I have a proper 1964 Canadian Pontiac paint chip chart at home (I'm at work now).
GM of Canada Paint Code Chart
General Motors of Canada, LTD. offered many of the same colors as their U.S. counterpart. Although these colors are listed as 1964 Passenger Colours on the paint code chart, it's unknown if these additional colors were available on Chevelles as well. Several Canadian colors were identical to U.S. colors, only the sales names were a bit different.
-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Friday 19th of June 2015 09:20:25 AM
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
That would be amazing. I found this chart online as well but as you can see there is no LC option. It may be skyline blue or one of the lighter mettalics but its hard to tell.
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I have a proper 1964 Canadian Pontiac paint chip chart at home (I'm at work now).
GM of Canada Paint Code Chart
General Motors of Canada, LTD. offered many of the same colors as their U.S. counterpart. Although these colors are listed as 1964 Passenger Colours on the paint code chart, it's unknown if these additional colors were available on Chevelles as well. Several Canadian colors were identical to U.S. colors, only the sales names were a bit different.
-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Friday 19th of June 2015 09:20:25 AM
I would "thunk" that LC is Palomar red with White top?????
No ... Chev, Olds, Buick, & American Pontiac paint codes (and some paint colour names) are different than their Canadian Pontiac counter parts.
I think your car is Silver Blue Metallic.
My 1964 Parisienne's paint code is totally different than other C,B,O,P brands, but the name remains the same ... Lagoon Aqua Metallic.
As with a lot of parts for our cars, it's easier to give the Chev (Impala) equivalent paint code if there is a matching colour.
-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Friday 19th of June 2015 11:16:54 AM
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I would "thunk" that LC is Palomar red with White top?????
No ... Chev, Olds, Buick, & American Pontiac paint codes (and some paint colour names) are different than their Canadian Pontiac counter parts.
I think your car is Silver Blue Metallic.
My 1964 Parisienne's paint code is totally different than other C,B,O,P brands, but the name remains the same ... Lagoon Aqua Metallic.
As with a lot of parts for our cars, it's easier to give the Chev (Impala) equivalent paint code if there is a matching colour.
-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Friday 19th of June 2015 11:16:54 AM
great info thanks and I will wait to see if the pontiac chart clears anything up. I am finding out quickly these pontaics are chickens teeth! I cant find a production # for my car anywhere and when I called Chev they said they have no idea :(
I would "thunk" that LC is Palomar red with White top?????
No ... Chev, Olds, Buick, & American Pontiac paint codes (and some paint colour names) are different than their Canadian Pontiac counter parts.
I think your car is Silver Blue Metallic.
My 1964 Parisienne's paint code is totally different than other C,B,O,P brands, but the name remains the same ... Lagoon Aqua Metallic.
As with a lot of parts for our cars, it's easier to give the Chev (Impala) equivalent paint code if there is a matching colour.
-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Friday 19th of June 2015 11:16:54 AM
great info thanks and I will wait to see if the pontiac chart clears anything up. I am finding out quickly these pontaics are chickens teeth! I cant find a production # for my car anywhere and when I called Chev they said they have no idea :(
Go to our partial registry in, "main page, the library, The CP Full Size Pontiac Registry" and match your paint codes... That's what I always do... Great source of info on interior colours and options too...
NOW, that being said... That tag "possibly" isn't original to your car due to the non correct rivets.. The colours are incorrect as well as the interior trim code... "252" is rose and maroon...
Here is the exact car for those codes... Different body number and 4-dr sedan...
Feb. 5th 1964 7869 283ci L/C (252 rose & maroon) Alberta link #745087 Parisienne 4dr sdn Palomar Red/Ermine White D99 U63 Kijiji
-- Edited by 67Poncho on Friday 19th of June 2015 12:10:53 PM
I would "thunk" that LC is Palomar red with White top?????
No ... Chev, Olds, Buick, & American Pontiac paint codes (and some paint colour names) are different than their Canadian Pontiac counter parts.
I think your car is Silver Blue Metallic.
My 1964 Parisienne's paint code is totally different than other C,B,O,P brands, but the name remains the same ... Lagoon Aqua Metallic.
As with a lot of parts for our cars, it's easier to give the Chev (Impala) equivalent paint code if there is a matching colour.
Oh wow I never considered that but now that you mention it I bet you are right. I wonder why they would swap the tag? Wierd
-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Friday 19th of June 2015 11:16:54 AM
great info thanks and I will wait to see if the pontiac chart clears anything up. I am finding out quickly these pontaics are chickens teeth! I cant find a production # for my car anywhere and when I called Chev they said they have no idea :(
Go to our partial registry in, "main page, the library, The CP Full Size Pontiac Registry" and match your paint codes... That's what I always do... Great source of info on interior colours and options too...
NOW, that being said... That tag "possibly" isn't original to your car due to the non correct rivets.. The colours are incorrect as well as the interior trim code... "252" is rose and maroon...
Here is the exact car for those codes... Different body number and 4-dr sedan...
Feb. 5th 1964 7869 283ci L/C (252 rose & maroon) Alberta link #745087 Parisienne 4dr sdn Palomar Red/Ermine White D99 U63 Kijiji
-- Edited by 67Poncho on Friday 19th of June 2015 12:10:53 PM
That tag "possibly" isn't original to your car due to the non correct rivets.. The colours are incorrect as well as the interior trim code... "252" is rose and maroon...
Here is the exact car for those codes... Different body number and 4-dr sedan...
Feb. 5th 1964 7869 283ci L/C (252 rose & maroon) Alberta link #745087 Parisienne 4dr sdn Palomar Red/Ermine White D99 U63 Kijiji
Detective Vince! Good eye on the rivets.
I just glanced at the tag, I was looking more at the surrounding paint colour. That tag is pretty clean also (besides the grime), no paint overspray.
Oh boy, the plot thickens.
There is a good chance that your original tag looked something like this (disregard the paint code):
-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Friday 19th of June 2015 12:55:45 PM
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Well mystery solved. I hate to say it but everything I have been told by the seller he proven to be untrue with this car. Excellent runner and the motor blew, all original never painted, well I dig some digging today, more so scratching and peeling and that is the right plate I found maroon on doors and white on roof. With that said someone did a real painstaking job on this at which tells me it was professional I had to look really hard. Oh well I still love the car but am disappointed as well. I'm going for the ff paint I just hope that's what they put on as I'm using that chart for the colour but I don't know if the person that did the work did. Almost hard to believe someone went to so much trouble on a 4 door. The car would have had to have been completely stripped!
With that said someone did a real painstaking job on this at which tells me it was professional I had to look really hard. Almost hard to believe someone went to so much trouble on a 4 door. The car would have had to have been completely stripped!
I'm going for the FF paint I just hope that's what they put on as I'm using that chart for the colour but I don't know if the person that did the work did.
No doubt. The interior was totally swapped out also.
You can get a colour scan done of your paint to match the colour. I wouldn't trust the FF match.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I picked a completely different code as none of the 64 colours matched so they definitely didnt go stock. Its very close to existing colour but with more metallic, I think its going to be quite impressive.
Well mystery solved. I hate to say it but everything I have been told by the seller he proven to be untrue with this car. Excellent runner and the motor blew, all original never painted, well I dig some digging today, more so scratching and peeling and that is the right plate I found maroon on doors and white on roof. With that said someone did a real painstaking job on this at which tells me it was professional I had to look really hard. Oh well I still love the car but am disappointed as well. I'm going for the ff paint I just hope that's what they put on as I'm using that chart for the colour but I don't know if the person that did the work did. Almost hard to believe someone went to so much trouble on a 4 door. The car would have had to have been completely stripped!
I still can't believe they switched out the interior also.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
In your situation I would also just stay with the Silver Blue colour. It is one of the nicer 1964 colours plus your interior matches.
The car below originally was Silver Blue metallic. It was always clean & straight, but in March of 1977 I saw the start of some surface rust. The car disappeared for a month or 2 and when it reappeared it was repainted white. In the ad below from 1983, the car is listed as having $4000 spent on restoration. I suspect that is what the original owner put into having the car stripped and repainted properly, as Mrs. Farmer (the original owner) always babied the car. The ad is from the flipper who bought the car from Mrs. Farmer's estate (she passed in November 1982).
In your situation I would also just stay with the Silver Blue colour. It is one of the nicer 1964 colours plus your interior matches.
The car below originally was Silver Blue metallic. It was always clean & straight, but in March of 1977 I saw the start of some surface rust. The car disappeared for a month or 2 and when it reappeared it was repainted white. In the ad below from 1983, the car is listed as having $4000 spent on restoration. I suspect that is what the original owner put into having the car stripped and repainted properly, as Mrs. Farmer (the original owner) always babied the car. The ad is from the flipper who bought the car from Mrs. Farmer's estate (she passed in November 1982).
Neat info,
I went with a Clear Water Blue Pearl Metallic code # PBG which is almost identical to what was on the car which I assume was close to the silver blue but not quite. Its the best match to whats already there and it has a bit more metallic in it which should make the car look beautiful. Im getting a clear coat as well and the sprayer said its going to look "deep and delicious".
