Different color code production numbers

[35chevcoupe]

Does anyone know if there is any data anywhere on how many 65 Grand Sports were painted certain colors ? Example ( how many black 2 dr post cars with a 4 speed ) etc etc .
And are most guys painting there cars there factory color ?
John

[GS66]

John, paint it a color you will like and can live with for years. Sometimes that is the factory color.

[35chevcoupe]

I'll probably paint mine the color it came with on the vin tag . I was just curious , sometimes you hear people talk about a certain car being one of ten (or so ) of a certain color .
I'm not sure how they determine those numbers unless there is data confirming that somewhere .
Just curious I guess

[elagache]

Dear John and mid-60s Buick fans,

I'll probably paint mine the color it came with on the vin tag . I was just curious , sometimes you hear people talk about a certain car being one of ten (or so ) of a certain color .
I'm not sure how they determine those numbers unless there is data confirming that somewhere .
Just curious I guess

My 1965 Buick Special wagon was painted Buick's own formulation of "seamfoam green."  My Mom fell in love with the car back 1968 when the car was sitting in a used car lot and well, my Dad wanted something cheaper but . . . . 

My trusty wagon as I call her, was in a minor accident in 1994, and got a paint job from miracle painting.  Well it was better than nothing, but it wasn't Buick's "seafoam green."  17 years later, one of them German sports sedan plowed into my wagon in a parking lot forcing another repainting.  This time the body shop was up to the task of getting the original Buick color right:



If you like the original color of your car, it is worth the effort to get it reproduced correctly.  When my trusty wagon came back from the body shop in early 2011, I was amazed.  The wagon of my youth had been returned to me for the first time in 17 years! 

Cheers, Edouard 

[Loren At 65GS]

 
Edouard ,

  Really sweet wagon!!!  And I think the color is fantastic.

   Loren

 

[35chevcoupe]

Edouard that wagon looks great !  And I Think that color is awesome .
I actually really like the colors from the 60s to early 70s .
Like I was saying , wouldn't it be cool to know how many wagons with your drive train options they painted that color .

[WkillGS]

Buick did keep track of how many cars which were built with a particular option, but didn't track combinations of options.
Those documents are called 'daily car reports' and include the various options, and how many were installed at each assembly plant (Flint, Fremont, Baltimore, Kansas City, and Bloomfield). There is a further breakdown as to what series or model they were installed on.
A Skylark GS would be lumped into the same series/model as a V8 Skylark since the '65 GS was an option package.

For example, the 'B3' 4 speed transmission option is shown for 3000 series (Special) and 4000 series (Skylark). A total of 245 4 speeds were installed on the 3000 series Specials and 5845 4 speeds were installed on 4000 series Skylarks (includes GS's).

Option code 'B7' consolette, lumps all 3000-4000 series cars together. 2331 cars were built with this option.

I don't see a breakdown of paint colors however.

You could try contacting the Sloan Museum in Flint and see if they offer any additional data.

[mdkd]

Eduardo

Very sharp looking wagon with all that extra room when you need it.

Those wheels really make a big difference to.

I also have my parents 4 dr Special they bought brand new but unfortunately the Minnesota winters have relegated it to parts car status.

For those people that haven't noticed tap his picture for full screen and then the side to get another two views.

Milton

[wheelz]

Eduardo... SAHweet Wagon ya got there!   I'd drive that thing everywhere...  Yaa buddy!   

Wheelz, Tampa Bay 

[GS66]

Very nice wagon. Those make great Power Tour cars because you have lots of room too!

[elagache]

Dear Loren, John, Milton, Wheelz, Jim, and fans of mid-60s Buick "long-roofs" . .

Thanks for all the kind words!    Actually, my dream is pull a vintage Airstream travel trailer with my wagon and appear to have come out of a time machine when arriving at a campground.

Being fans of cars and therefore taking nice photographs of cars, you might find this website interesting:

http://www.carphototutorials.com/

There is considerable art in taking good photographs of cars.  One thing that I've found really helpful is a polarizer filter.  When a car is freshly painted and waxed to a high shine, it is so reflective that most cameras cannot handle the shine and wash out the colors.  It is especially bad with digital cameras.  Good old film could capture a wide extreme of light than digital sensors.  A polarizer filter is just like polarized sunglasses and cuts down the glare so that the camera can capture the actual color.  Polarizer filters are relatively inexpensive and once you have one, you won't go to a car show without it.

Thanks again!

Cheers, Edouard 

[35chevcoupe]

No problem here guys . the more conversation about these cars for me the better , as I never realized how much of a transition these cars were going thru in 65 .
I've been reading and looking over the photos as much as I can trying to learn about nail heads and Buicks from the sixties , especially the 65 grand sports .
I've even been studying the color codes because my uncle gave me his DuPont color chip book dating back from the early 50s to mid 70s . The mixing ratios were a lot harder to do back then because of the lack of technology we have now .
John