69 GS Fireglow paint color...anyone have a photo?

69 Fireglow Paint

John, you meant the spring of 69 since they would stop production in the summer to set up for the fall and new year cars.
I enclose a picture of my cowl tag, I have been decoding it wrong and ou:
I'm glad that it was decoded properly today by local car buff and friend. :beer
The paint code is: - B

Louie :bglasses:

 

- is fireglow orange
B is the black vinyl top
no burnished brown on this car.

 

Here's mine.. FireGlow top and bottom. 2 Dashes.

 

69 Fireglow Paint

Okay, now that I know that the car was original Fireglow GS 350 with a vinyl top, My next questions are as follows:
1. How many 69 GS 350 of the 5440 automatics build were Fireglow Orange (Q Code) 2. And of those, how many with black vinyl tops?

 

69 Fireglow Paint

Thank you Jason, going to have to get one of those DCRs. Does it tell you a breakdown of cars build by month? My fender tag says 06D, which would be June 4th week, just wondering if any were build in July, August before the break, for the set up for the new 1970's models.

Louie

 

thanks alot!!

gee,after finally deciding on strato blue for my 69,you guys go and show me this color :rant: that is absolutely the most awesome color for that body style.white top really sets it off :TU: crap,now i have to change interior color also :beer

 

My numbers from Mike Trom say there were 127 GS400's painted Fire Glow Orange (102 of those @ Flint) :TU: So what were the other 23 cars? California's and Convertibles?

What caught my eye on his cowl tag is he has a lower Body number from the Fisher plant but his car was built a whole month after mine. :Smarty:

 

69 Fireglow Paint

Car was built in Fremont Ca. could that be the reason for the lower body number yet a month later?

Stratomist Blue is a nice color too.

 

Mine was Freemont also.. The color was only avalible if ordered at Freemont or Flint.

 

The Cali GS was built on the "Special" body with a "3327" model number. In 1969 the list from the DCR's for paint code "Q" on this body style is:

Flint = 102
Fremont = 41
Total = 143

There is no way to tell from the DCR's how many Cali GS's were built with that paint color.
The 143 would be in addition to the GS totals listed. I am sure that there were Skylark and Skylark customs, etc built with that color also.

:beer

 

I don't know Mike.. If you go back on page one of this thread and look at the Paint Brochure I posted it said the color was only available on the:

3327 California GS Coupe
3437 GS350 Sport Coupe
4637 GS400 Sport Coupe
4667 GS400 Convertible

It even tells you what interior and top colors were available also.

So I don't think it was available on any other cars except the GS's.

 

It that is the case then we know exactly how many Cali GS's were painted that color:
Flint = 102
Fremont = 41
Total of 143 out of 3574 Cali GS's made in '69.

:beer

 

69 GS Fireglow

Total GS were 306 in the Q code paint.
150 GS400 & 156 GS350
-23 GS400 Conv ? GS350 Conv
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127
-25 Fremont Built GS400 ? Fremont Built GS350
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102 Flint Built GS400 ? Flint built GS350

How many GS350 convertibles were there, and what was the numbers between the Fremont and Flint GS350 built?

Louie

 

I don't believe there were any GS 350 Convertibles built in 69. o No:

 

No GS350 convertibles were available until 1971

:beer

 

69 GS Fireglow

Thank you Mike
How about the second part of the question?, How many GS350 were built at Flint?

Louie

 

GS350 with paint code Q
Flint =129
Fremont = 27

Total GS350 production at Flint was 2489.

:beer

 

69 Fireglow Paint

Thanks again Mike :TU:
Your the second person today to make my day, the first was my friend who is painting my GS. The roof and door jams were painted, clear and buffed.

Louie :bglasses: