1968 Color

I just recently bought a 1968 Rs in fall. ( thought it was an Ss buuuut i looked at the numbers and its not, o well its still a 68). Neway after i swap my tranny from the powerglide to the 700R4 and get new shocks and tires and exhaust n stuff i want to get it painted. I would appreciate it if I could get some feedback on what colors you guys think would look good. Just need some ideas thats all. Oh by the way...its red now. Ill try to get a picture on here soon.

ive always loved the hugger orange ones with 2 black stripes, but yellow with the black stripes look awsome, and i would like to see one gunmetal grey, and black looks kick ass, damn i dunno, theres too many!!!

what colors your interior?

I know what you mean! thats why i want some feedback. I want something different than every other muscle car has.

Black

Black, Gunmetal, or that light blue, or White.

It used to be that really light almost aqua color.

black interior goes with any color

yeah....im so happy its black. i cant wait to put my tranny in it and convert it to a floor shifter. oh by the way. does anyone know what the plugs on a 1988 700R4 Out of an IROC are used for> Am i gonna have to do something with them or did they just go to the computer on the IROC?

no dont worry about it, i have a 700r4 out of an 89 and i just left it

my mom had a 68 camaro it was a pale sky blue.
i think it was a rs. she ran the motor dry of
oil and it locked up. she sold it for $300

Paint it black, and if you feel the need add white stripes.

i like they grey.....

Garnet Red with black hockey stripes... Or cortez silver with black hockey stripes.. or you could put on black DX1 stripes.

I cant wait until i get that tranny in. a buddy of mine said its gonna make a huge difference.

I know that these are '69's but The paint is nice

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Have you thuoght of doing a fade from one color to another? Like from front to back - silver to blue, or something like that? What trim package do you have?

ok well first, you know the tranny swap is not a direct swap right? you need many other parts and many things need to be done. the drive shaft will need to be shortened, the trany crossmember will need to be movied, and the plugs are what controls the lockup on the torque converter. so yes you will need to do something with them if you run a lockup converter, witch you should. you will need to buy a TCC( the torque converter control, for the lockup), and a T.V. cable and all the brackets for that. you can not just swap the 700 in place of your poweglide and think its the same cuz they work totaly different aside from they are both automatic trannys. you must have the T.V. cable set up correctly otherwise you will kill the tranny in probably a week. make sure you know what your doing before you try this otherwise you will waste lots of money and screw up lots of stuff.

Yeah i know about all that other stuff. And im not getting a lockup cause i was told i dont really need one. I have a TV cable that came with the tranny but im gonna buy a new one anyway. And with the crossmember. instead of moving it, im gonna cut the mount off and weld pieces of stock back to where i need it. i saw someone do it with a 69 and it works fine.

yeah you dont really need a lockup but it will cost you a couple/few hundred RPMs on the overdrive gear and it will create more heat. i dont know why you would not want to run one they are more eficiant. oh and with the cross member mount, make sure it wasnt a 2004R that they rewelded the mount becuse thats one wany you can do those but the 700 is different, i think if you just do that you might run into problems hitting the pan, but i dont know for sure, it might work.

yeah i work with the guy i bought the tranny from and hes gonna help me out. you gotta remember im only 18 and this is my first classic. im used to workin on my 93 s-10 (which is mint thanks to me :) )

yeah, but hey im only 18 also. i have been working on old cars sence i could lift a tool. my dad has always owned them and there are 5 '73 and older cars sitting in my back yard every night afte we park them. both me and my dad daily drive our chevelles. we stoped letting my sister and mom drive them all the time cuz umm, they just seem to manage to break things alot.

damn women always breaking things. i work in a shop doing mufflers, tires, shocks, exhaust, alignments, alternators, starters, and that kinda stuff but when it comes to tranny's. i really dont kno what the hell is goin on.haha. but im learnin.

i still like the grey...:evillol:

yeah color wise i would probably say gray with black or black with gray. its a good combination no matter what way you combine them.

burnm....i dont have ne trim.....its all red.

my truck is gray...i dont want 2 gray vehicles....and my truck has 72 corvette rally rims on it....they would look too much like eachother :)

ha, yea thats y im not gonna paint my camaro black, my truck is black, so im thinkin about sticking with the white or a gun metal type color, like the mustang from gone in 60 sec

those center caps for the rally rims were goin for 80 bucks a piece here in wisconsin...i got 4 with the rims and one fell off and a stupid SUV ran it over so i bought 4 more on ebay for $50. $80 a pice is rediculous. Ok time for school and work. talk to you all later.