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Magic-Mirror<\/em> Acrylic Lacquer Finish<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

All 1960 Chevrolets were painted with what General Motors called “Magic-Mirror<\/em> Acrylic Lacquer”. Acrylic Lacquer was a fairly new technology, having been developed in the 1950’s to replace Nitrocellulose Lacquer. Acrylic Lacquer was made with synthetic polymer… essentially, plastic, and was less toxic to manufacture. General Motors began using Acrylic Lacquer in 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"1960
1960 Chevrolet Paint Colors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Note: You can see every combination of the available colors in the InteractivePaint Code Viewer below. Simply hover your mouse over the color codes. Clicking any of these color codes will bring up a list of all the cars in the 60impala.com database that match the chosen color.<\/p>\n\n\n

Color Combinations<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\"936A
936A -Ermine White & Tuxedo Black
 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\"970
920A – Suntan Copper & Fawn Beige
970 – With Fawn Beige Top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Custom
Popular Non-Factory Custom
Ermine White & Roman Red<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\"925A
925A – Crocus Cream
 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"938A
938A – Fawn Beige<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\"Unknown
Unk – Fawn Beige & Suntan Copper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"905A
905A – Jade Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\"955
955 – Jade Green & Cascade Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"903A
903A – Cascade Green & Ermine White
953 – With Ermine White Top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\"915A
915A – Tasco Turquoise & Ermine White
963 – With Ermine White Top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"912A
912A – Royal Blue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\"962
962 – Royal Blue & Horizon Blue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"910A
910A – Horizon Blue & Ermine White
960 – With Ermine White Top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\"940A
940A – Sateen Silver & Ermine White
984 – With Ermine White Top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"941A
941A – Shadow Gray & Ermine White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\"988-
988 – Shadow Gray and Sateen Silver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"923A
923A – Roman Red & Ermine White
973 – With Ermine White Top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\"900A
900A- Tuxedo Black & Ermine White
950 – With Ermine White Top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Paint Code<\/h3>\n

\"Paint<\/p>\n

The paint code is indicated on the cowl tag after the word “PAINT<\/strong>” (see the image above) and is typically followed by a letter. If you don’t know where to find your cowl tag, click HERE<\/a>. If your paint code is followed by a single letter “A<\/strong>“, this designates that the vehicle did not leave the factory with two-tone paint. Two-tone paint codes had numbers higher than 941. Available combinations and their respective numeric codes are shown in the Interactive Paint Code Viewer above. The letter code for two-tone paint jobs gets a little more complicated. According to the Late Great Chevy Associations judging guide, these numbers (for two-tone only) were followed by up to three different letter codes. The first letter would indicate the primary color of the car and was sometimes doubled… for example, “V<\/strong>” or “VV<\/strong>” to indicate Roman Red. The second or last letter indicates the two-tone color. For example, “C<\/strong>” would indicate Ermine White two-tone. All together, a three letter color code could appear as “973-VVC<\/strong>“. However, inspection of most 1960 Chevrolets that were equipped with two-tone paint reveals only one letter code to indicate the two-tone color. Either way, the letter codes seem to be redundant, as the numeric code already indicates the two-tone color combination. These are typical 1960 Chevrolet color codes:<\/p>\n

900-A = Ermine White
950-C = Tuxedo Black with Ermine White two-tone
970-R = Suntan Copper with Fawn Beige two-tone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two-Tone Letter Codes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
Letter Code<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Color Name<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
A<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Tuxedo Black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
B<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Shadow Gray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
C<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Ermine White<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
D<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Sateen Silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
F<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Royal Blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
H<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Horizon Blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
J<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Jade Green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
K<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Cascade Green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
M<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Crocus Cream<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
R<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Fawn Beige<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
S<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Suntan Copper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
T<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Tasco Turquoise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
V<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Roman Red<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Magic-Mirror Acrylic Lacquer Finish All 1960 Chevrolets were painted with what General Motors called “Magic-Mirror Acrylic Lacquer”. Acrylic Lacquer was a fairly new technology, having been developed in the 1950’s to replace Nitrocellulose Lacquer. Acrylic Lacquer was made with synthetic polymer… essentially, plastic, and was less toxic to manufacture. 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