“Special paint” blue?
 

I have a 69 GMC that I’m going to do some rust repair mostly in the rocker area and wondered if anyone else has come across a similar blue with the special paint on the SPID?

Thanks, Wade

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SPID pic

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My GMC C3500 has special paint listed on the SPID, but it is gray. It looks about like the colt of gray primer.

I think to match your repairs, your best bet would be to take your truck (or a panel) to an Automtive paint shop and have them shoot it. Even if you had the original paint code, it probably wouldn’t match because of fading.

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P.S. - I love that truck! Are you putting the trim back on it?

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Thank you. Yes I plan on putting all the emblems and trim back on after I either buff it or clear it. Good idea on taking it to a paint shop to try and match.

Wade

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I'm guessing it was a USN or USAF service truck. But they are usually pretty sparse with lotsa oddball things on the SPID... Z62 not a common military option... :) So, who knows!

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You might be right on the military thing, although like you said, they are usually very stripped. That said, it appears to be the same color of this truck is a military issue.

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The bumpers were body color on this one.
This truck had special paint on the SPID also.

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This was the only GMC USAF truck I could find... but the paint IS pretty close!
What's the other side of the SPID look like?

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Man, I wonder if the AF logo is what was sanded off this truck? The shape kinda seems right.

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I’ll take a picture of the other side tomorrow and post it. Interesting about the military aspect, but it has quite a few options. I have some old receipts that were in the glove box when it was owned by a Lieutenant Colonel. I bought it from the Austin Texas area and I think it spent some time around San Antonio also.

Wade

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The other side of the SPID

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Old receipt I mentioned from 1986.

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So much for that theory - definitely not military as a custom camper with chrome hubcaps..

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Lt. Col Carruthers is a war hero who was a POW in WWII and finished his career in Nam.

http://www.purpleheartaustin.org/carruthers.htm

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Wow, that’s very interesting. It’s always like a treasure hunt when you start finding different things in these old trucks. Thank you for the link to the article.

Wade

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it would be cool to find him and show him the truck today.

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That's a real interesting read!

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http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/sto...0001001.stream

Here is an interview with Lt. Col George C. Carruthers.

A true American Hero.