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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.
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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. See: https://firstgenfirebird.org/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/290458/1.html
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My buddy had a 1968 400 Tyrol Blue. It was a lot lighter than those pics. So hard to tell from photographs.
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That coupe looks like Aleutian Blue. Code L.
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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
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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.
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