My car goes to the bodyshop in about 3 weeks. Does anybody have a butternut yellow 68 out there? This is the original color on the car. It is a 68 rs/ss. I think I like the daytona yellow better. It is not a factory color for 68 but if it is going to be yellow, it might as well blind ya! The butternut seems to be dull.Any ideas?

[This message has been edited by kcs (edited 03-18-2001).]

Both colors are great. yes the butternut yellow seems dull but when its all polished up it will still turn alot more heads then any non-camaro next to it.

kcs, I had the same problem last year with my 68 ss conv.I like the daytona color better but the orignal was butternut. I decided to go with the orignal color because I was going to spend a lot of money, and to keep it orignal was the best way to go. I don't regret it at all it looks great with black stripes and I get a lot of looks.if its a true ss keep it orignal if its a clone paint it the way you like.

KCS,
My 69 SS was orgianlly
Silver. I don't like Silver so when I go to the trouble of painting it I want a color I like. I would go with the Daytona Yellow over the Butter nut. Looks cool doing burn outs!!!!!!!

Thanks for the advice guys! As far as it being a clone, I'm not sure if it is. As far as I can tell, it is an rs/ss. I don't have the original drivetrain because I bought the car as a dragcar. I am in the process of putting it back together. It will not be an original car. I like yellow, but what yellow is the question!

Daytona yellow is nice, but I just had by 67 painted 96 corvette competition yellow and it is really great. It's a deep and very bright yellow. The paint is very thin so you need a light gray or white sealer to cover good in 3-4 coats. I have had people who don't like yellow tell how great it looks.

I found some pictures over at FIRST GEN CAMAROS, with the butternut color
try this http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/3652/nonjava.html
hope this helps

Thanks for the info and advice on the color. I still have a few weeks to decide. I'll keep ya posted!

kcs, where in Minnesota are you? I have a '69 daytona yellow in my garage (tore apart but the paint is still on it), and a friend of mine has a butternut yellow about a mile from my house. Let me know if your near my area.
Austin

http://www.jb.ngcsu.edu/rs350.htm

I have a '69 RS that's butternut yellow. You can see it at the URL listed at the top.

Hey jbalch, nice car! I like that better than daytona yellow. But the real question is what kind of coating did you put on your shop floor?

It's Behr garage floor epoxy. You can see more photos of my shop at www.jb.ngcsu.edu (http://www.jb.ngcsu.edu)

There's several photos of it during construction. It's kind of slow to load, the pic's are too big.

You guys are worried about a floor here! Can't you see we have a crisis here? My car goes for a make over in about a week.(ha-ha)your floor does look awesome!! My wife is reminding me that for the last 15 years I would say that I wanted a RED camaro or chevelle. Help! Now I've got another problem.Red, Butternut yellow, or Daytona yellow! p.s. pass me the beer nuts.... To Austin, I'm about a hour north of Mpls.





[This message has been edited by kcs (edited 03-23-2001).]

Hi, thanks for the floor paint links, sorry for the disruption I still think you should go with butternut yellow, think of the low maintenance-every time you wash it you can hardly see the water spots if you don't wipe it perfectly clean. You only have to polish it up once a year. Work smarter not harder.