My 71 was originally blue. From the small fragments I have found, it does in no way look like your chip sample above. And the picture of the car on Hemming's is in very poor lighting and looks way off. I can only tell you what the blue on my car looks like and I know it was never repainted that blue. Somebody repainted it red, probably in an effort to sell it because the blue is either a color you love or hate.
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