Birth Certificate

[T.J lavallee]

I've just received my 59' Lark Regal's build sheet from the Studebaker National Museum. Most of it is self explanatory except the code 719A CHV 1 which appears on the next line below the paint code for Campfire Red which is code P 5916. What does 719A CHV 1 refer to? Thanks in advance.

[Warren Webb]

That's the interior color code. For instance on my 59 it's 756 RDV which is for red vinyl. I just looked in the 59-60 Lark monograph & I don't see that interior code listed. Since the p.o. is now copied & typed perhaps it was transposed wrong. I found a "mistake" on mine when it first came. The final assembly date for my 59 was typed October 1956!

[T.J lavallee]

Yea. That seemed to make sense, Warren. My interior looks blueish and the dash is painted Sivertone Grey (P5915) I for the life of me could not make sense of CHV 1. But then I was reading through the December issue of Turning Wheels I just pulled out of the mail box after posting the original question and in part 2 of the 1959 Silver Hawk article there is a 59' color chart that both the Silver Hawk and the Lark shared. There it was! The interior pallet. CHV was the code for Charcoal Grey Vinyl . Mystery solved . (But it still looks blueish to my eye) Thanks for the response, Warren.

[rockne10]

Since the p.o. is now copied & typed perhaps it was transposed wrong.

When I got mine for the '53 they included not only a newly typed copy but a photocopy of the original. Do they still do that?

[studegary]

Yea. That seemed to make sense, Warren. My interior looks blueish and the dash is painted Sivertone Grey (P5915) I for the life of me could not make sense of CHV 1. But then I was reading through the December issue of Turning Wheels I just pulled out of the mail box after posting the original question and in part 2 of the 1959 Silver Hawk article there is a 59' color chart that both the Silver Hawk and the Lark shared. There it was! The interior pallet. CHV was the code for Charcoal Grey Vinyl . Mystery solved . (But it still looks blueish to my eye) Thanks for the response, Warren.

Vinyls can change in color subtleties over 56 years.

You pointed out another benefit of belonging to SDC and receiving Turning Wheels.

[StudeNewby]

Vinyls can change in color subtleties over 56 years.

You're not kidding, Gary. Our 64 Champ's interior was originally tan, but now it's consistently a salmon pink! It made no sense until I saw another Champ restored back to the original interior colors.

[ddub]

You're not kidding, Gary. Our 64 Champ's interior was originally tan, but now it's consistently a salmon pink! It made no sense until I saw another Champ restored back to the original interior colors.

Ditto with our 64 Champ. Very pink.

[paul shuffleburg]

ROCKNE 10, I got the PO's a couple of months ago for my 61 Hawk and 62 Champ and
they were just the typed orders. The PO for my 51 a few years ago had both.

[StudeRich]

The Door Panel trim Color on those '62 and on Champs never was Tan, it actually was a Pinky Beige Color.