CORVETTE COLORS
Inca Silver Corvette: Every Year, Code and How Many Were Built
Inca Silver on the Chevrolet Corvette, 1957–1959: what the color is, the GM paint code in every year, how many were built and what share of the year that was, the interiors it came with, a picture gallery for each year, the chart of its run and the colors that came before and after it.
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The Basics
The Color: Light silver, the first Corvette silver (1957–1959)
GM Codes: none on the early charts
Years Offered: 1957–1959 (3 model years)
Generations: C1 (1953–62)
Built: 1,215 with GM counts
Best Year: 1959, 957 cars (9.9% of the year)
Color Family: Silver (every silver Corvette color)
Also Called: No code on the C1 charts
Paint Codes: 1957–1959: PPG DDL-31425 / DuPont 2436-L
Pictures: 3 picture posts on the site, one per model year
By Generation: C1
The Overview
Inca Silver was offered on the Corvette in 1957–1959: 3 model years across the C1 generation. GM’s color counts put 1,215 Inca Silver Corvettes on the road, 957 of them in 1959 alone.
Light silver, the first Corvette silver (1957–1959). Its share of a year’s production ran from 1 to 10 percent. It was a no-cost color. The interiors most often paired with it were Beige/Red, Black, Charcoal. The chart below shows the run year by year; the generation sections carry every year’s code, count, share, interiors and picture.
This page has every year Inca Silver was offered with its GM code, how many were built, its share of the year and the interiors it came with, the site’s picture gallery for each year, a chart of the run, the related colors, and the FAQs. It is one of 77 color pages on CorvSport; the Silver Corvettes page lists every silver the factory ever sprayed, and Corvette Colors by Year has the full chart for each model year.
The Story of Inca Silver
Inca Silver was the first silver Corvette: 65 cars in 1957, the rarest 1957 color, then 193 in 1958 and 957 in 1959. It was usually ordered with the white or silver cove and the red interior. Sateen Silver replaced it for 1960.
A 1957 Inca Silver fuel-injected car is one of the rarest C1 combinations.
The Inca Silver Cars to Know
The 65 1957 Inca Silver cars; 1959 Inca Silver (957); 1958 Inca Silver (193).
MORE: THE MOST POPULAR COLORS BY GENERATION / 70 YEARS OF LEAST & MOST POPULAR COLORS / ALL SILVER CORVETTES
Inca Silver by Generation
Inca Silver across the 1 generation it was offered on: the years, the GM paint code each generation used, how many were built with GM’s counts, the biggest year and the interiors most often paired with it. Each generation has its own section below with every year.
MORE: THE C1 HUB
| GENERATION | YEARS | CODE(S) | BUILT | BEST YEAR | INTERIORS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 Corvette | 1957–1959 | none on the early charts | 1,215 | 1959 (957) | Beige/Red, Black, Charcoal |
Inca Silver by Year: How Many Were Built
GM’s production counts for Inca Silver in every year it was offered. The peak was 1959 at 957 cars; the full table for each year, with codes, shares and interiors, is in the generation sections below.
Inca Silver on the C1 Corvette (1953–62)
Inca Silver on the C1 (1953–62): offered 1957–1959. 1,215 cars by GM’s count, the best year 1959 with 957. Every year links to its research page (the full color chart, options and prices for that year) and to the site’s picture post for the color.
MORE: THE C1 HUB / THE 1959 RESEARCH PAGE / ALL C1 COLOR POSTS / ALL C1 COLORS
Colors Related to Inca Silver
The colors that came before and after Inca Silver, the ones it is confused with and the ones that shared its slot on the chart. Each has its own page or a line on its family page.
MORE: EVERY SILVER CORVETTE COLOR / ALL CORVETTE COLORS / COLORS BY YEAR
| COLOR | YEARS | BUILT | FAMILY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sateen Silver | 1960–1962 | 1,736 | Silver | See the Sateen Silver page |
| Sebring Silver | 1963, 1996–2000 | 18,506 | Silver | See the Sebring Silver page |
| Silver Pearl | 1965–1967 | 7,471 | Silver | See the Silver Pearl page |
| Silver | 1956, 1973–1982, 1985–1988 | 42,859 | Silver | See the Silver page |
Inca Silver Paint Codes: GM, WA, PPG and DuPont
The codes a body shop or a judge needs for Inca Silver: the GM order code on the trim tag or service parts label, GM’s WA formula number and the PPG / Ditzler and DuPont mixing codes where they are documented. Where a code is blank the sources did not list one; the notes say where a source disagreed.
MORE: THE RPO CODES LIBRARY / THE VIN DECODER
| YEARS | GM CODE | WA | PPG / DITZLER | DUPONT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957–1959 | 704 (1957) | — | DDL-31425 | 2436-L | Silver metallic. (confidence: medium) |
Silver Corvette Wallpapers
Desktop and phone wallpapers of silver Corvettes from the site’s wallpaper collections.
Silver Corvette Wallpapers — the color collection
All Corvette Wallpapers — by generation and by color
FAQs
What years was the Corvette offered in Inca Silver?
1957–1959: 3 model years on the C1. Inca Silver was the first silver Corvette: 65 cars in 1957, the rarest 1957 color, then 193 in 1958 and 957 in 1959.
What is the GM paint code for Inca Silver?
Code none on the early charts. The paint-shop codes are 1957–1959: PPG DDL-31425 / DuPont 2436-L.
How many Inca Silver Corvettes were built?
1,215 by GM’s counts (957 in 1959, the biggest year).
Which Corvette models and editions came in Inca Silver?
The 65 1957 Inca Silver cars; 1959 Inca Silver (957); 1958 Inca Silver (193). In its years it was available on every body style and model unless the year’s note says otherwise; the year tables above say which.
Is Inca Silver a metallic, a tintcoat or a solid color?
Light silver, the first Corvette silver (1957–1959). It was a no-cost color in every year it was offered.
What was the most popular year for Inca Silver?
1959, with 957 cars, 9.9% of that year’s production.
What colors are similar to Inca Silver?
Sateen Silver, Sebring Silver, Silver Pearl, Silver. The Silver Corvettes page has every silver the factory offered, with the years and counts side by side.
Where can I see pictures of Inca Silver Corvettes?
The site has a picture post for each year Inca Silver was offered — real cars photographed in the real color — linked from the year tables above and in the picture grids on this page; the Silver Corvettes page and the wallpaper collection have more.
How does the Inca Silver page fit with the rest of the Corvette colors research?
Every model year has a research page with the full color chart (codes, counts, interiors and soft tops), the Colors by Year page indexes them, every color with three or more years has a page like this one, and the twelve family pages (Red, Blue, Black, White, Silver, Yellow, Gray, Green, Orange, Purple, Gold, Brown) list every shade ever offered.
