You can't make me not love this car...

[6PKRTSE]

Another B3 I have saved.

 

[YY1]

https://www.hamtramck-historical.com/aarta/challenger_colors/challenger_colors.html

 

[XS22J8R]

When did B3 change from lighter than B5 to "Corporate/Basin St/True/Petty"?

It was ‘72. Prior to that Petty blue had been used on production cars but as a limited edition 999 code on some roadrunners and of course Superbirds.
Since B3 had previously been a code for a metallic color, I’m not sure why they used that code for Petty blue rather than use a new code when it became a standard color option.

 

[Photon440]

Ronnie Sox never seemed to need a “slush box”.

Ronnie Sox switched to an Automatic in 1966 to get his (Sox & Martin's) Barracuda into the 8 second bracket...

 

[YY1]

It was ‘72. Prior to that Petty blue had been used on production cars but as a limited edition 999 code on some roadrunners and of course Superbirds.
Since B3 had previously been a code for a metallic color, I’m not sure why they used that code for Petty blue rather than use a new code when it became a standard color option.

I found and posted my "go to" paint reference.

 

[440 PHIXX]

Ronnie Sox switched to an Automatic in 1966 get his (Sox & Martin's) Barracuda into the 8 second bracket...

Guess he didn’t like it. He switched back.

I was a truck driver for years. Give me a clutch pedal every time.

 

[R413]

Ronnie Sox is in the top percentile of drag race drivers, and the crew was among the best at building and preparing racing cars.

no comparison to a stock restored car and the average gear head 4 speed fanatic.

plain English, if you can’t powershift your 4 speed (leave the gas pedal on the floor) through all 3 shifts in the 1/4 mile then a 727 will beat you.

A good driver can make the car go as fast as possible, a bad driver will just slow the car down.

 

[440 PHIXX]

Ronnie Sox is in the top percentile of drag race drivers, and the crew was among the best at building and preparing racing cars.

no comparison to a stock restored car average gear head 4 speed fanatic.

plain English, if you can’t powershift your 4 speed (leave the gas pedal on the floor) through all 3 shifts in the 1/4 mile then a 727 will beat you.

The 4 speed sounds better going thru the gears. Who cares how much faster you are.... there’s someone faster than you.

 

[R413]

Ya know, I knew better than to respond to the nonsense.

enjoy you clutch pedal

 

[theman440]

Another B3 I have saved.

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This one looks Turquois -

 

[Budnicks]

This one looks Turquois -

Exactly my thoughts too...
Chrsler Corp. looks like Light Blue Metallic B3 'maybe'
or more like Q3 Light Turquoise metallic on my screen

I know the below is 1970 Plymouth, looks like B-3 or even Q-5 equivalents