Custom paint

[Walter F.]

Were you able to ever have a Corvette painted a different color then was available that year FROM THE FACTORY? If so how would such a car be judged?

[Jimmy G.]

Re: Custom paint

Total deduct on color

[Michael W.]

Re: Custom paint

The trim tag would have to denote the fact and proof must be offered during judging that it was painted at the factory and not at the dealer.

[Walter F.]

Re: Custom paint

But was such special order paint jobs available from the factory? If I wanted my 63 Stingray painted Anniversary gold would the factory do such a paint job or would this have to be done at the dealer after the car arrived?

[John T.]

Re: Custom paint

At least in the C-1 era it was possible to have the factory paint a non standard color. Classic example is the "Shrine" cars.

John

[Joe C.]

Re: Custom paint

Were you able to ever have a Corvette painted a different color then was available that year FROM THE FACTORY? If so how would such a car be judged?

Full deduct on value of car. Car will be worthless if you are smart enough to do that.
Or buy a used trim tag with the color you want stamped into it like the Big Boys do.

[Terry M.]

Re: Custom paint

Were you able to ever have a Corvette painted a different color then was available that year FROM THE FACTORY? If so how would such a car be judged?

1) Yes, under some very specific circumstances (depending on the year of the Corvette) a Corvette might have been painted a non-standard color at the factory.

2) Judging information is contained in the NCRS Judging Reference Manual, 8th Edition. Page 33, the last paragraph of Section 8.

[Philip A.]

Re: Custom paint

I believe it was also possible to have one delivered in primer

[Chris C.]

Re: Custom paint

That is correct. I viewed a 1966 big block being judged at Bloomington Gold in 1993 or 1994 in Springfield, Illinois with a license plate that read "no code" and it was in primer.