C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

[Mark F.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

Hi Guys,

Here's the latest Birdcage color data in Chart form this time...

1968 to 1972 Corvette Birdcage Zinc Chromate Color Observations CHART.jpg

[Owen L.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

Hi Guys,

Here's the latest Birdcage color data in Chart form this time...

Any way you can incorporate the coupe vs. ragtop data?

[Mark F.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

Any way you can incorporate the coupe vs. ragtop data?

Hi Owen,

Post #3 identifies 3 birdcages...but whether they are coupes or convertibles is not provided.

The other 4 of 7 provided are all Coupes (yours, Dan's and 2 of Terry's).

Our sample size is still very small at this point.
If more data is provided; a better picture of what might have been happening may pop out...

[Mike E.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

Mark,
70 convertible 62xx black
71 coupe 75xx green
72 coupe 94xx black
72 convert 68xx black
72 coupe 49xx green
71 convert 42xx black
71 convert 123xx black
71 convert 127xx black
71 convert 95xx black
I should have kept better track over the years, but those are the data points I can enter.
Mike

[Blair K.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

'68 convertible. VIN 05338. Green birdcage.

[Mark F.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

Mark, 70 convertible 62xx black; 71 coupe 75xx green; 72 coupe 94xx black; 72 convert 68xx black; 72 coupe 49xx green; 71 convert 42xx black; 71 convert 123xx black; 71 convert 127xx black; 71 convert 95xx black...I should have kept better track over the years, but those are the data points I can enter. Mike

'68 convertible. VIN 05338. Green birdcage.

OK boys, here's where we are with all posts added.
lemme know if you have questions or comments...

1968 to 1972 Corvette Birdcage Zinc Chromate Color and Body Style Observations CHART thru car #1.jpg

1968 to 1972 Corvette Birdcage Zinc Chromate Color and Body Style Observations Table thru Car #1.jpg

[Patrick H.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

Silly thought - should we differentiate the yellow green from the olive green?
I find that the midyear cars were more olive green, but the 8XXX 1972 coupe I maintain is definitely a yellow zinc color, not the typical green zinc dichromate. Mike Ernst shows both colors in his post; the 1971 is the same yellow green as the 8XXX 1972 that has been here.

Are there then are 3 colors?

PH

[Mark F.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

Silly thought - should we differentiate the yellow green from the olive green? I find that the midyear cars were more olive green, but the 8XXX 1972 coupe I maintain is definitely a yellow zinc color, not the typical green zinc dichromate. Mike Ernst shows both colors in his post; the 1971 is the same yellow green as the 8XXX 1972 that has been here. Are there then are 3 colors? PH

PH, not silly at all...as Captain Piccard used to say, "Make it so..."...so I did

The "Yel/Grn" tracking can be expanded to earlier years if/or when they show up...I'm thinkin' there's no sense cluttering the images w/ a bunch of zeroes at this point...

As for your '72 - to have accurate VIN correlations (I've created 500 VIN-range "bins"), I would need to have the red digit for your car 8XXX...for now, I plopped it into the 8001 to 8500 bin, but I'd like to have it correct to keep this tallying "clean"...lemme know when you get a chance, please...

PS - the data set is statistically still very small (<50), so adding one car in one bin can seem to drastically change interpretations...it would be nice to get 50 to 100 observations, but that may be a stretch...as always, let me know if there are questions or comments.

1968 to 1972 Corvette Birdcage Zinc Chromate Color and Body Style Observations CHART 15 cars + y.jpg
- 1968 to 1972 Corvette Birdcage Zinc Chromate Color and Body Style Observations TABLE 15 cars +.jpg

[Mark F.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

And here's a better visualization of where each car falls within the VIN Bins (Ranges)...

- 1968 to 1972 Corvette Birdcage Zinc Chromate Color and Body Style Observations VIN BIN Range 1.jpg

[James G.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

1971 coupe #21783 Green

[Mark F.]

Re: C3 birdcage color. Green vs. black

1971 coupe #21783 Green

Thank you James,

here's the Chart w/ your car added...

- 1968 to 1972 Corvette Birdcage Zinc Chromate Color and Body Style Observations 16th car_001.jpg