I happen to have my OWN set of paint chip books ( two, actually ), so I will share freely what I have with yall. The darkest purple was in '71 and '72, called Wild Plum Metallic. 73 it was lightened, and called Fresh Plum Metallic. In '74, it was lighter yet, or so it seems, and called just Plum Metallic. Even the '71 and '72 paint chips are different, they're the same code, and same name, but the '71 appears slightly darker for some reason. Just differences in the chip printing, maybe. Anyway, I'll post a copy of the paint chip chart for '72 on the Yahoo Group Photo album section, how about that? Just let me scan it in first....< bzzzzzz--hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm---whirrrrr! >. Jerry