Some of you maybe remember me. I introdouced myself stating that I search for a '67 Electra convertible. Possibly I have found the car I want. But I am unsure about the color combination, because it wasn't available from the factory according to the brochure. I know how to identify special orders on Cadillacs, but not on Buicks. Or was this changed through the model year and the color combination became available? I know this was a common color combination in earlier years and the car was built very late in the MY. Do you consider this valid? It misses the seals on the body plate... Please teach me :Smarty: E= Midnight Blue, 697=Red
Re: '67: color combination unavailable from factory on a factory car - can it be true The R stands for recommended. So according to the brochure it wasn't a recommended color combination but that doesn't mean it wasn't available. So you could order it, but the Buick stylists didn't think it would look good together so they didn't recommend it.
Re: '67: color combination unavailable from factory on a factory car - can it be true I agree. But doesn't the A(pplicable) stand for acceptable, though not recommended? Whereas the color combinations with no letter aren't available?
Re: '67: color combination unavailable from factory on a factory car - can it be true I think you're reading too much into it. They we're just trying to suggest colors that they thought looked good together. You could order what you wanted as long as you were OK with the color combination.
Re: '67: color combination unavailable from factory on a factory car - can it be true NA or N/A usually stands for not available, and I don't see that shown in the table anywhere. I haven't seen too many red, white and blue cars but most of the one's I've seen tended to be built close to the 4th of July, which would be the week of 7B in 1967.
Re: '67: color combination unavailable from factory on a factory car - can it be true Thanks, Buford, that is a very interesting, fascinating and plausible interpretation. I derive my scepticism from my knowledge of Cadillacs. They were very strict on color combinations. Yes, you could order whatever you want, but they wanted you to special order it and pay for it. Moreover the literature handed out to the sales staff advices them to try to talk customers out of unusual combinations because it could harm the brand's image. And they also differed between recommended / available and not available except for special order.
Re: '67: color combination unavailable from factory on a factory car - can it be true It was only considered a special car order (SCO) if the color wasn't one available from Buick, and then it would be indicated as such on the trim tag. Not being on the "approved" list didn't make it SCO.
Re: '67: color combination unavailable from factory on a factory car - can it be true Ah, ok, that's the way Buick was doing it. Obviously a more liberal approach to color combination than Cadillac (in '62)! Thanks.
