This is what my original 1968 hardtop looked like. Same color, and a black vinyl top. Is this Aleutian Blue? I always thought so, but it is very hard to get a pic of a car in that color, They never look the same. This is exactly my old color. I want to paint my 1968 convertible this color.
Last edited by Oldslowandugly; 11/10/2311:22 PM.
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It looks like it but I'm not a good judge of color shades. There were about seven blues available in '68 and internet photos, color charts, re-paints with even more shades, and different looks based on the amount of light makes comparisons difficult.
Send a PM to 68tpls400 he may still have one that color.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
That color does in fact look exactly like mine did. See the grey-ish tint at that angle? Aleutian Blue does that. Thanks for posting those pics Craig. In other news, we once had a 1968 Buick LeSabre, same exact color blue. But of course all the GM divisions used different names for the same color. Look what I finally found online: the 1968 'L' color Buick called Medium Teal Blue Mist Metallic, Chevy and Olds called it Teal Blue Metallic, and Pontiac called it Aleutian Blue Metallic. So there it is.
Mark in Queens NY. Home of Spiderman and the Ramones