Hi. The strato chief is actually SS Gold Metallic, which is a dark green. My 68 Beaumont SD is Verdoro green. I'll post pictures to show the difference in the colours.
The reason I bought this car is one of my horror stories, so to speak. I originally attended at the plymouth dealer in town and a salesman drew up an order for me for a 68 hemi roadrunner, dark green, tinted glass, 4 spd., 3:91 (?) gears etc, ie similiar in colours and style as the pontiac. I was to drop a cheque back for $200 by 5 o'clock that day and he would submit the form. Off I went to tell my girl friend that I was going to buy a new car. Her father sold Pontiacs so she flipped out, as did he. Their big arguement was that the roadrunner only had a 90 day warranty and a pontiac would have 5 years. What did I know back then, I was only 19 so they won and I ended up with the strato chief.
I've just finished a body off restoration and still have some minor bugs to work out. It has about 200 miles on it since the restoration. Hopefully I'll have some time this year to get it out.
To answer another question, yes, Hillar was a good friend of mine. I enjoyed his company very much. Doug.
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