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**HOTFUN** · 03-05-2016, 12:18 AM

Haven't posted for a while with many irons in the fire but the 66 is maybe going to see the streets this summer. A week of color sanding and polishing and the new bed wood can be installed. I assembled all the sheet metal to verify alignment and fit and painted it together to avoid any panel color mismatch. Now it comes back apart for the hardware and weatherstrip. The cab and complete front end minus the hood was from a rust free and dent free 60k mile 1966 C30 camper from Kansas so it was a dream build original floors, rockers, and cab corners. Even the cab over camper with about 1 inch clearance above rood panel provided a perfect rust free and dent free roof. How many 60's trucks still have the original factory gutter seam sealer in place that was just a flawless time capsule. Had to add the big back window since it had started its life with a camper access hole cut through the cab back panel anyway. Factory air and Custom Cab too. Hood had been walked on from cleaning the camper window but a mint original paint hood was found from a local shed stored C60 farm truck that created the perfect addition to the rust free clip. The tailgate was a brand new 66 take off and the box was a mint original Arizona rust and dent free fleetside swb under an old camper shell. She is sweet.

**Captainfab** · 03-05-2016, 12:41 AM

Very nice

LT1 Burb · 03-05-2016, 02:04 AM

Looks awesome Mark, I am green with envy.

Haaland · 03-05-2016, 02:05 AM

Beautiful truck! Nice find on the tailgate.

BFoley · 03-05-2016, 10:18 AM

Love the color combo. What are they?

**chevy2tom** · 03-05-2016, 10:42 AM

Looks great!

**Mathew21** · 03-05-2016, 10:53 AM

I love it, Nice job.

oem4me · 03-05-2016, 12:06 PM

Sooo nice! The finish line is within sight now. That surely must motivate a bit.
The saddle paint looks great! Well done Mark. Are you squirting the paint yourself? Just curious how you did your tailgate letters. I've been contemplating making a rigid masking die or template for that purpose to mimic the factory look.

**LostMy65** · 03-05-2016, 12:46 PM

Beautiful

**HOTFUN** · 03-05-2016, 02:41 PM

Thanks everyone. I know I have been watching LT1 burb as we seem to have the same busy schedule so our trucks are about on the same assembly line.

Its my old 1st body shop building that I still own but my buddy Joe is the custom painter these days. It's a PPG base clear and their version crossover of the oem formula of code #555 saddle gold and the GM white. That said a clearcoat paint makes it look like an ice coating when it is sanded and polished so the color is close but far superior for gloss than a oem factory laquer job in the day could ever be. I also believe it makes the metallic POP and create more of a fawn color than what the 60's saddle gold appeared like. I have so much NOS to go on this truck as all the trim, grille, bezels, emblems, tailgate hardware, even the vent windows were new old stock GM. Floor mat and seat cloth was also NOS along with steering wheel ring and cap. Even have a NOS whitewall spare date coded 1965 mounted on the wheel to set up in the bed with 5 NOS hub caps. But I built it to enjoy so it will be driven down the interstate on nice days.

**HOTFUN** · 03-05-2016, 03:02 PM

Bruce, I'll tell you the secret to making those tailgate letters really correct in paint and what GM would have tried to make their line stencil painting to have it come out like. First I get a set of black vinyl CHEVROLET letters and then I paint the ivory base color over the center area of the tailgate stamped lettering. I also tape off and paint the area between the chrome mouldings at the same time. Let it dry long enough to install the vinyl letters where I want them. Then spray the body color over the entire truck as uniformity between panels especially with metallic paints is what I look for. After the base color is flashed off, I remove the vinyl lettering carefully and they come off easy if you dont bake your base color in the booth. I then shoot all the clear coat over the panels and it just melts the two colors together like it was under glass. If you wonder why I said to use "black" vinyl letters it is because you can see the finished look so much easier where the letter will line up on that newly sprayed white strip of color. Thanks, Mark

**TJ's Chevy** · 03-05-2016, 04:58 PM

VERY NICE!!!!!

LT1 Burb · 03-05-2016, 10:48 PM

Funny thing Mark, we pretty well have the same builds going but 1 year apart. You will have more NOS parts but we will maybe have the only 2 555 trucks running NOS grills. I am just finishing up blocking with 600, hoping to be in the booth in a few weeks.
PS, am stealing your vinyl letter ideal, have been wondering how I was going to do that.

**Classic v6 GMC's** · 03-05-2016, 10:59 PM

Very nice and love the color!!!

03-05-2016, 12:18 AM	#1
HOTFUN Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 2,142	My 66 C10 has new paint Haven't posted for a while with many irons in the fire but the 66 is maybe going to see the streets this summer. A week of color sanding and polishing and the new bed wood can be installed. I assembled all the sheet metal to verify alignment and fit and painted it together to avoid any panel color mismatch. Now it comes back apart for the hardware and weatherstrip. The cab and complete front end minus the hood was from a rust free and dent free 60k mile 1966 C30 camper from Kansas so it was a dream build original floors, rockers, and cab corners. Even the cab over camper with about 1 inch clearance above rood panel provided a perfect rust free and dent free roof. How many 60's trucks still have the original factory gutter seam sealer in place that was just a flawless time capsule. Had to add the big back window since it had started its life with a camper access hole cut through the cab back panel anyway. Factory air and Custom Cab too. Hood had been walked on from cleaning the camper window but a mint original paint hood was found from a local shed stored C60 farm truck that created the perfect addition to the rust free clip. The tailgate was a brand new 66 take off and the box was a mint original Arizona rust and dent free fleetside swb under an old camper shell. She is sweet. Attached Images __________________ '66 CST BBW swb fleet 327 fac ac '67 CST 4x4 swb 327 stepside project '72 Cheyenne K20 50k original '72 Cheyenne Super K20 project '73 Sierra swb 4x4 frame off in paint stage '74 Cheyenne Super swb w/16k actual '71 & 72 Cheyenne K10 4x4 swb's '70 426 HEMICUDA conv SHAKER 4 sp Dana 60 '60 Impala conv 327 PG fac ac loaded 3rd owner '72 GMC K2500 4x4 '59 Apache CST BBW fleetside swb 283 '73 ElCamino SS LS1 T56 true SS bucket tach '76 ElCamino SS 52k survivor '87 Grand National 41k True 2nd to last built in 1987. '86 K30 454 SRW fleetside CA since new '88 Trans Am GTA 39k bought new 2018 DEMON plum crazy @ 840HP! "Need for speed" Last edited by HOTFUN; 03-05-2016 at 08:43 AM.

03-05-2016, 12:41 AM	#2
Captainfab 60-66 Nut Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Posts: 23,246	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Very nice __________________ Power Steering Box Adapter Plates For Sale HERE Power Brake Booster Adapter Brackets For Sale '63-'66 HERE and '67-'72 HERE and '60-'62 HERE and "60-'62 with clutch HERE Rear Disc Brake Brackets For Sale. Impala SS calipers HERE Camaro Calipers HERE D52 Calipers HERE 6 Lug HERE Hydroboost Mounting Plates HERE

03-05-2016, 02:04 AM	#3
LT1 Burb Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Winchester Oregon, formerly Vancouver BC Posts: 2,949	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Looks awesome Mark, I am green with envy.

03-05-2016, 02:05 AM	#4
Haaland Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 33	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Beautiful truck! Nice find on the tailgate.

03-05-2016, 10:42 AM	#6
chevy2tom Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wheeling, Illinois Posts: 703	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Looks great!

03-05-2016, 10:18 AM	#5
BFoley Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Posts: 155	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Love the color combo. What are they? __________________ '66 GMC K25 (305 V6, SM420) aka "Mabel" Link to project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698082 All gone - '66 CJ5, '69 C25, '69 C25 Camper Special, '79 C10 Big Ten/Bonanza, '84 K10 Silverado

03-05-2016, 10:53 AM	#7
Mathew21 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Clinton township, MI Posts: 1,190	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint I love it, Nice job. __________________ It only has original paint once

03-05-2016, 12:06 PM	#8
oem4me Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Burbank CA Posts: 3,055	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Sooo nice! The finish line is within sight now. That surely must motivate a bit. The saddle paint looks great! Well done Mark. Are you squirting the paint yourself? Just curious how you did your tailgate letters. I've been contemplating making a rigid masking die or template for that purpose to mimic the factory look. Last edited by oem4me; 03-05-2016 at 01:03 PM.

03-05-2016, 12:46 PM	#9
LostMy65 But Found Her 25yrs Later! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oregon City, Oregon Posts: 10,507	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Beautiful __________________ I lost my 65 - Found it 25 years later: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=426650 66 C20 Service Truck: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=428035

03-05-2016, 02:41 PM	#10
HOTFUN Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 2,142	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Thanks everyone. I know I have been watching LT1 burb as we seem to have the same busy schedule so our trucks are about on the same assembly line. Its my old 1st body shop building that I still own but my buddy Joe is the custom painter these days. It's a PPG base clear and their version crossover of the oem formula of code #555 saddle gold and the GM white. That said a clearcoat paint makes it look like an ice coating when it is sanded and polished so the color is close but far superior for gloss than a oem factory laquer job in the day could ever be. I also believe it makes the metallic POP and create more of a fawn color than what the 60's saddle gold appeared like. I have so much NOS to go on this truck as all the trim, grille, bezels, emblems, tailgate hardware, even the vent windows were new old stock GM. Floor mat and seat cloth was also NOS along with steering wheel ring and cap. Even have a NOS whitewall spare date coded 1965 mounted on the wheel to set up in the bed with 5 NOS hub caps. But I built it to enjoy so it will be driven down the interstate on nice days. __________________ '66 CST BBW swb fleet 327 fac ac '67 CST 4x4 swb 327 stepside project '72 Cheyenne K20 50k original '72 Cheyenne Super K20 project '73 Sierra swb 4x4 frame off in paint stage '74 Cheyenne Super swb w/16k actual '71 & 72 Cheyenne K10 4x4 swb's '70 426 HEMICUDA conv SHAKER 4 sp Dana 60 '60 Impala conv 327 PG fac ac loaded 3rd owner '72 GMC K2500 4x4 '59 Apache CST BBW fleetside swb 283 '73 ElCamino SS LS1 T56 true SS bucket tach '76 ElCamino SS 52k survivor '87 Grand National 41k True 2nd to last built in 1987. '86 K30 454 SRW fleetside CA since new '88 Trans Am GTA 39k bought new 2018 DEMON plum crazy @ 840HP! "Need for speed" Last edited by HOTFUN; 03-05-2016 at 03:06 PM.

03-05-2016, 03:02 PM	#11
HOTFUN Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 2,142	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Bruce, I'll tell you the secret to making those tailgate letters really correct in paint and what GM would have tried to make their line stencil painting to have it come out like. First I get a set of black vinyl CHEVROLET letters and then I paint the ivory base color over the center area of the tailgate stamped lettering. I also tape off and paint the area between the chrome mouldings at the same time. Let it dry long enough to install the vinyl letters where I want them. Then spray the body color over the entire truck as uniformity between panels especially with metallic paints is what I look for. After the base color is flashed off, I remove the vinyl lettering carefully and they come off easy if you dont bake your base color in the booth. I then shoot all the clear coat over the panels and it just melts the two colors together like it was under glass. If you wonder why I said to use "black" vinyl letters it is because you can see the finished look so much easier where the letter will line up on that newly sprayed white strip of color. Thanks, Mark __________________ '66 CST BBW swb fleet 327 fac ac '67 CST 4x4 swb 327 stepside project '72 Cheyenne K20 50k original '72 Cheyenne Super K20 project '73 Sierra swb 4x4 frame off in paint stage '74 Cheyenne Super swb w/16k actual '71 & 72 Cheyenne K10 4x4 swb's '70 426 HEMICUDA conv SHAKER 4 sp Dana 60 '60 Impala conv 327 PG fac ac loaded 3rd owner '72 GMC K2500 4x4 '59 Apache CST BBW fleetside swb 283 '73 ElCamino SS LS1 T56 true SS bucket tach '76 ElCamino SS 52k survivor '87 Grand National 41k True 2nd to last built in 1987. '86 K30 454 SRW fleetside CA since new '88 Trans Am GTA 39k bought new 2018 DEMON plum crazy @ 840HP! "Need for speed" Last edited by HOTFUN; 03-05-2016 at 03:09 PM.

03-05-2016, 04:58 PM	#12
TJ's Chevy Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 10,384	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint VERY NICE!!!!! __________________ 1966 Chevy C10 "Project Two Tone" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=596643 1964 GMC "Crustine" semi-build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=665056 My youtube channel. Username "Military Chevy": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_h...fzpcUXyK_5-uiw

03-05-2016, 10:48 PM	#13
LT1 Burb Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Winchester Oregon, formerly Vancouver BC Posts: 2,949	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Funny thing Mark, we pretty well have the same builds going but 1 year apart. You will have more NOS parts but we will maybe have the only 2 555 trucks running NOS grills. I am just finishing up blocking with 600, hoping to be in the booth in a few weeks. PS, am stealing your vinyl letter ideal, have been wondering how I was going to do that.

03-05-2016, 10:59 PM	#14
Classic v6 GMC's Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Arizona from Overland Park Kansas Posts: 3,968	Re: My 66 C10 has new paint Very nice and love the color!!! __________________ Current projects: 1966 Chevy Custom PS PB A/C BBW 283 v8 3 speed OD 1966 GMC Long Step 1966 GMC 3/4 ton Custom PS PB Sport trim 351 v6 1966 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 Custom PB 305 v6 np435 1960 GMC Custom 1968 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 Short Bed 1962 K20 Tow truck 1961 GMC Extended Suburban Panel and a few more



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