1972 Chevelle Paint Codes

1972 COLORS	PAINT CODE / NAME	LUCITE	RINSHED-MASON	DITZLER
	11 ~ Antique White - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5338L	A-2080	2058
	14 ~ Pewter Silver - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5624L	A-2521	2429
	24 ~ Ascot Blue - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5270L	A-2439	2328
(976)	26 ~ Mulsanne Blue - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5327L	A-2482	2213
	36 ~ Spring Green - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5436L	A-2546D	2433
(928)	43 ~ Gulf Green - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5428L	A-2548	2435
	48 ~ Sequoia Green - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5429L	A-2552	2439
	50 ~ Covert Tan - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5431L	A-2554	2441
	53 ~ Placer Gold - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5280L	A-2449F	2339
	56 ~ Cream Yellow - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5443L	A-2558G	2444
	57 ~ Golden Brown - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5439L	A-2559	2445
	63 ~ Mohave Gold - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5434L	A-2562D	2448
	65 ~ Orange Flame - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5435L	A-2565	2450
	68 ~ Midnight Bronze - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5340L	A-2565	2451
	75 ~ Cranberry Red - El Camino - Monte Carlo	5339L	A-2278F	2189

Notes: 1. Additional colors were offered on Canadian Chevrolet models that were not offered on their U.S. built counterparts. Whether all of these additional colors were available on Chevelles is not known but many were. 18 ~ Charcoal Gray 19 ~ Tuxedo Black 25 ~ Mediterranean Blue 28 ~ Fathom Blue Metallic 46 ~ Oasis Green Metallic 54 ~ Desert Gold Metallic 58 ~ Turin Tan 62 ~ Driftwood 69 ~ Aegean Brown Metallic The lower body panel on El Camino for Argent Silver is DuPont 9296L or Ditzler (PPG) color number is DQE-8568. Even black was a special order color for 1972 and Carolina Blue was still popular. Special Paint (RPO ZP3) was coded differently from different plants. As seen here, this Kansas City example put two dashes ( - - ) on the trim tag itself where other plants may have simply left the paint code area blank. If you have a special paint ordered Chevelle, please fill out the survey form here and let us know where the car was built and what the trim tag indicates.
Two-Tone
Lower	Upper
		26/11 ~ Mulsanne Blue / Antique White
		43/11 ~ Gulf Green / Antique White
		48/11 ~ Sequoia Green / Antique White
		57/11 ~ Golden Brown / Antique White
		63/11 ~ Mohave Gold / Antique White
		65/11 ~ Orange Flame / Antique White
Unique combinations found on El Caminos. Note that even though the second color code is normally the "upper" color but the body is the second color code with the first color code being the top and lower sill panel.
		26 11 ~ Mulsanne Blue / Antique White
		63 11 ~ Mohave Gold / Antique White
		75 11 ~ Cranberry Red / Antique White
		57 53 ~ Golden Brown / Placer Gold

It should be noted the double-letter codes below are ordering codes. Where applicable on the Fisher Body number plate a single letter is used.

COLOR	CONVERTIBLE TOP CODE ~ COLOR
	A ~ White (Std. C05AA)
	B ~ Black (RPO C05BB)

COLOR	VINYL TOP CODE ~ COLOR
	A ~ White (RPO C08AA)
	B ~ Black (RPO C08BB)
	D ~ Blue (RPO C08DD)
	F ~ Medium Tan (RPO C08FF)
	G ~ Medium Green (RPO C08GG)
	T ~ Light Covert (RPO C08TT)