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'68 Impala Z03

Posted by gengle24 User icon on 1/10/2019, 10:17 am

Hey guys, quick question. Is it possible on a L-L paint code for this car to come out with a black interior rather than a Teal interior? Picked this girl up recently and someone liked black better than Teal Blue. I cannot find any evidence that the interior has ever been anything but black. I can however see Teal up in the fender wells and in the trunk area. I'm hoping to find a build sheet. See ya down the road, Gregg

Re: '68 Impala Z03

Posted by Jpesch User icon on 1/11/2019, 9:58 am, in reply to "'68 Impala Z03"

I wouldn’t rule out a mis- built vehicle. When I sold cars in the nineties, I saw an f-150 come in painted black when the window sticker and data plate both called for bronze. Once at model year end , a Crown Victoria was delivered new with a Grand Marquis interior

Re: '68 Impala Z03

Posted by TRQ User icon on 1/10/2019, 3:31 pm, in reply to "'68 Impala Z03"

I really like the car. Aren't you in Oklahoma? Traveled the state 20 years and lived in Broken Arrow.

Re: '68 Impala Z03

Posted by gengle24 User icon on 1/10/2019, 4:29 pm, in reply to "Re: '68 Impala Z03"

Yip. Been an Okie all my life. Moved the family to Durant back in 1999. Originally from the Enid area.

Re: '68 Impala Z03

Posted by Snarfy User icon on 1/10/2019, 1:22 pm, in reply to "'68 Impala Z03"

Decoding your Trim Tag according to Colvin's, your car is Dark Teal (LL) exterior with Teal (862) interior. Someone before you liked black.

Re: '68 Impala Z03

Posted by gengle24 User icon on 1/11/2019, 7:46 am, in reply to "Re: '68 Impala Z03"

I wished they would've left it Teal. The Teal interior on these cars looks awesome in '68.

Re: '68 Impala Z03

Posted by sluggo User icon on 1/10/2019, 11:12 am, in reply to "'68 Impala Z03"

Not sure I understand the question. I suspect you could have ordered the black interior with a teal blue exterior. However, with the 862 code on the trim tag, the interior was originally teal, not black.

Re: '68 Impala Z03

Posted by gengle24 User icon on 1/11/2019, 7:56 am, in reply to "Re: '68 Impala Z03"

Thanks for the input. Agreed. It makes sense the interior would've been Teal.

Re: '68 Impala Z03

Posted by Cameron Milne User icon on 1/12/2019, 5:56 pm, in reply to "Re: '68 Impala Z03"

Black interior was available with every exterior color, it was the interior colors other than black that had restrictions.

Nice car by the way.

Back in '68 when I was in grade 1 I used to ride a school bus past a house that had what I thought was a '68 Impala Super Sport. The car was actually just an Impala Custom coupe that had been repainted (as a new car)in a metallic orange and had 1965-66 Super Sport nameplates on the front fenders. For a couple of years I thought that was how the Super Sport was in '68, that is until a proper Z03 Impala Sport Coupe showed up in the school's parking lot with the proper grille, fender & trunk emblems & the unique interior. I didn't even know about the unique SS-427 until around 1980.

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