Hugger Orange paint code? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Slammed67 · 06-03-2002, 01:53 PM

Does anyone know the paint code for Hugger Orange?

**Desert Rat** · 06-03-2002, 02:37 PM

when i bough some it was the Camaro Hugger orange think they called it red orange on can,let me see if i still have can with a trace in it,but the truck orange is different,and so it the Omaha Orange,similar in can,but not on auto.

Model 12 · 06-03-2002, 09:53 PM

I am looking at a 72 sales brochure now. The standard colors listed on the back (with somewhat faded chips) are Tangier orange, which looks like "hugger" to me, and firebolt orange, which has more of a burnt look. I have seen a restored 72 with Omaha and it has more of a lighter look (more yellow) than the standard hugger color. I was told by the man that Omaha was very rare.

If you don't care about "exactness", hugger with white stripes looked great on my 69 SS/RS. Will look just as good on my 72 someday (sigh)...

nosurf · 06-03-2002, 10:13 PM

My option code #553 is "White/Hugger Orange". 1971 C-10.

johnnyp · 06-04-2002, 08:59 AM

Hugger orange is an elusive color - seems they liked to change the name every model year, or call it by a different name on different vehicles. On my 72 GMC the glove box lists the color as red orange, but when we bought the paint (Acme ProSingle) the color was hugger orange and its a perfect match to the original paint

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 06-05-2002, 05:26 AM

In '68 (as listed in my glovebox) the lighter orange was code 516. "Hugger" Orange was a Camaro shade starting in '69, and I hear it was later called "Sunbolt" in '72. I think the 3 number color codes shifted from year to year.
Still my favorite truck color.

06-03-2002, 01:53 PM	#1
Slammed67 Progress = 0% Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 2,108	Hugger Orange paint code? Does anyone know the paint code for Hugger Orange? __________________ Jason - '67 GMC swb \| '57 Bel-Air 4dr hardtop \| '56 210 4dr Wagon \| 2000 GMC Sierra

06-03-2002, 09:53 PM	#3
Model 12 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 20	Hugger Orange I am looking at a 72 sales brochure now. The standard colors listed on the back (with somewhat faded chips) are Tangier orange, which looks like "hugger" to me, and firebolt orange, which has more of a burnt look. I have seen a restored 72 with Omaha and it has more of a lighter look (more yellow) than the standard hugger color. I was told by the man that Omaha was very rare. If you don't care about "exactness", hugger with white stripes looked great on my 69 SS/RS. Will look just as good on my 72 someday (sigh)... __________________ If James Dean had a truck, it would be a Cheyenne Super...

06-03-2002, 10:13 PM	#4
nosurf Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Plymouth, NH, USA Posts: 278	My option code #553 is "White/Hugger Orange". 1971 C-10. Attached Images __________________ 1971 C-20 2wd, LB, white/copper 1964 Impala conv. 1957 Bel Air Wagon 1948 Chev 3100 1930 model A coupe 1929 model A speedster pickup

06-05-2002, 05:26 AM	#6
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,164	In '68 (as listed in my glovebox) the lighter orange was code 516. "Hugger" Orange was a Camaro shade starting in '69, and I hear it was later called "Sunbolt" in '72. I think the 3 number color codes shifted from year to year. Still my favorite truck color. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.

06-03-2002, 02:37 PM	#2
Desert Rat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Darrington, Washington Posts: 3,963	when i bough some it was the Camaro Hugger orange think they called it red orange on can,let me see if i still have can with a trace in it,but the truck orange is different,and so it the Omaha Orange,similar in can,but not on auto.

06-04-2002, 08:59 AM	#5
johnnyp Keepin' It Stock Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Posts: 554	Hugger orange is an elusive color - seems they liked to change the name every model year, or call it by a different name on different vehicles. On my 72 GMC the glove box lists the color as red orange, but when we bought the paint (Acme ProSingle) the color was hugger orange and its a perfect match to the original paint __________________ 72 Sierra Grande - Maych Forget about "do it right the first time". Do it wrong the first time to learn how, then do it right the second time.



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