Interior and Exterior Emblems

rroth01 · 07-23-2008, 06:24 PM

I am close to finishing off my 66 Cutlass Convertible.
The interior will be here next week.
Does anyone out there know what the background color for the Olds emblems on the trunk, grill and door panels are.
Thanks for your help

Ron

Olds64 · 07-24-2008, 05:32 AM

I thought the Olds emblems in the 60s had a red background. I could be wrong.

rocketraider · 07-24-2008, 09:21 AM

It's actually called "Oldsmobile Purple", a purplish red. Testor's used to have a paint marker that was as close a match as I ever found.

Dapapadon · 07-24-2008, 06:57 PM

I've got inside door panel rockets for a 67 Cutlass 4 door and they are black. ??? My 66 Jetstar 88 door panel rockets are the reddish color. Not sure if this info. is helpfull.

Don

BILL DEMMER · 07-24-2008, 09:51 PM

i've always heard the color is called claret or claret red.

bill

Texascarnut · 07-24-2008, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BILL DEMMER

i've always heard the color is called claret or claret red.

bill

You may be thinking of Garnet Red. A color GM used for years as a body color as well as with Oldsmobile emblems. In the early '60s emblems were accented with either Garnet Red or Black. Garnet Red can be found at any place handling Dupli-color spray and touch up paint.

Abob89 · 07-24-2008, 11:24 PM

The whole interior of my '76 is that color I think.

Looks more like a maroon to me though. Perhaps this is the wrong color?

Olds64 · 07-25-2008, 04:42 AM

That is the color I was thinking of. They used the same red on emblems in the 60s, or at least a very close shade. Come to think of it, I have also seen them in black.

Allan R · 08-01-2008, 07:37 PM

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i've always heard the color is called claret or claret red.

That's the color that I've always heard too. Even the catalogues for repro Olds parts refer to claret.

I still remember when the hood rocket on Dad's 67 was starting to look like it had been thru one winter too many. Don't laugh, he went to the drugstore and bought some claret fingernail polish. Damn stuff looked great and lasted nearly forever. Easy to touch up too.

07-23-2008, 06:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
rroth01 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rochester Michigan Posts: 19	Interior and Exterior Emblems I am close to finishing off my 66 Cutlass Convertible. The interior will be here next week. Does anyone out there know what the background color for the Olds emblems on the trunk, grill and door panels are. Thanks for your help Ron

07-24-2008, 05:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Olds64 Landyacht Club President Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lawton, OK Posts: 1,657	I thought the Olds emblems in the 60s had a red background. I could be wrong. __________________ "Some men are Baptists, others Catholics. My father was an OLDSMOBILE man." Ralphie Billingsley A Christmas Story 1983 "We rei-eign, supreme, ooooh god! Burrito supreme, and a chicken supreme, and a CUTLASS SUPREME!" Tenacious D 2007

07-24-2008, 09:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
rocketraider Oldsdruid Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Danville Vajenya, the Last Capital of Dixie Posts: 346	It's actually called "Oldsmobile Purple", a purplish red. Testor's used to have a paint marker that was as close a match as I ever found. __________________ I know absolutely nothing about Oldsmobiles. Just ask the owner of Oldspower.com

07-24-2008, 09:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
BILL DEMMER Just the facts... Join Date: May 2008 Location: THE GREAT WIDE-OPEN Posts: 114	i've always heard the color is called claret or claret red. bill __________________ '67 CUTLASS 4-DR. W/425 & S.P. THM400 (NAMED "ERNIE") '83 H/O #1339(STILL IN PIECES) '85 PONTIAC FIERO SE V-6 4-SPD. BOUGHT NEW '92 CHEBBY DIS-ASTRO (GAS PIG) '97 GYRO METRO $HYTBOX (41.42 MPG)

07-24-2008, 11:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Abob89 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern Washington Posts: 19	The whole interior of my '76 is that color I think. Looks more like a maroon to me though. Perhaps this is the wrong color? __________________ ---1976 Cutlass Supreme 4-Door with a 350---

07-24-2008, 06:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dapapadon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 313	I've got inside door panel rockets for a 67 Cutlass 4 door and they are black. ??? My 66 Jetstar 88 door panel rockets are the reddish color. Not sure if this info. is helpfull. Don

07-25-2008, 04:42 AM	#8 (permalink)
Olds64 Landyacht Club President Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lawton, OK Posts: 1,657	That is the color I was thinking of. They used the same red on emblems in the 60s, or at least a very close shade. Come to think of it, I have also seen them in black. __________________ "Some men are Baptists, others Catholics. My father was an OLDSMOBILE man." Ralphie Billingsley A Christmas Story 1983 "We rei-eign, supreme, ooooh god! Burrito supreme, and a chicken supreme, and a CUTLASS SUPREME!" Tenacious D 2007

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