C3 fiberglass colors

[Lawrence Parisotto]

Hi,

A quick question about mid-year fiberglass colors - I couldn't find anything in the archives. I may be mistaken but I thought all 63 and till late 64 used a cream colour glass. My local Corvette expert who is helping me restore my very late 64 (which seems a mixture of cream and grey that the 65's had - mostly grey, don't know if these are all original parts or not) and he also indicates that 63/64 was cream.

I've looked in Corvette parts catalogs like Corvette Central and they list 63-65 original glass colour as "white", 66 as grey and 67 as black. In fact the various parts I've seen are that 63, till late 64 are cream, late 64, 65 and some 66 are grey, and 67 a very dark grey or 'black'.

So a couple of questions:
1) was there any white colored glass for early 63? I was going to sell some left over parts that are cream colored and described them as for 63 to late 64.

2) is it possible my car (120835) originally equipeed with some cream, some grey glass? It came originally with 6 hole sills rather than 4.

Thanks,
Lawrence

[Wayne W.]

Re: C3 fiberglass colors

OK, here goes. These are general guidlines. 63 early had white glass( by white we mean a translucent tan color). Later in 63 it changed over to gray.( this is a light gray to gray greenish) There was lots of mixing until later when they were mostly gray. My experence is that a 20K plus car would have been mostly gray. By 64 they were mostly gray of some shade ranging from medium to light. In 65 there was a reversion back to white, and again the color changed to gray through out the run to almost all gray late. The 66s were gray with many shades scattered throughout. Late in 66 the glass became a very dark gray to black like the 67s. In 67 they were generally black or very dark gray.

[Lawrence Parisotto]

Re: C3 fiberglass colors

Thanks Wayne - just when I thought I was close. By 'translucent tan color' is this the cream color I'm refering to? I would paste a picture but can't seem to do this in the discussion forum message.

Lawrence

[Jack J.]

Re: C3 fiberglass colors

Lawrence, as the original owner of a May 1 built 64 coupe, ALL my panels are grey with the exception of the left louvered fender panel which is cream colored.

[Wayne W.]

Re: C3 fiberglass colors

If you want to call it cream, that what it is.

[Kent K.]

Re: C3 fiberglass colors

FWIW - My mid production year '67 Corvette with an AO Smith body has a light colored left parking light panel probably left over from the '66 model run, the remainder being "black" fiberglass panels. BTW - It is a no-hit car.
Kent #6201