Vinyl Top Color Options for a '68 Olds 442?

[StevenGuthmiller]

Does anybody have any information as to what color options were available for a vinyl top on a 1968 Olds 442?

I'm considering dark brown for my "Cinnamon Bronze" Olds, but I'm not certain if it was available.

Any information would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

Steve

[slusher]

1 hour ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Does anybody have any information as to what color options were available for a vinyl top on a 1968 Olds 442?

I'm considering dark brown for my "Cinnamon Bronze" Olds, but I'm not certain if it was available.

Any information would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

Steve

Here is a list of different information

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/general-questions-44/1968-442-colors-110817/

 

Edited December 1, 2019 by slusher

[Rodent]

Black, gold, parchment, blue are the color choices I can see that were available. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

8 hours ago, Rodent said:

Black, gold, parchment, blue are the color choices I can see that were available. 

The only thing thatI have been able to find so far is from this color chip chart.

On the far left bottom of the sheet it lists "painted molding colors" and states that they are "matched" to vinyl top colors.

 

Listed are parchment, dark teal, black, buckskin, medium gold and dark blue.

No dark brown.

If anyone has more definitive information, please let me know.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

Edited December 1, 2019 by StevenGuthmiller

[Anglia105E]

Not sure if this helps you, Steven..... I have just this week put a vinyl roof on the 1968 Pontiac Parisienne that I am building in 1:25 scale, which is brown..... sort of a caramel / light chocolate brown ( don't know the correct name for the colour ). I am not aware if Oldsmobile is the same as Pontiac, but I used a Revell Aqua Color Mud Brown acrylic, airbrushed over Halfords Rubberised Black enamel........ the rubberised black has produced a realistic vinyl roof texture.

David

[Rodent]

https://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/olds/68ol1/68ol1.html

This isn't the greatest, but you can glean some info from it. Of course, brochures are printed before the cars are released, and things changeover the model year. Given the choices in the brochure, I think a prototypical W-30 in that color would have been ordered with a black top/interior or parchment and the stripe to match.

[Snake45]

My grandparents had a dark green Delta 88 2-door in dark green with a lime/avocado green vinyl top. Sharp car! I know it's not what you're looking for, but if avocado green vinyl was available, not too far out to imagine a dark brown might have been, too. 

Also, IIRC, the vinyl top had a "halo" border like a '69 Camaro. 

[Muncie]

probably not much help , I did some quick research and it only confirmed black or white for the 442.  The other colors on the paint chart may have only been for the other Oldsmobile models.  The reproduction shops that I looked at only show black and white in the correct Levant pattern  - https://www.legendaryautointeriors.com/product-category/vinyl-tops-trim-accessories/?cfg=[{"make"%3A"OLDSMOBILE."%2C"selection_num"%3A"1"%2C"sel_criterion"%3A"1"}%2C{"make"%3A"OLDSMOBILE."%2C"selection_num"%3A"2"%2C"sel_criterion"%3A"5"}]

Auto upholstery shops have books with upholstery and vinyl materials for different cars that are similar to paint charts.  There may be more information there about other possible colors.

Vinyl tops can be dyed so any color is good if you are going for a day 2 look or a car with some modifications .

Hope this helps

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

Thanks everyone!

Good information all around.

The consensus seems to be that a brown top was unlikely on a '68 442, so I guess that means that I'll be choosing black.

I like white tops, but not so much on a muscle car.

In my opinion, a white top takes a little of the "tough" persona away.

 

And being as the top will be black with a saddle interior, I believe a black fender stripe would also be the best option.

 

Thanks all!

Greatly appreciated!

 

 

Steve

[Anglia105E]

If you are going for black, Steven...... I would strongly recommend Rubberised Black enamel in a rattle can..... if this product is available in the USA ?

David

[Bucky]

Here's a 4-4-2 with this color top:

I found it here:

https://www.cruisinclassicsinc.com/1968-oldsmobile-442-442-c-410.htm

[Bucky]

Here's a little snippet I found on Wikipedia:

All standard 1968 4-4-2 engines are painted a bronze–copper color, as with the 1967s, topped with a fire-red air cleaner.

[Bucky]

This came from the Antique Automobile Club forum:

 The only available stripe colors were A=black, B=white, O=orange, and R=red.  Vinyl top colors were black (2), blue (4), teal (5), parchment (6), buckskin (7), and gold (8)

 

This came from a thread pertaining to the '68 4-4-2.

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, Bucky said:

Here's a little snippet I found on Wikipedia:

All standard 1968 4-4-2 engines are painted a bronze–copper color, as with the 1967s, topped with a fire-red air cleaner.

Thanks Keith.

I was confident on the engine color being a copper color.

The air cleaner on the other hand, is only red if it is not the W-30 dual snorkel article.

Those are a black base with a chrome lid.

At least that is what all of the information I have found points to.

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, Bucky said:

This came from the Antique Automobile Club forum:

 The only available stripe colors were A=black, B=white, O=orange, and R=red.  Vinyl top colors were black (2), blue (4), teal (5), parchment (6), buckskin (7), and gold (8)

 

This came from a thread pertaining to the '68 4-4-2.

I guess that clinches it.

That is what I have found to be the case as well.

Black it will be!

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

5 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

If you are going for black, Steven...... I would strongly recommend Rubberised Black enamel in a rattle can..... if this product is available in the USA ?

David

I suppose that there is likely the same kind of paint available here as well David, But I have had good luck just spraying paint from a distance to get a slightly textured finish.

I really don't have space for any more paint variants in my shop anyway. 

 

 

 

Steve

[Anglia105E]

6 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

I suppose that there is likely the same kind of paint available here as well David, But I have had good luck just spraying paint from a distance to get a slightly textured finish.

I really don't have space for any more paint variants in my shop anyway. 

 

 

 

Steve

Yes, of course..... spraying paint from a distance is a good way of achieving a textured finish.... and cheaper too!

David