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Old 10-27-2014, 07:43 PM   #1
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Color of Cheyenne emblems

I have been refurbing old cheyenne emblems ins anticipation of eventual body and paint work on my 75. The old ones i bought had a sort of mustard yellow color on them for the CHEYENNE and BLAZER lettering. I duplicated this with a color match of auto paint but then got to thinking:
Q : Was this mustardy color originally the GOLD color that Chevy now uses for their emblems and the metallic bit has disappeared?? OR am I OK with a plain yellowish / mustardish auto point?
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Old 10-28-2014, 07:53 PM   #2
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Re: Color of Cheyenne emblems

SOMEONE must know this???? help me obi Wan kenobi
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Old 10-29-2014, 10:44 PM   #3
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Re: Color of Cheyenne emblems

I think the mustard color is correct, not 100% though.
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Old 10-30-2014, 12:14 AM   #4
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Re: Color of Cheyenne emblems

Thing is all the originals I've seen are a mustardy color, BUT it could well have been gold 40 years ago. So hard to figure out.
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Old 10-30-2014, 01:12 PM   #5
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Re: Color of Cheyenne emblems

try looking up the original jaws movie K5 that thing was all original there
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Old 10-30-2014, 04:04 PM   #6
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Re: Color of Cheyenne emblems

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I have been refurbing old cheyenne emblems ins anticipation of eventual body and paint work on my 75. The old ones i bought had a sort of mustard yellow color on them for the CHEYENNE and BLAZER lettering. I duplicated this with a color match of auto paint but then got to thinking:
Q : Was this mustardy color originally the GOLD color that Chevy now uses for their emblems and the metallic bit has disappeared?? OR am I OK with a plain yellowish / mustardish auto point?
It is not gold. I believe the name of the color you are looking for is ochre.
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Old 10-31-2014, 06:38 PM   #7
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Re: Color of Cheyenne emblems

Caterpiller yellow is almost a dead match, or farm yellow industrial in the aerosol can, have used this alot on many emblems and matching up 77 trim.
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Old 10-31-2014, 09:11 PM   #8
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And its tobytuttle for the win - thank you sir.
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