Just pulled this 72 out of the weeds has "special paint"?

[In The Ten Ring]

Looks great. Is that a lwb or swb?

[The Chainsaw]

It is a lwb, but the utility bed makes it seem very short. Got a new ignition switch and it fired right up once I put some fuel in the carb. Gas tank is completely empty, but I am going to clean it since it sat for years without a cap.

[sierragrande71]

That guy u bought that truck from use to have a '63-'64 nova wagon parked next to it years ago, wonder what happened to it?

[The Chainsaw]

Originally Posted by sierragrande71

That guy u bought that truck from use to have a '63-'64 nova wagon parked next to it years ago, wonder what happened to it?

Not sure, but I need to go see him again so I will ask. As I was going through all the papers in the truck, I found a title for a '51 international pickup

[The Chainsaw]

Haven't done much to the truck, but thought I would post a few pictures.

So far I have changed the fuel tank, put on some aluminum wheels from a 2003 duramax, carpet, new carburetor, and buffed out the paint. Starting to get closer to daily driver status.

[flashed]

Looks great ,cleaned up good .

[sleepertruck72]

Nice score !

[special-K]

Real respectable lookin' truck right there.

[sneakyfast]

Dang man please don't change out that bed. Can you imagine....lower that bad boy with 20's and change it out to big block and you would have the best hot rod in this country. Sweet ride!

[The Chainsaw]

Originally Posted by sneakyfast

Dang man please don't change out that bed. Can you imagine....lower that bad boy with 20's and change it out to big block and you would have the best hot rod in this country. Sweet ride!

The problem is that I need a work truck that has lots of bed space and towing a fifth-wheel cattle trailer would be difficult with the service bed. Not sure how much i could get for the service bed, but it will probably go up for sale.

It would look sweet lowered with it though.

[SS Tim]

Its worth noting in this time period "special paint" didn't always mean it was a non-stock color. It can and often is as simple as body color wheels or bumpers or last year's discontinued color. Of it can simply be a non-standard arrangement like a reverse two-tone.

[dirish]

That is so cool! GREAT find.

[The Chainsaw]

I would love to figure out what paint code is currently on the truck. After going through it I have figured out that it was indeed repainted by the original owner. This is where the problems start.

He says that it was resprayed with the same color, but it is showing some of the original paint underneath that seems to be a much more greenish turquoise than what is seen in the pictures. I know there will be fading and things of that nature, but it is a pretty drastic difference to me. (I will try and take a close-up picture of both colors later this afternoon).

I really want to do a budget-ish frame off restoration since I can do most of the work myself pretty easily, but I can't decide on the color.

Every guy around here that sees it in person can't stand the color. Every girl (including my wife) absolutely loves the color. My first choice was going to be a dark red similar to the new corvettes, but I am wavering.

I could definitely see redo-ing the truck in the current color, but doing a white interior instead of the black. Kinda going for the beach cruiser look. I have no problem straying from original stuff with this truck.

Any thoughts?

[The Chainsaw]

This was the red I was thinking of. VERY expensive which is a bummer.

[TheCougarine]

Even though that really is a nice looking red, I personally don't care for really modern looking colors like that on older vehicles. I for one really love that shade of blue so I'd have a hard time not staying with it. At the end of the day I'd do whatever makes you happiest, I wouldn't worry too much about what other dudes think of the color, its a gorgeous truck regardless.

[The Chainsaw]

A little bit of the original paint showing through.

[clnance]

Nice color!

[El Dorado Jim]

nice truck, you stole it for $800 would make me a great welding truck

[cruisinthe34]

Great Find and Get

[Oregon 1967 GMC]

Awesome! I'm along for the ride. Is this going to become a Build Thread?

[The Chainsaw]

I will probably start a build thread soon. I have a regular bed and a cab that I need to pick up so I can start the process.

I checked out the local pick-n-pull with my brother yesterday, and got a gas cap and ashtray. Waiting to hear back on a price for a 4L80E transmission they had.

[The Chainsaw]

So today I took an extra gauge cluster I had laying around, and did a practice run redo. Didn't turn out terrible, so tomorrow I am hoping to work on the original one.

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[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by 69 MOD

Nice truck!

Special paint could mean that there was a company that ordered fleet trucks through GM and had their own paint that the factory sprayed.
In MN Frattalone Excavating had their orange trucks painted from the factory.

MOD

Bet you're right. That or someone had another in, and ordered it special.

[dfwright]

Originally Posted by The Chainsaw

So today I took an extra gauge cluster I had laying around, and did a practice run redo. Didn't turn out terrible, so tomorrow I am hoping to work on the original one.

That's excellent! I bought an extra cluster myself to do exactly the same thing, lol. Practice before doing the real one.

[The Chainsaw]

Started a build thread.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...47#post7498547