Originally Posted by Eric White

The procedure for getting a special-paint car ordered went like this:

• The customer (or dealership) determines what color is desired.

• An "All Series Special Equipment" order form is filled out.

The information required for a special-paint-request on this form is:
• Lower Color Paint No.
• Upper Color Paint No.
• Make of Car & Year Paint Used.
I am guessing that obtaining the correct paint no. would be left up to the ordering salesman/dealership paint department.

In the '60s and early '70s, before colored plastic/fiberglass trim parts became common, any color paint could be ordered, as long as the dealer could supply the paint formula no. on the S.O. form. After the mid-'70s when the crash-bumper fillers became common place, special order colors were phased out except for large fleet orders.

Several codes were used on the Fisher Body trim tag to indicate a special-order paint. Codes varied between the years and between Fisher Body plants. Some of the codes used were:
1= Standard GM paint, not a Pontiac color
2= Special Pontiac color. Sometimes offered a half-year "springtime" color.
3= Cadillac FireFrost color. This paint was not normally allowed on a Pontiac build because of the special processes required to apply this type of paint.
4= Body in primer
SPEC or ** would indicate a paint color from a source outside GM (Ford, Chryco, AMC, John Deere, International Harvester, etc.) Colors could also be ordered to match school or business colors. As long as a formula no. could be identified by the dealership just about any color hue could be specified.

• The order was then routed through the Pontiac Zone office, which then routed it on to the Central Office.

• Central Office then entered a request to the paint supplier, usually PPG/Ditzler, for the appropriate paint.

• The paint supplier shipped a quantity of paint to the appropriate assembly plant.

• The special-order build was scheduled and coordinated between the Fisher plant and GMAD or Pontiac assembly.

• Build was delivered to dealership with a quart of touch up paint in trunk.

Originally Posted by RenoKeene (Post 8195763)

Working on finishing this one. Long story but I found the original salesman that ordered this for his friend 'Charlie'. The special pant was Black Cherry, a Chevelle color for 1970.

Originally Posted by 70cst (Post 8195847)

Me like :metal:

Originally Posted by jocko (Post 8195347)

70 C20 CST Longhorn
Special Paint RPO = 1001M1 (this is the Canadian-only Purple, I believe? - but I think I've also seen that same code for a Canadian only green...)

Ok, show us what you've got. Kevin, Robert! Post yours up too even though they are floating around in other threads! Thanks guys.

Originally Posted by Already Gone (Post 8196519)

I owned that truck 3/4 years ago. Mark do you remember where you got the picture from as I never seen that pic of the truck. As you can see in the Spid the first digit number in the serial number is kinda scratched out and when I was dealing on it I thought the seller was trying to hide something but he wasn't..

Originally Posted by jocko (Post 8198445)

I didn't realize that Greg! Sorry. I kinda thought in the back of my mind that you had a Canadian purple in addition to ol Pinky, but I didn't think you had a Longhorn. I believe I got that pic from Tim in approx. 2014-ish. Didn't know anything else about it (or I forgot).

Originally Posted by RenoKeene (Post 8195763)

Working on finishing this one. Long story but I found the original salesman that ordered this for his friend 'Charlie'. The special paint was Black Cherry, a Chevelle color for 1970.