Model year 1968
1968 Corvette Interior Colors and Trim Codes
Seven interior colours were offered on the first C3, in vinyl as standard with leather at extra cost. Below is every trim code, which exterior colours each was suggested with, and how to read the code stamped on your trim tag.
Type a trim code from the trim tag, or part of a colour name. Both tables below narrow as you type.
1968 interior trim codes
| Interior colour | Vinyl | Leather |
|---|---|---|
| Black | STD | 402 |
| Red | 407 | 408 |
| Medium Blue | 414 | 415 |
| Dark Blue | 411 | not offered |
| Dark Orange | 425 | 426 |
| Tobacco | 435 | 436 |
| Gunmetal | 442 | not offered |
The colour dots are on-screen approximations to tell the trims apart, not matches. Chevrolet never published values for them, and surviving trim has usually faded, so treat them as a guide and check an unexposed area of your own car before ordering.
How to read your trim code
Through this part of the run the trim code is a plain three-digit number with no letter in it, and the number alone tells you both the colour and the material. Read it off the trim tag, the small plate riveted to the driver's side of the body just inside the door opening, where it sits next to the paint code. Match the number against the table above: the same colour usually carries one number in vinyl and a different one in leather, so the code distinguishes a leather car from a vinyl one even when the seats have long since been recovered.
What each 1968 interior came with
This is the same factory chart the 1968 colour page carries, turned round. That page starts from the paint and tells you what could go inside. This one starts from the trim code, which is the way round you need when you have read the tag and want to know whether the car left the factory in the combination it wears now.
| Interior colour | Suggested with these exteriors |
|---|---|
| Black | Tuxedo Black, Polar White, Rally Red, Lemans Blue, International Blue, British Green, Safari Yellow, Silverstone Silver, Cordovan Maroon, Corvette Bronze |
| Red | Tuxedo Black, Polar White, Rally Red |
| Medium Blue | Tuxedo Black, Polar White, Lemans Blue, International Blue |
| Dark Blue | Tuxedo Black, Polar White, Lemans Blue, International Blue |
| Dark Orange | Tuxedo Black, Polar White, Corvette Bronze |
| Tobacco | Tuxedo Black, Polar White, Corvette Bronze |
| Gunmetal | Tuxedo Black, Polar White, Silverstone Silver |
- Exterior and interior trim combinations were those recommended while other combinations by special order were available. Convertible top colors were Black, White or Beige.
Seats and trim in 1968
Vinyl was standard and leather was a $79.00 option that 2,429 buyers took. 1968 seats are the tall, thin-backed design of the first C3 year, and headrests were a separate option, RPO A82, fitted to 3,197 cars. A 1968 without headrests is correct, not incomplete.
How 1968 buyers specified the inside
The first year of the shape was a surprisingly plain car as bought. Leather trim was a separate $79.00 line and only 2,429 buyers of 28,566 took it, about one in twelve. Air conditioning went into 5,664 cars, under a fifth, and power windows into 7,065. So the ordinary 1968 had a vinyl interior, crank windows and no air conditioning. That matters when you are judging a restoration: a 1968 with a full leather interior is either a well documented original or, far more often, a later car rebuilt to a specification it never had when new.
The interior chart for every model year from 1968 to 1982 is on the C3 interior trim page. The exterior paint codes for this year, with how many cars wore each colour, are on the 1968 colour page, and the full option list is on the 1968 specifications page.