I have a special paint 1969 RS..It has the dash paint code (special paint)on the cowl tag. It was a special order car via the COPO process and was painted Carolina Blue from the factory. It also has blue interior with blue vinyl top(code c on cowl tag). I have heard several stories about the Carolina blue cars. Most seem to agree they were regional cars and most sold in the Carolinas. I am also in North Carolina. I was wondering if anyone had any info on these cars. Or does any info exist anywhere? I would also like to make contact with any other Carolina blue 69 owners that are out there to see what they may know,if anything about these cars. I know of 3 other cars presently other than mine. If you have any real info, please comment. Thanks

I believe that shade of blue was used in several parts of the country. There was a "colorado blue" Z28 that was ordered as a JL8 but the option was canceled before the car was built. It has paperwork and has been for sale over and over again but has the same shade of blue. I think in UCLA area there are cars painted with that same shade to match the school colors. They are basically non standard paint cars. It's interesting to see some of the custom combinations that were built though.

Hey ,carolina won the tournament!!

In the mid eighties a racing friend of mine had a baby blue, or Carolina blue, '68 camaro. I don't know if it was the factory color, but the next time I see him I will ask him about it.

I do know he sold the car to a guy who took it up to NY and ran it into a ditch.

I have seen a 69 L78 Chevelle with the dash in place of the paint code on the trim tag and it is this color

I seen a 69 Xram z that color and it was original paint and believe the stripes went down on the rear panel. I believe it may have been at GM nationals before.

I seen a 69 Xram z that color and it was original paint and believe the stripes went down on the rear panel. I believe it may have been at GM nationals before.

That's the Colorado car I'm referring to. I'm not a fan of the stripes extended down the rear panel, but the car had some nice paperwork with it.

I do know he sold the car to a guy who took it up to NY and ran it into a ditch.

Must have been a Duke fan! :p

I don't think special paint was processed via the COPO system.

I seen a 69 Xram z that color and it was original paint and believe the stripes went down on the rear panel. I believe it may have been at GM nationals before.
you talkin about this one?
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb291/yellow69RS/Chevyvettefest/P1030957.jpg
Taken at Chevyvette fest in Chicago this year.

Jeff

Probably is it. Hate those stripes:p

puke...one next to it is nice lol

That was a real nice display at Chevyvette fest. At least on of one of every factory color. A few suvivors and a real early if not first Z of the line. More pics here
http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb291/yellow69RS/Chevyvettefest/

Jeff

I believe the Z/28 car in the picture at Vette Fest belonged to Dana Mecum.

Mike

I believe the Z/28 car in the picture at Vette Fest belonged to Dana Mecum.

Mike
That would be correct. He is not the original owner, guess there is an advantage to running the auction, he gets first pick.

Jeff

A friend of mine has an original 1969 Z/28 with that - dash for paint code and it is carolina blue ,

A friend of mine had a 69 RS/SS that was carolina blue with white vinyl top and white standard interior. It had fiber optics, power windows, speed minder, special inst and had the -- paint code. That car was supposed to be an original Oklahoma car but cant confirm.

When I worked for Worldwide muscle cars here in the OKC erea we bought the car and it was sold from there some time in 2002. Have no idea where it went after that.

Hey, NC guy here as well. back in high school a kid had a carolina/colorado blue 69 malibu, medium blue interior, buckets and console, tissue holder, AC, 300-350/th350, 3:31 posi 12 bolt, double dash paint code. his mom bought the car new and passed it down to him as a hand-me down.....keep in mind this was in the late 80's when no one cared about a special paint code or that a high school kid was trashing it. the car was cool and i tried to buy it many times but he wouldnt let it go but wouldnt take care of it either. first a kinked fender, then a smashed quarter, and on and on. then i lost track of him and the car as well. then about 5 years ago friend of mine found and bought the car which by then needed piles of attention....and to the best of my knowledge he still has it and its probably an original SS 396 by now.

I bought my RS car with the intention of restoring a Lemans Blue car to keep and drive. When i got into it and discovered the dash paint code and the Carolina Blue, I simply couldnt bring myself to do anything but take it back to its original state. This included the code C blue vinyl top. There are no blue vinyl tops available thru any reproduction suppliers, so I had to chase down NOS Levant grain material and have the top manufacturered. The top was a big deal. I spoke with several experts on the paint used to replicate Carolina Blue in 1969 and found there is really no exact color know. Apparently dealers/individuals simply chose something close. The was a Dupont Carolina Blue in 1970, but not in 1969. Kurt from the CRG and Jerry M both knew of the cars, but not much about the color. Since the cowl sides of my car had remarkable original paint still present, we simply painted test panels till we came upon the exact match at least for my car. The color used was code 80 azure/powder blue. Its a 1969 Oldsmobile color. This makes sense in a way as there could very well have been a 1969 azure/powder blue Olds on the dealer lot at the time the order was placed for my Camaro. Also as a side note..I was told several months ago about some UNC homecoming cars. The person tells me said he read about them in some car magazine. He also said Rick at Ricks Camaro knew the story. I have had no luck following up on this persons story. Anyone know anything about this? The person emailing me was fairly convincing, but said he was kinda fuzzy on where and when he heard/read about this..Any one know more?