Sunset Orange Z's
10-28-2005, 04:43 PM
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Sunset Orange Z's I love this color and the girl said i could look at LT1 cars and i know they released the color in 97, but it is REALLY hard to find them. I was wondering if anyone knew of what the production numbers are on that color? Did any 97 trans ams have it too? I want to find a Sunset Orange 6 speed hardtop, but i'm sure I am looking for a needle in a haystack. Any info on that color for the 97 only (cant get an LS1 car right yet) car is greatly appreciated.
10-28-2005, 04:59 PM
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no sense in dumping the money for a car and then going to get it painted.. money will be tight as it is trying to go bak to school.. plus i dont wanna settle for something i dont want and kick myself later.
10-28-2005, 05:11 PM
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there are a few that are 35th anniversary cars i've seen that said 'factory' sunset orange and i searched for production numbers and found an article that said 97 introduced it as a new color for the anniversary package or some ****, it was hard to follow the site.
10-28-2005, 05:23 PM
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no.. 97 was the 30th anniversar.. my bad.. and i'm saying Camaro, not firebirds..
this car was listed as an 'original' sunset orange 30th anniversary car
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ME:L:LCA:MT:31
this car was listed as an 'original' sunset orange 30th anniversary car
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ME:L:LCA:MT:31
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10-28-2005, 05:36 PM
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1993
Exterior colors available: Arctic White, Bright Red, Black, Bright Teal, Polo Green, Dark Gray-Green Metallic, Purple Pearl Metallic, Medium Patriot Red, Medium Quasar Blue, Yellow (Only 196 made, Pontiac only).
1994
Exterior colors: Yellow (Only 304 made, Pontiac only) dropped at midyear.
1995
Exterior colors: Dark Gray-Green Metallic and Purple Pearl metallic dropped. Mystic Teal, Sebring Silver and Dark Purple Metallic introduced.
1996
Exterior Colors: Medium Patriot Red dropped; Cayenne Red Metallic, Bright Green Metallic added.
1997
Exterior Colors: Polo Green and Dark Purple Metallic dropped. Medium Quasar Blue dropped at midyear. Bright Purple Metallic introduced.
they did make some hugger orange LT-4 cars.... very very rare.
Exterior colors available: Arctic White, Bright Red, Black, Bright Teal, Polo Green, Dark Gray-Green Metallic, Purple Pearl Metallic, Medium Patriot Red, Medium Quasar Blue, Yellow (Only 196 made, Pontiac only).
1994
Exterior colors: Yellow (Only 304 made, Pontiac only) dropped at midyear.
1995
Exterior colors: Dark Gray-Green Metallic and Purple Pearl metallic dropped. Mystic Teal, Sebring Silver and Dark Purple Metallic introduced.
1996
Exterior Colors: Medium Patriot Red dropped; Cayenne Red Metallic, Bright Green Metallic added.
1997
Exterior Colors: Polo Green and Dark Purple Metallic dropped. Medium Quasar Blue dropped at midyear. Bright Purple Metallic introduced.
they did make some hugger orange LT-4 cars.... very very rare.
10-28-2005, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by LT14LIFE JT
They made a "cayenne red metallic" in '97, not sunset orange. Close to sunset though. 
10-28-2005, 10:09 PM
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That E-bay 97 is a repaint. If you repaint a car you can make it any color you want. SOM was only factory in 01+02. Hugger was 99 only. The Cayenne red is more of a light burgandy than orange.
10-28-2005, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by slowmofo
they did make some hugger orange LT-4 cars.... very very rare.
Originally Posted by dcdime
is that link i posted a few posts up of the ebay auction that color?
) Here's what the 30th Anniv Camaros looked like:
http://www.gmphotostore.com/prodinfo...umber=53217021
http://www.chevy-camaro.com/shop/amt...nniversary.htm
http://www.camarohighway.com/4thGen/#1997
Also note "the car has been totally painted"; it could have been repainted a different color than it was originally. (Edit: I see someone else made this point already while I was writing this post
) The colors in those photos are kinda iffy, it might be Cayenne Red. It's more red-looking than Sunset Orange: http://home.wideopenwest.com/~tchess/sig.jpg . If that is actually Sunset Orange with crappy lighting, it is definitely not the color that car had from the factory.96-98 Camaros had Cayenne Red (called Red-Orange on the Firebirds)
99 Camaros had Hugger Orange
00-02* Camaros had Sunset Orange (also on the Firebirds)
* http://www.camaroz28.com/articles/20...rs/index.shtml : "A total of 13 Sunset Orange Metallic cars were built for the GM fleet [in 2000] in order to allow the color to be available at start-of-production '01. All will be driven by GM employees and most will be disposed of thru the GM auction program to its GM dealers."
That's all...
Originally Posted by dcdime
it was hard to follow the site.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/2707777-post.html Last edited by ACW; 10-28-2005 at 10:34 PM.
10-29-2005, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by RoAdRaGe912
sunset orange metallic was only offered in 01 and 02 from the factory. end of story.
***Sorry, just noticed that ACW (the all-knowing
) stated this first.
Originally Posted by ACW
00-02* Camaros had Sunset Orange (also on the Firebirds)
* http://www.camaroz28.com/articles/20...rs/index.shtml : "A total of 13 Sunset Orange Metallic cars were built for the GM fleet [in 2000] in order to allow the color to be available at start-of-production '01. All will be driven by GM employees and most will be disposed of thru the GM auction program to its GM dealers."
* http://www.camaroz28.com/articles/20...rs/index.shtml : "A total of 13 Sunset Orange Metallic cars were built for the GM fleet [in 2000] in order to allow the color to be available at start-of-production '01. All will be driven by GM employees and most will be disposed of thru the GM auction program to its GM dealers."
Last edited by Camarokidd24; 10-29-2005 at 09:54 PM.
10-30-2005, 07:58 PM
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Camarokidd24 - eh, not everything!
There was an inverse 30th Anniversary Trans Am in 1999, but I haven't seen anything about inverse 30th Anniversary Camaros. I haven't read as thoroughly about Camaros as about Firebirds, so it's possible I've overlooked it, but even now specifically searching for it, I haven't found anything yet. So I'll ask again, do you or slowmofo have a link about this, or remember where you saw it? Just like to know
Originally Posted by GETGONE
There were 2 LT4 "reverse" anniversary cars made for BFG as a special promotion by SLP.
10-30-2005, 09:05 PM
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I saw one of the reverse 30th Camaros at the Detroit Auto show in 97. I thought it was AWESOME but found out it was just a promo deal with 2 cars being built. There had been an article on them somewhere but it was so long ago I couldn't tell you where. I think all my car show pictures prior to 2000 are lost. I got divorced and I think the ex wife had stuck them away somewhere and didn't tell me.