Orange 1973
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Just another Corvette guy
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Orange 1973
Hey Guys,
Question for anyone with an original Orange '73.
I've come across a '73 project I'm considering buying. Now blue but original color was Code 980 Orange. Was this a metallic orange similar to Ontario Orange or was it an enamel looking color similar to Hugger Orange?
Cheers, Greg
Question for anyone with an original Orange '73.
I've come across a '73 project I'm considering buying. Now blue but original color was Code 980 Orange. Was this a metallic orange similar to Ontario Orange or was it an enamel looking color similar to Hugger Orange?
Cheers, Greg
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Sorry...that's above my rookie paygrade
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Team Owner
1973 orange paint was called "Orange". The difference in color doesn't appear to be much; but I don't know about the type and amount of metallic and/or pearl in either.
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Team Owner
The funky colors of the 70's are now popular again.
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Team Owner
I think if you hold on to baggy underwear it will eventually be a 'hot' item. Amazing how just a few years makes everything change...and some of it back to what it USED to be....
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Race Director
...1973 "980" Orange is the EXACT same color as 1974 "Corvette Orange" as GM called it and it's code was "80L". My '74 has it's original paint so it's what original or correct '73 & '74 Orange Corvettes looked like.
...it was one of the "Firemist" colors for 1974 and does have a very fine "gold dust" metallic in it.
...it was one of the "Firemist" colors for 1974 and does have a very fine "gold dust" metallic in it.
Last edited by Paul Borowski; 09-19-2021 at 07:37 PM.
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Just another Corvette guy
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Thanks Paul.