures...beautiful!

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              • Loren S.
                Very Frequent User
                • November 1, 2002
                • 172

                #8
                Re: Need Color Advice on my 59

                http://www.musquetier.nl/C1_Site/UK/C1_home.htm

                http://www.c1registry.com/index.php?job=ShowCorvette&car_id=1

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                • Tony M.
                  Expired
                  • August 31, 2010
                  • 102

                  #9
                  Re: Need Color Advice on my 59

                  Loren,
                  Wow...very nice sites!!! Big thank you!

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