Model year 1969
1969 Corvette Interior Colors and Trim Codes
Six interior colours were offered for 1969, in vinyl as standard with leather at extra cost. Below is every trim code, the exterior colours each was suggested with, and how to read the code 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.
1969 interior trim codes
| Interior colour | Vinyl | Leather |
|---|---|---|
| Black | STD* | 402 |
| Red | 407 | 408 |
| Bright Blue | 411 | 412 |
| Green | 427 | 428 |
| Saddle | 420 | 421 |
| Gunmetal | 416 | 417 |
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 1969 interior came with
This is the same factory chart the 1969 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, Can-Am White, Monza Red, Lemans Blue, Riverside Gold, Fathom Green, Daytona Yellow, Cortez Silver, Burgundy, Monaco Orange |
| Red | Tuxedo Black, Can-Am White, Monza Red, Cortez Silver |
| Bright Blue | Tuxedo Black, Can-Am White, Lemans Blue, Cortez Silver |
| Green | Tuxedo Black, Can-Am White, Fathom Green, Cortez Silver |
| Saddle | Tuxedo Black, Can-Am White, Riverside Gold, Fathom Green, Cortez Silver, Burgundy |
| Gunmetal | Tuxedo Black, Can-Am White, Cortez Silver |
Seats and trim in 1969
Leather remained a $79.00 option. 1969 gained an inch of cabin width by thinning the door panels, and the passenger side of the dash picked up the three map pockets that are a quick way to spot the year. Headrests became standard equipment during the year.
How 1969 buyers specified the inside
1969 was the biggest year so far at 38,762 cars, and the equipment figures show the interior beginning to fill up. Air conditioning went into 11,859 of them, close to a third and up sharply on 1968. Leather stayed a $79.00 line and went into 3,729 cars, half as many again as 1968 took. The tilt and telescopic steering column at $84.30 took 10,325 orders and power windows 9,816, so roughly a quarter of buyers took each. This is the year the car starts to shift from a stripped sports car towards the touring specification it settles into during the 1970s, and the option sheet shows the change before the styling does.
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 1969 colour page, and the full option list is on the 1969 specifications page.