1981 Camaro paint codes
The 13 factory exterior colours for the 1981 Camaro, with the code as it was stamped in the PNT field of the cowl tag. The tag is riveted to the cowl, under the hood, on the passenger side.
- 11
- White
- 16
- Silver
- 19
- Black
- 20
- Bright Blue
- 21
- Light Blue
- 29
- Dark Blue
- 51
- Bright Yellow
- 54
- Gold
- 57
- Orange
- 67
- Dark Brown
- 75
- Red
- 77
- Maroon
- 84
- Charcoal
Lower body first on the tag, then upper. The same number twice is a solid car. Three dashes mean a colour ordered outside the chart, so the tag does not name it.
1981 interior trim codes
The TR field, on the same tag. A colour number and a letter for the seat material.
- 15R
- Silver standard vinyl
- 19R
- Black standard vinyl
- 26R
- Blue standard vinyl
- 64R
- Camel standard vinyl
- 75R
- Red standard vinyl
- 26B
- Blue standard cloth
- 64B
- Camel standard cloth
- 75B
- Red standard cloth
- 15N
- Silver custom vinyl
- 26N
- Blue custom vinyl
- 63N
- Beige custom vinyl
- 75N
- Red custom vinyl
- 15C
- Silver custom cloth
- 19C
- Black custom cloth
- 26C
- Blue custom cloth
- 63C
- Beige custom cloth
- 75C
- Red custom cloth
Trim numbers were reused across body styles, and carpet rode on a suffix the tag does not always carry. The build sheet settles those.
You found the colour. The car is the rest of it.
Buildbook keeps parts, receipts, photographs, hours and who did the work, as one Build Book that stays with the car. Free to keep, and it takes a minute to start.
Read the whole tag
Paint is one field of six. Paste the tag and the decoder reads the style, the body plant, the body number, the interior, the paint and the build date, or says plainly that it does not hold the table.
- https://www.nastyz28.com/camaro/tagpop.html
the fields on a 1970-1981 tag, the series letters, the plant letters, the build date and the paint format
- https://macswebs.com/7073camaroworld/1973/trimtag.htm
a real 1973 Norwood tag, read line by line
- https://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml
the Camaro Research Group on tag mechanics, body number against VIN sequence
- https://www.classicmuscleparts.com/resources/1970-1981-camaro-vin-decoder
the plant letters N and L, cross-checked against the VIN
- https://over-drive-magazine.com/document/1970-camaro-paint-mix-codes-body/
the 1970 paint codes, from reproduced factory paint sheets
- https://over-drive-magazine.com/document/1971-chevrolet-camaro-paint-mix-codes-body/
the 1971 paint codes
- https://over-drive-magazine.com/document/1972-chevrolet-camaro-paint-mix-codes-body/
the 1972 paint codes
- https://www.nastyz28.com/camaro/
the per-year colour and interior charts for 1974 through 1981, one page per model year
- https://www.chevy-camaro.com/
the second check on the 1975 to 1981 paint codes and on the 1981 interior codes, with production counts per colour
- https://www.ss396.com/
the second check on the 1976 to 1980 paint codes
- https://www.thecoatingstore.com/
the second check on the 1974 paint codes
Found a code we have wrong, or hold a table we do not? Write to buildbook@nanocorp.app. Corrections go in with the source named.