1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions

[Jim Boy]

All blue no white top

[burb71]

I think Custom,and CST models had white grills and the lower models had silver grills.
The 1968 show room brochure would help out here, but I cant find my copy right now

[1968 baby blue C10]

Originally Posted by burb71

I think Custom,and CST models had white grills and the lower models had silver grills.
The 1968 show room brochure would help out here, but I cant find my copy right now

That would be extremely helpful if you can find it. I would appreciate it. I’ve seen original paint trucks without even any side trim with white tops and grills though. No trim should be the very base model right?

[hewittca]

I was looking through some of the development and concept photos I've posted and there really seems to be no strict guidelines for color combos. For instance, here's a common promotional photo showing a truck that matches the setup on yours, as in it has white roof and silver nose/bumpers. The grill inserts also appear to be silver.



Some trucks had white roof and white nose. The white nose trucks had black grill inserts.



Then there's the 50th anniversary trucks that had white roof, white nose, and white along the bottom.



Some trucks just had a white nose (my truck is an example)



And some trucks had just a silver nose. Here's one rolling off the production line. Can't get any more definitive than that!



Of course, then all these trucks had options like side trim, eyebrow trim, chrome bumpers. My point is, you could probably find an original example of any combo you want. So if it's originality that you're after, just choose the combo that you like best. Afterall, you could technically order them from Chevrolet in any combo you wanted anyway!

[1968 baby blue C10]

@hewittca Thanks a lot man. Those are really helpful. You pretty much summed it up in saying any combo was possible from everything I’ve seen. Freakin awesome truck by the way. That color combo is awesome.
I’m really completely new to these trucks. I just really got into them after getting mine this year. I appreciate everyone’s help.
Now I’m torn between keeping it possibly what it originally was and just painting over the black on the bumper. Or redoing it all in white. Maybe I’ll start a poll to help me decide.

[hewittca]

Thanks! At one point I was debating painting my nose silver to match the wheels, but I ended up painting the wheels white to match the nose instead! It's one of those things where I like all combos pretty much equally so it's hard to decide which to go with. In my case, I fell back on what was original to my truck and left it white. For your truck, I would vote to leave it original and fix the bumper. It is somewhat of an odd combo with the white roof and silver nose, but it's original that's for sure.

[1968 baby blue C10]

Originally Posted by hewittca

Thanks! At one point I was debating painting my nose silver to match the wheels, but I ended up painting the wheels white to match the nose instead! It's one of those things where I like all combos pretty much equally so it's hard to decide which to go with. In my case, I fell back on what was original to my truck and left it white. For your truck, I would vote to leave it original and fix the bumper. It is somewhat of an odd combo with the white roof and silver nose, but it's original that's for sure.

I’m the same exact way. It’s impossible to make these trucks not look good with any factory combo. So it’s tough for me too. It’ll be hard for me to decide but it being sort of a odd combo and original for sure makes me lean toward just fixing the bumper.
Speaking of oddness or rarity. Do you know any way to find out how rare a options combo is? Mine being a 307, Muncie SM465, and a 12 bolt, 4.10 or 4.11 rear end. I was wond ring how rare that is. Maybe I should just start another thread though.