Need Paint Code

[Don R.]

Looking for the paint code for Red 1963 Coupe.

[David H.]

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Looking for the paint code for Red 1963 Coupe.

Don

Welcome to Technical Discussion Forum.

Link below should help.

Dave

https://www.corvettepaintcodes.com/

1963 Riverside Red 923, Honduras Maroon 948

[Don R.]

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Thank You Dave!
I am helping do a full restoration on a 63 Coupe Air Car.

[Jack H.]

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Just felt like commenting...I'm definitely not a "red car guy"...everything I own is blue...BUT...there's just something special about a 1963 Riverside Red Split Window Coupe.

Good luck with the restoration.

[Don R.]

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Let me go one step further. What type paint and sheen will be accepted by NCRS Judges/

[David H.]

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Let me go one step further. What type paint and sheen will be accepted by NCRS Judges/

Don

For starters, an excellent article, by Tom Ames in current Corvette "Restorer" magazine. (Volume 48, Number 1, Summer 2021)

"Corvette Paint Options" on page 30.

Dave

[Carl N.]

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Hi Don,
Welcome to the forum. Hope all is well in Amarillo ! Thought you would have given up playing with plastic cars by now. Who has a split AC car in Amarillo, if I might ask ? Save the Wave !
Carl

[Frank D.]

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Just felt like commenting...I'm definitely not a "red car guy"...everything I own is blue...BUT...there's just something special about a 1963 Riverside Red Split Window Coupe.

Good luck with the restoration.

I felt the same way...it took my months to get comfortable with my red/red split window. Every time I sat down I felt like I was swimming in an ocean of red; and not a true red IMO, more of a tomato color....but it grew on me.

When my car was repainted we went with a single-stage urethane that comes very close to the original sheen of the factory without having that "Mop-and-Glo" "glazed ham" look. And of course the hood surround lip, door jambs, etc, were all "dulled down" as factory..

This even included the red oxide coat liked the factory used.

[Don R.]

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Hi Car,

Good to hear from you. All is good in Amarillo. Have lost several friends to covid though. I guess working on the plastic cars is in my blood. The only vette I have right now is a red 66 roadster. Do you still have your blue 67? Brad Cline owns the 63 split window. He used to live in Amarillo, but moved to Dallas. We are getting close to getting the body back in primer. We have the chassi finished.
Don

[Carl N.]

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Don,
No Lyndale car is long gone but might be in Amarillo still. My oldest son wrecked it and I fixed it and traded it for an El Camino. Guy that got it was rear ended hard on drivers side short time later and last time I saw it was in a body shop across from Cadillac place on paramount. Guess Brad gave up on racing ? I remember his saddle '63 he had at WT, got to drive it to Pampa couple of times with Scott Baldwin. Also remember the original Dream Chaser. Still have my blue '65 and a blue '98 vert that I bought new. Last big NCRS event I did was National in San Antonio in 2017. Did a NCCC show here last weekend and got Best in Class for C2's. Did Brad's '63 come from Galveston? If so I know the car well.
Save the wave - Carl

[Don R.]

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Carl,
The car did come from Galveston/Houston area that I know of. How well do you know the car. It seem to have been hit in the left front and some damage on the driver rear quarter panel. We had to replace the upper nose surround due to what looked like brake fluid seppage.
Don

[Carl N.]

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Don, see your private e-mail for details. Don't want to share too much on open forum to protect privacy of current and past owners.

[Don R.]

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Sure was not aware of private email on this forum.
Thanks!