Volvo paint codes reference

Tassie6er;c-150951 wroteHey great stuff, but I'm thinking that the Australian assembled vehicles have a different colour chart - more like Datsun's of the day?

You’re correct in that the local cars used some unique colours, which are mostly shared with Nissan/Datsun and sometimes VW. Most of the local colours are preceded with “CLR”, so for example our silver 88 240GL was CLR057 Platinum Glow, which was also shared with Nissan. Our white 79 244DL is CLR911 Snowy white which is also Antarctica white VW colour. A lot of people seem to get confused about the paint codes. Most of the VIN plates have the paint code stamped on them (I’m talking 240s) and/or have a Dulux paint code sticker on the RH side panel behind the headlight next to the radiator. Easiest thing to do is find that paint code on your car’s VIN plate and Google it. If it doesn’t make sense with the CLR in front of it, then just try the number.