[Jim Doran]

I luv the color. I changed my interior to parchment and like it even more.

[Gator67]

Like it a lot.

[marxjunk]

love it..owned a few buicks that color...

[wheelspin]

Originally Posted by james66GTO

It is a very nice '60's' color but it's also a very hard color to get true to factory. The true factory reef turquoise rides a knife's edge between the blue and green mix. A trip to Napa and Martin Senour is usually disappointing - it stayed into the green flash too much. A head snapping color in it's correct balance IMO

I repainted my '66 Sport Coupe the original Reef Turquoise using two stage acrylic enamel in 2010 and my painter added a little pearl to cut the metallic in the as mixed PPG in order to better match the original hue. I also think that the dark aqua interior looks best, especially with a Legendary interior using carpets and the vinyl from the same dye lot. For the very first time all interior pieces are the same color!

Third pic from the left is its original survivor appearance in 2001 after a thorough cleaning and waxing.

[27jalopy]

Originally Posted by fng69

So are you saying you don't like it??

Yeah, but I should keep that to myself. I just get tired of classic American cars with giant wheels and rubber band tires.

I like the white walls and caps on the GTO!

The Reef Turquoise has definitely grown on me after the most recent pictures. I think a convertible with white top looks really cool. Come to think of it, swear I saw that color combo in the local classified ads and it really stood out while still looking like an uncommon factory color.

[27jalopy]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hamlin

My '66 painted factory correct Code K in 1995 along side of
my friends '65 painted factory code K in 1965.



IMHO it's a great color!

Whoa, cool '66! My dad had a '66 Sprint back in '95, it was sure cool. I just had to say something after seeing yours! Ok, now I'll get...

[Jeff Hamlin]

It's definitely not a color for everyone, But thats why I like it.
It definitely changes hue depending on light.
The only time I thought NO WAY was back in '94 when deciding if we should stay with the factory scheme. All I can say is I'm glad we did.
It's nice when parked in a sea of RED at an event to stand out

[Terry M. Hunt]

My '65 Catalina 2+2 is Reef Turquoise with Parchment interior. Of all my cars, I always get many more questions/compliments at car shows on this car, especially from women. Many people want to know the name of the color and whether it is a factory color. Women consistently say they love it.

60's Stuff, it may have been your '66 GTO that inspired me to find my Catalina. I remember seeing a Reef Turquoise '66 GTO many years ago, and it was just a striking combo to me. I hung around with Phil Bauman in the early 80's and he was probably the one who pointed it out to me at some POCI convention, or via some photos he had taken, etc. I've been fooling with these cars since 1977 and never met anybody before or since that was more knowledgeable that Phil. Very sorry we lost him.