Tag Color Code vs Actual Color

[2LZ]

I'm flummoxed. The tag on my 1965 Corvair Corsa has a "P-P" code. Meaning Evening Orchid upper and lower.
My question is, can a dealer custom order a paint color for a customer (like my dad used to dealer order all his cars back then to his liking), and have it painted a specific color, but the body tag still shows what color that specific car was "designated to be"?
I find NO indication that this car was ever Evening Orchid, anywhere. It doesn't matter what I remove from the exterior or interior of the car. It's black down to the metal, other than the factory primer. Corvair Guru's????

[cnicol]

The Corvair I had with COPO paint had the actual COPO paint color stamped in the tag.

[caraholic4life]

One of two things is possible...

When the car was painted, it is possible that the owner at the time made the effort to completely strip paint from all the surfaces.

The other possibility is that the trim tag has been replaced to make it appear than a 500 or Monza was assembled with CORSA trim.

In the mid '80's when I bought my '66 Mid Engine coupe, it had been stripped to bare metal including in the door jambs and in the weatherstrip channels under the hood & trunk although I don;t recall if the under side of the hood & trunk lids had been stripped.

My current LOS '65 Monza coupe is currently Blue with a White Interior but was originally Yellow with a Black Interior.
This car was a rolling project when I purchased it and been painted Blue in the door jambs and in the weatherstrip channels.
While cleaning the undercarriage of the car after removing the suspension, I scraped and cleaned portions of the wheel wells to paint them. After the undercoating was gone, it was clear that the car had indeed been yellow at one time.

IF you are still curious and want to find out what the original color of your car was, you could look for the "Hidden V.I.N." on the passenger's side front frame rail which might require scraping that area in order to see it.
This would accomplish two things, first to verify what color the car was and second to verify the V.I.N. tag matches the Hidden Vin Stamped on the frame rail.

[isucorvair]

Let's see a pic of the body tag. Are you certain it has not been swapped?

[2LZ]

Let's see a pic of the body tag. Are you certain it has not been swapped?

Here's the Vin and body tag.

[caraholic4life]

Here are pictures of the V.I.N. and Trim Tags from my Blue LOS '65 Monza Coupe and my Red WRN '65 Monza Convertible.
Note the rivets holding the tag in place on these plates.

[2LZ]

I'll have to check out the hidden VIN. If someone did a tag swap, they did a seriously good job reproducing every option listed on the body tag. It's all there including am/fm w/ rear speaker, tinted glass all around, etc.....

[cnicol]

I doubt your car is a tag-swap - the rivets look perfect plus, as you note, the options are all there.
Original acrylic-lacquer Evening Orchid was a paint color that didn't last when exposed to sun. Faded fast and then failed. Many were repainted early in their life. It' weird that you're not finding any evidence of original paint. Maybe you'll find some evidence someday.

As for my '66, there's not much evidence of original red paint left either; my car had a very thorough repaint.

[2LZ]

Another part to buy. The rubber piece that goes in the rear side window seat.
Notice the black to primer. No Evening Orchid. If anyone can help out with a link on this part, awesome!

[rcavictor]

Door Pillar Rubber Flap https://ssl.corvair.com/user-cgi/search.cgi?part=C7832
Door Pillar Rubber Flap screws https://ssl.corvair.com/user-cgi/search ... arch=C6915

[2LZ]

Door Pillar Rubber Flap https://ssl.corvair.com/user-cgi/search.cgi?part=C7832
Door Pillar Rubber Flap screws https://ssl.corvair.com/user-cgi/search ... arch=C6915

Awesome. Thank you.