|
Register or Log In To remove these advertisements. |
|
|
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
03-03-2015, 07:03 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Los Angeles California
Posts: 927
|
Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
I just helped my brother change out the upper gate supports on his pretty original K20 and one was painted body color while the other was just galvanized metal.
I asked in another thread if they should be painted or bare and a few responded bare so I figured it must have been painted by the PO. I saw these pics today and again makes me think they were painted body color from the factory. |
|
|
|
03-03-2015, 09:14 PM
|
#2 |
|
What?
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Southern California
Posts: 7,617
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
I don't have pictures of mine before I painted them, but they looked like the pics you posted. The paint on my was all chipped, and flaking away plus they weren't 100% painted.
__________________
Chris 1968 K20 Suburban 1972 K10 LWB PU |
|
|
|
|
03-04-2015, 02:09 PM
|
#3 |
|
*************
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Pensacola, FL
Posts: 17,835
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
Mine were galvanized...
__________________
Rob - https://www.instagram.com/hart_rod_c10 As Iron Sharpens Iron, So One Man Sharpens Another. Proverbs 27:17 FOR SALE: DBW pedal bracket - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=651123 FOR SALE: Hood Brackets http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=679945 1987 Silverado SWB - 34.5K original miles http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=801834 1969 SuperBurb - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=200387 1968 Farm truck - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=358692 1968 SWB - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=551258 1948 Chevy - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=122164&page=3 |
|
|
|
|
03-04-2015, 02:53 PM
|
#4 |
|
The Older Generation
  
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Montezuma, Iowa
Posts: 25,353
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
-
Both sets I had/have were cadmium plated. LockDoc
__________________
Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 - |
|
|
|
|
03-04-2015, 04:02 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Earth, NJ
Posts: 479
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
Mine also have no paint on them
C10, no SPID Last edited by notchbackgta; 03-06-2015 at 01:22 PM. |
|
|
|
|
03-04-2015, 10:09 PM
|
#6 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Klein Texas
Posts: 3,852
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
No paint on mine either.
__________________
My Classics: '72 K20 Suburban + '65 Dodge Town Wagon '72 Corvette Roadster +'67 Corvette Roadster '73 Z-28 Camaro '63 Ford SWB Uni Pickup '50 Ford Coupe |
|
|
|
|
03-04-2015, 11:15 PM
|
#7 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada
Posts: 4,052
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
No paint on my original paint 1968
__________________
1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD |
|
|
|
|
03-05-2015, 11:24 PM
|
#8 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 16
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
No paint on my 72
|
|
|
|
|
03-05-2015, 11:59 PM
|
#9 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Los Angeles California
Posts: 927
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
My brother said he saw an original 4x4 sub with painted supports at the last Pomona. Im wondering if this was a 4x4/specific assembly plant thing. Also being that the supports do not seem to last long Im wondering how many were replaced with standard galvanized pieces
Vectorit, what plant was your burb built at? To others that have posted, please list if you have a 2x or 4x and plant if your spid is intact. Thanks |
|
|
|
|
03-06-2015, 12:29 AM
|
#10 |
|
What?
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Southern California
Posts: 7,617
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
My K20 burb came out of Freemont CA.
I will add that, under the paint the support was a galvanized finish. I thought about wire brushing the paint off, and going with the galvanized finish but when the glass is down from the inside they look better painted.
__________________
Chris 1968 K20 Suburban 1972 K10 LWB PU |
|
|
|
|
03-07-2015, 05:04 PM
|
#11 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 16
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
I don't know where my burb was built, so I attached my SPID. It is 2WD and the liftgate supports are unpainted.
-Rob |
|
|
|
|
03-08-2015, 11:14 AM
|
#12 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Oakridge Oregon
Posts: 1,865
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
The two original sets I had with original lift gates and the original set on my 68 4X4 were galvanized...
__________________
68 CST SWB - Gold/White 50th anniversary /TH350/Buddy Buckets/3.73 Posi/dogdish caps. 68 K10 Burb - Gold/White 327/SM465/NP205/3.73 "Daa Burb" build thread |
|
|
|
|
03-12-2015, 01:12 PM
|
#13 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Kirkland, WA
Posts: 343
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
My 72 Burb built in Flint were bare metal as well. Not a great pic but this is what it looked like when I found the Burb under a tree 3 years ago near the Canadian border.
|
|
|
|
|
03-16-2015, 01:12 AM
|
#14 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Los Angeles California
Posts: 927
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
looks like your lowers were painted lower body color, is that the case with the others who have posted?
|
|
|
|
|
03-16-2015, 02:42 AM
|
#15 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 130
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
My original 1967 GMC suburban supports are unpainted, galvinize coated
|
|
|
|
|
03-16-2015, 12:20 PM
|
#16 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Central Coast, CA
Posts: 256
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
Looks like mine is a bit of a wild card here - factory painted supports. This '67 2WD has been in the family since new. These pics were taken shortly before its only repaint a few years ago.
|
|
|
|
|
03-16-2015, 12:49 PM
|
#17 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Los Angeles California
Posts: 927
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
67carryall, what plant was it made at?
|
|
|
|
|
03-16-2015, 03:01 PM
|
#18 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Central Coast, CA
Posts: 256
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
"Z" code on the VIN => Fremont
|
|
|
|
|
03-16-2015, 07:36 PM
|
#19 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: charelston ny
Posts: 24
|
Re: Upper lift gate support color survivors post up your pics
My 71 were galvanized. I replaced them with gas struts. Waaaay better.
|
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
|
|
Linear Mode
