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shortbox9

03-14-2012 01:25 PM

71 Chevy C10 -tailgate letters painted?

71 Chevy C10 Custom Deluxe, i'm trying to determine if CHEVROLET letters on tailgate were painted white (or other). truck is red. currently, entire tailgate including letters are painted red. i know stick-on decals are available, etc. but i want to know what original stock look was.

leddzepp

03-14-2012 01:26 PM

Re: 71 Chevy C10 -tailgate letters painted?

Welcome to the board! The letters would have been white originally.

FLcustom10

03-14-2012 03:07 PM

Re: 71 Chevy C10 -tailgate letters painted?

Were they originally painted or stick-on decals?

red71c10

03-14-2012 03:44 PM

Re: 71 Chevy C10 -tailgate letters painted?

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLcustom10 (Post 5251553)

Were they originally painted or stick-on decals?

They were painted.

slikside

03-14-2012 03:50 PM

Re: 71 Chevy C10 -tailgate letters painted?

Pretty sure the letters were painted. I had mine repainted silver many years ago. Now that some of that is wearing/chipping away, I still see the white underneath. If it had been stickers, I would have hoped that they would have pulled em off before painting over them!

About due for a touch up now. Think I'll go back to white.....maybe even stickers.:lol:

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