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Stickers1964 Chevelle Exterior Paint Codes - (Canada Paint Chart)
[ 1964 ] | [ 1965 ] | [ 1966 ] | [ 1967 ] | [ 1968 ] | [ 1969 ] | [ 1970 ] | [ 1971 ] | [ 1972 ]
It should be noted up front that there are no known numbers for any particular color for a particular series or body style whether it be a solid color or two tone. The numbers shown below are valid for all series and body style Chevelles except where noted for the Malibu SS. There are also no known numbers for the different colors of convertible tops. So just how many red (or any color) Malibu SS Chevelle sport coupes (or any other series) were built is not known and cannot even be calculated. There are a known number of Goldwood Yellow Malibu SSs were built but not by body style.
| 1964 COLORS | PAINT CODE / SALES NAME Color |
LUCITE | RINSHED-MASON | DITZLER |
|
900 (A) ~ Tuxedo Black -
El Camino Black ~ 12,557 |
88-L | A-946 | DDL-9300 | |
|
905 (J) ~ Meadow Green -
El Camino Medium Green ~ 7,984 |
4532-L | A-1613 | DDL-43264 | |
|
908 (E) ~ Bahama Green - El Camino Dark Green ~ 4,144 |
4534-L | A-1614 | DDL-43263 | |
|
912 (F) ~ Silver Blue -
El Camino Medium Blue ~ 40,207 |
4250-L | A-1481 | DDL-12546 | |
|
916 (W) ~ Daytona Blue - El Camino Dark Blue ~ 31,040 |
4395-L | A-1539 | DDL-12696 | |
|
918 (P) ~ Azure Aqua -
El Camino Medium Aqua ~ 38,385 |
4253-L | A-1476 | DDL-12525 | |
|
919 (Q) ~ Lagoon Aqua -
El Camino Dark Aqua ~ 10,013 |
4529-L | A-1611 | DDL-12848 | |
|
920 (T) ~ Almond Fawn -
El Camino Medium Fawn ~ 17,022 |
4527-L | A-1610 | DDL-22392 | |
|
922 (V) ~ Ember Red -
El Camino Medium Red ~ 17,340 |
4387-LH | A-1538R | DDL-71336 | |
|
932 (S) ~ Saddle Tan -
El Camino Light Saddle ~ 10,583 |
4392-L | A-1537 | DDL-22269 | |
|
936 (C) ~ Ermine White -
El Camino White ~ 69,006 |
4024-L | A-1199 | DDL-8259 | |
|
938 (R) ~ Desert Beige -
El Camino Beige ~ 19,634 |
4526-L | A-1609 | DDL-22391 | |
|
940 (D) ~ Satin Silver -
El Camino Silver ~ 8,142 |
4247-L | A-1477 | DDL-32173 | |
|
943 (K) ~ Goldwood Yellow - n/a * Yellow ~ 6,803 |
4530-LH | A-1612 | DDL-81450 | |
|
948 (L) ~ Palomar Red -
El Camino Maroon ~ 19,469 |
4389-LM | A-1536R | DDL-50684 |
* Goldwood Yellow was only available on Malibu SS series; not available on El Camino.
2. Fremont, CA.-built 1964 Chevelles used letters for paint colors as noted by the letters in parentheses above. Other U.S. assembly plants used either a 3 or 4 digit (for convertibles) RPO paint code.
Example of Fremont, CA. paint code. Note "CP" for Ermine White
(C) upper and Azure Aqua (P) lower in a two-tone paint scheme. The last "C"
code is also unique to Fremont indicating the wheel color as well. At
any other assembly plant the paint code would be 988.
Example of Kansas City, MO. paint code of 959 for two-tone paint scheme
of Ermine White (upper) and Silver Blue (lower). A corresponding code
from Fremont, CA. would be "CF C" as the "CP C"
code shown above.
Fremont quirks never cease to amaze me. No two-tone combination of Silver
Blue (F) upper and Ermine White (C) lower is known. More probable, the
correct two-tone is like the KC example above of Ermine White (upper)
and Silver Blue (lower) with silver blue wheels, or CFF. It's also possible
the wheel color (F) was stamped first followed by the upper then lower
body color. The hand stamped #7 is unusual for a Fremont tag in 1964.
| TWO-TONE | ||
|
Upper |
Lower |
The Fremont, CA. assembly plant used the letter codes for paint color designation in 1964 except for two very early tags found with no body date (known to be before October 1963) and the upper body color was listed first, then the lower body color. All other assembly plants used a 3 digit number for paint codes except on convertibles when a 4th digit was added to designate the convertible top color. No Fremont convertible tag has turned up to date so it's not known how Fremont handled the convertible top color on the trim tag. |
| 952 (EJ) ~ 524 Bahama Green / Meadow Green |
||
| 954 (CJ) ~ 1,709 Ermine White / Meadow Green |
||
| 959 (CF) * ~ 7,490 Ermine White / Silver Blue |
||
| 960 (WF) ~ 1,160 Daytona Blue / Silver Blue |
||
| 965 (CQ) * ~ 4,298 Ermine White / Lagoon Aqua |
||
| 971 (RS) ~ 3,977 Desert Beige / Saddle Tan |
||
| 975 (RV) * ~ 1,959 Desert Beige / Ember Red |
||
| 982 (WD) ~ 1,010 Daytona Blue / Satin Silver |
||
| 988 (CP) ~ 4,066 Ermine White / Azure Aqua |
||
| 993 (RL) ~ 1,387 Desert Beige / Palomar Red |
||
| 995 (DL) ~ 890 Satin Silver / Palomar Red |
||
* Several Fremont trim tags have been found where the paint code letters seem to be reversed from the normal upper body color followed by the lower body color. The two FCF tags above and a reported QCQ coded tag.
| COLOR | CONVERTIBLE TOP CODE ~ COLOR |
|
|
1 ~ White |
|
|
2 ~ Black |
|
|
3 ~ Beige |
Color Rating by Sales
It needs to be pointed out that there is no known breakdown of color and specific series or body style, numbers are for all 1964 Chevelles including convertibles where they would have a convertible top. Colors are listed total number of sales from most to least. Two-tone combinations are listed separately.
| Popularity Number | Total Reported Sold | Color |
| 1 | 69,006 | Ermine White |
| 2 | 40,207 | Silver Blue |
| 3 | 38,385 | Azure Aqua |
| 4 | 31,040 | Daytona Blue |
| 5 | 19,634 | Desert Beige |
| 6 | 19,469 | Palomar Red |
| 7 | 17,340 | Ember Red |
| 8 | 17,022 | Almond Fawn |
| 9 | 12,557 | Tuxedo Black |
| 10 | 10,583 | Saddle Tan |
| 11 | 10,013 | Lagoon Aqua |
| 12 | 8,142 | Satin Silver |
| 13 | 7,984 | Meadow Green |
| 14 | 6,803 | Goldwood Yellow * |
| 15 | 4,114 | Bahama Green |
| * Goldwood Yellow was only available on Malibu SS series. | ||
| Popularity Number | Two-tone | Colors - upper/lower |
| 1 | 7,490 | Ermine White / Silver Blue |
| 2 | 4,298 | Ermine White / Lagoon Aqua |
| 3 | 4,066 | Ermine White / Azure Aqua |
| 4 | 3,977 | Desert Beige / Saddle Tan |
| 5 | 1,959 | Desert Beige / Ember Red |
| 6 | 1,709 | Ermine White / Meadow Green |
| 7 | 1,387 | Desert Beige / Palomar Red |
| 8 | 1,160 | Daytona Blue / Silver Blue |
| 9 | 1,010 | Daytona Blue / Satin Silver |
| 10 | 890 | Satin Silver / Palomar Red |
| 11 | 524 | Bahama Green / Meadow Green |
General Motors of Canada, LTD. offered many of the same colors as their U.S. counterpart. Although these colors are listed as 1964 Passenger Colours on the paint code chart, it's unknown if these additional colors were available on Chevelles as well. Several Canadian colors were identical to U.S. colors, only the sales names were a bit different.
Color vs. Sales Name
Paint color names often differ from the advertised Sales Name. One example might be where the factory paint color is simply RED but the sales name may be BOLERO RED or CRANBERRY RED. Yes, the paint mixing formulas are different between BOLERO RED and CRANBERRY RED but to the factory it was still just red. In a case where their may be two or more hues of a color with sales names such as DEEPWATER BLUE, NANTUCKET BLUE, and MARINA BLUE, the factory colors are simply shown as MEDIUM BLUE, DARK BLUE, or BRIGHT BLUE. A given paint color for a year may have a different sales name for Chevrolet than it does for say Buick, Oldsmobile, or Pontiac. An example of this is the 1969 sales name for Chevrolet of HUGGER/MONACO ORANGE is the same color as the 1969/1970 Pontiac sales name of CAROUSEL RED. Same color, same OEM supplier mixing formula, just different sales names for the two GM divisions.
