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It's called Grecian Green on the paint chart, code H, and you're right, it was only offered by Chevy that season. I have to say it doesn't look bad in that Impala picture.
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And it looks like a white interior, not one of those bad green/green mismatches.
Love that color on that Chevy.
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andre, your grandfather's car is indeed that same color green.
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Too bad about the missing slats. It looks to be in pretty decent condition for something just left on the property.
Saw this posted elsewhere. These look better than the factory offering in many cases. Fun times.
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I remember reading dozens of those catalogs as they showed up at the house.
Saw that white Lark hardtop again, someone is definitely DDing it in the fair weather. Walked by it, I am certain it is original paint. If I drive by it I'll have to get a pic, fun little car. Also saw a fried eggs Porsche Targa.
Speaking earlier of 1968 GM greens, another one-division-only green that year was Pontiac's Verduro (Verdoro?) Green. Olive green metallic. I hated it then, and my hate is softened now but still not a fan. It seemed pretty popular in my hometown. I believe Pontiac used it more than one year but too lazy to check.
Yes, Verdoro Green began as a Pontiac "spring special" color in '67 , and carried on thru '68 and '69, but was exclusive to Pontiac.
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I didn't realize that Verdoro came out in Spring of '67. I googled the color, and a few cars did show up, mainly Firebirds and LeManses. I wonder if they kept it off of the big cars until 1968? I think it manages to work on a Firebird, or on a '68 Tempest/LeMans/GTO. But, I don't care for it on the '67 midsized. Funny, how a color can work pretty well with one shape, but not another.
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https://blog.consumerguide.com/spring-special-madness-10-classic-limited-edition-ads/
I know that Olds had some spring colors on the '70 Cutlass and that some carried over into '71. The chart below (the spring colors being the 2-asterisk "special order colors") doesn't seem to be quite right as Viking Blue is a popular color on '70 Cutlasses so I wonder if that should have had 2 asterisks instead of 1.
One thing I didn't realize until recently was that the '69 Dodge spring special offering included this chrome grille extension/hood trim on the Polara. I read that it was done for 2 reasons - the '69 Dodge was not all that well-received and looked kind of blah, and that it was in anticipation of the loop bumper look coming for 1970. Don't know how true either of those stories are.
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As a rough guide, for 1970, the Polara was offered in Polara, Polara "Deluxe", and Polara Custom ranges, with the convertible only in the Deluxe range. They only built 842 that year.
Hardtop coupe: 15,243 (Deluxe, Custom)
Convertible: 842
4-door sedan: 18,740 (base, Deluxe, Custom)
4-door hardtop: 19,223 (Deluxe, Custom)
2-seat wagon: 3,074 (base, Deluxe)
3-seat wagon: 3,546 (base, Deluxe).
So, 60,668 Polaras, total for 1970, compared to about 89,000 for '69. So, extrapolating from that, I'd guess maybe 1500-2000 convertibles for '69?
Yeah, there was no Polara Deluxe. Just the regular Polara and the Polara Custom, which had a few more niceties.
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DE: Polara
DL: Polara "Deluxe"
DM: Polara Custom
DH: Monaco
The "D" was the code for "Polara/Monaco" in 1970. The second code was for price class, or at least Mopar's interpretation of it. in this case, "E"=Economy, "L"= "Low", "M"="Medium", and "H"="High".
So I wonder if this "DE" was some sort of limited edition stripper/fleet special model, like something that might be used as a taxi, or for someone to drive around reading water meters? The book even lists the 4-door as having a slant six standard, even though the sales brochure says a 318 was standard.
The sales brochure just lists "Polara" and "Polara Custom", but apparently there was some variation in internal designations for the Polara, so my book probably just added the "Deluxe" to break them up. As for pricing, with the wagons the "DeLuxe" is showing about $150 more, while the 4-door is around $300, which probably reflects the added cost of the standard 318.
Whatever this was though, it seemed like a one-year aberration. In '69 the lineup was Polara/Polara 500, and in '71 it was Polara/Polara Custom/Polara Brougham. For '72-73 it was just Polara/Polara Custom, and then for '74, Monaco took over for all of the big cars, going with Monaco/Monaco Custom/Monaco Brougham.
I guess if nothing else, all that name shuffling kept the marketing departments busy.
It was well-worn but clipped right along and didn't smell bad. He crested a hill and looked for a moment like he was going to lose control of it, LOL.
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I talked a bit with the guy who owns it. It's an '87, with the 305. TBI, 4-speed automatic. Basic, work-truck interior. He said he just got it a few weeks ago, and loves it. Younger guy too, so it was nice to see someone young, who appreciates older vehicles.
Here's a couple other shots of it...
It definitely had a nice rumble to it, although he admitted, it was missing part of its exhaust system... I felt a bit cheated, actually...when I had my old '85, and it lost its muffler, it sounded about the same. But for some reason, when my '79 5th Avenue lost its muffler, it sounded a lot more muscular. I had people starting to ask me if I had a Hemi or big block under the hood, kids with those little fart-can Civics and Corollas would get mad when I pulled up next to them at a stop light and gunned it a bit, etc...
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Cool that I live in a part of the world where something like that can survive and be used as at least a sometime-driver. Although maybe not a lot this weekend - temps forecast in the mid 80s, old cars get a little warm around that point. If Sunday is 86 as forecast, fintail will probably slumber til next weekend.
I pulled its battery out awhile back to put in my '79 5th Ave, because the Chrysler's battery was getting to the point it wouldn't hold a charge. Today would have been a perfect day to go get a new battery for the Catalina. I went out and did my booze run for the month as soon as the discount liquor store opened, and also got gasoline for the lawn equipment and topped off the Regal. But once I got back home, I figured the hell with it, I feel like being lazy. This whole working from home thing has turned me into a recluse. If I don't get out and run whatever errands I need to do early in the morning, then I just don't do it, because I don't feel like messing with the crowds once they're out and about.
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