Orange factory color on a 67 Camaro ?

[cobraman]

A friend of mine wants to do a replica of a Camaro  his brother bought new in 67. His brother passed several years ago so he can't ask him and no photos can be found. We both seem to recall it was orange however after many 67 Camaro color searches I can not find any orange offered till 69. Can anyone here confirm that there was or was not an orange offered on the 67 Camaro ? Maybe a special order possible ?  Thanks guys.

[Can-Con]

Code OO is special paint and it was available in '67. 

My understanding is it had to be a GM color but I did read in one of the magazines in the late '80s or early '90s about a '69 Nova painted Chrysler plum crazy purple from the factory so???

https://www.69pace.com/paint.htm

[highway]

I found this Ray and there is no orange offered in all the Chevy car lines according to the paint code chart list  at the bottom of this link even for Corvette. 

http://camaroworld.macswebs.com/1967/paint.htm

The ONLY color chip chart I found in a Google search that showed an orange listed for 1967 in a GM lineup was for their commercial lineup, which was just listed as orange. 

[Jack L]

in a  article by Jim Mattison of Chevrolet COPO office in the 60s you could order any color except Cadillac fire mist colors

[cobraman]

Thanks guys . I guess our 50 + year old memory may be correct ! 

[SfanGoch]

The color was Road Commission Orange. It was a special order color available for the 1967 Camaro and 1969 Chevelle.

Road Commission Orange 1967 Chevrolet Camaro

[Can-Con]

Wow, that looks a lot like '69 GTO carousel red.

[1972coronet]

Looks similar to Omaha Orange (colloq. , 'Trash Truck Orange' or 'Highway Department Orange") , if not an exact match . 

Nice looking '67 , Joe !

[1972coronet]

Here's a 1968 Dana Camaro painted an unnamed-on-the-site orange colour : https://www.69pace.com/paint1968specialpaint.htm

[SfanGoch]

29 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

Wow, that looks a lot like '69 GTO carousel red.

Probably is. The same color from a car manufacturer can have twenty or more different names and color codes spanning multiple model years. Quoting Jim Mattson (former COPO office at GM):

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We would paint a vehicle any color under the rainbow except for the Cadillac Firemist colors and Corvette colors. Our special paint book would have thousands of special colors in it, with more being added weekly.

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The Cadillac Firemist colors were excluded due to them having such a coarse metallic. These colors needed to be sprayed through a special paint gun. Even on a Cadillac, the Firemist paint was quite a costly option!

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I even remember a fair number of cars being ordered in the 1970 Chrysler color "Plum Crazy"!

That last comment opens up a lot of interesting possibilities.

Edited February 16, 2020 by SfanGoch

[cobraman]

Thanks again guys. I passed the info along to my buddy.

[Motor City]

"I even remember a fair number of cars being ordered in the 1970 Chrysler color "Plum Crazy"!"

This was discussed on the Cadillac Lasalle Club forum a few years ago.  It's a '76 Eldorado convertible special ordered in that color.

 

[1972coronet]

FC7 wouldn't have been available until 1970 model year ( the "F" = "1970" ) , then was dropped after 1971 . But , that doesn't mean that it couldn't be had after 1971 ---- I've seen two examples of 1971 model year cars painted FM3 , which was a 1970-only colour .

That Plum Crazy / In-Violet looks at home on that '76 Eldo !

[Snake45]

8 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

That Plum Crazy / In-Violet looks at home on that '76 Eldo !

So that explains why Curtis Mayfield's Superfly theme starting playing in my head the moment I saw it! 

I remember reading in an old Cars magazine about a '67 Chevelle that had been painted in one of the Cad Firemist colors--I think it was some kind of bronze or brown tone--back in the day. That was part of the reason I painted my recent '66 Chevelle street monster build Testor Root Beer. I thought it might look cool, and darned if it doesn't! 

[OldTrucker]

One of my grandpa's nieces had a 67 Impala SS that was orange.

Bought new at a St Louis Mo. Dealership!

[gtx6970]

18 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

FC7 wouldn't have been available until 1970 model year ( the "F" = "1970" ) , then was dropped after 1971 . But , that doesn't mean that it couldn't be had after 1971 ---- I've seen two examples of 1971 model year cars painted FM3 , which was a 1970-only colour .

That Plum Crazy / In-Violet looks at home on that '76 Eldo !

Fc7 was a regular avail color option in the 1970 AND 1971 model years.

Discontinued for 1972 though.

But  thre have been a few documented 1972 vehicles painted that color

[Mike Chernecki]

My cousin had a 1970 Chevy C10 pickup special ordered in plum crazy purple. There was also an old lady in Winnipeg that ordered a 1970 Olds Cutlass in plum crazy purple.