I am restoring a 1968 Firebird convertible that my aunt purchased new. In restoring the car, Verdoro green paint was recently found in areas that could only have been painted at the factory. The body tag says it came with Q Verdoro green paint and the trim was 253 black interior with a black top, yet the PHS records I received based on the VIN shows it came with parchment interior and Alpine blue paint. And yet I scraped off some of the blue paint and there is green underneath!

I have only known it with blue paint and a white interior since I bought it from my aunt in 1976. How could this mismatch have happened? Does anyone have advice on which way to go - green paint/black interior or blue paint/parchment interior? I am also concerned that the money I am investing in the restoration won't result in a "matching" car.

Thanks!