[north]

As an owner of two cars in Expresso I can agree it is a beautiful color, I think they were copying the late 60's Mercedes brown which is almost identical. It looks especially nice with the parchment interior and ivory top on a convertible. (My Bonneville has the gold interior and the combo is not as nice).

However... the reality of that color is the effect on price and speed of sale. The simple fact that a dealer is asking only mid 20's for what looks to be a rather nice original GTO convertible tells you everything.

On that point the car does look nice, hard to be sure from the pics but the dash details sure have that original low mileage look. Unless the car has hidden rot or collision damage it seems like a lot of car for the money (probably because its brown ;-)

[Peje]

Confirmed matching on Engine,trans and rear? If so,hell of a lot more money to restore and find missing parts.27.000 dollars are not gonna take you long in restoration cost.
Nice car IMO,Good Luck!

Don`t repaint it" Not many "correct" 69 verts out there now.

[Unclesamscandy]

Originally Posted by north

As an owner of two cars in Expresso I can agree it is a beautiful color, I think they were copying the late 60's Mercedes brown which is almost identical. It looks especially nice with the parchment interior and ivory top on a convertible. (My Bonneville has the gold interior and the combo is not as nice).

However... the reality of that color is the effect on price and speed of sale. The simple fact that a dealer is asking only mid 20's for what looks to be a rather nice original GTO convertible tells you everything.

On that point the car does look nice, hard to be sure from the pics but the dash details sure have that original low mileage look. Unless the car has hidden rot or collision damage it seems like a lot of car for the money (probably because its brown ;-)

I think 'Car and Driver' reviewed the 69 GTO and stated that the test car was Expresso and they marveled at the color and how the only other one they had seen like it was the Mercedes. I have the article somewhere.

Nonetheless, to the original poster-I would suggest you not buy the car since you so hate the original colors. I myself have a brown one and in 1987 painted it red. Of course 25 years later I view it as the greatest mistake I ever made on a car. I was 22 years old and stupid. If you hate the color, find another car because you should never hate the color of your car, and if you repaint it differently you will hate it just as much. There are other GTOs out there. Find the black one or blue one you want, but remember- your car will never stand out as authentic and DIFFERENT than what the other 300 million people have. If you want to blend in with the rest of the nation, pick a modern color or one of the 5 colors current manufacturers paint their new cars.

As a matter of fact- a BMW or Honda in burgundy, white (now THERE is a color you don't see everyday) or silver may be the sports car you really want. But a GTO in an original color scheme seems like it makes you want to puke.

[gtohurstjudge]

That's a beautiful car. I think it would be nuts to change the color.......
that expresso brown is gorgeous especially with the parchment interior. Do we really
need any more red GTO's?

[Peje]

Warwick Blue with Black top and Black int.Unpopular combo?(my car)

Can`t get any large picture of the Expresso Brown car but it`s seems fine to me.Can the seller verify that it is matching,go for it.No PHS?