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**jocko** · 06-13-2011, 10:10 PM

How have i missed this thread in the past!! This is absolutely beautiful work.
Love it that you did the original white surround with black background for the grille - that seems to be missed so often or half-done (i.e. just the white surround, with body color background), which is just fine for a custom truck, looks good - but I prefer the "floating grille" look you get by doing it the factory way (that's just me though). One quick question - I noticed the way you painted the wheels with a dark center (under the hubcaps) - was that done that way from the factory? I've never seen that done before - looks good, just curious if original, and if not (or, actually, if so too) what was the purpose?

BEAUTIFUL truck, holy frijoles.

06-13-2011, 10:10 PM	#48
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,937	Re: '65 Chevy C10 Long Fleet Retrospective Build Thread How have i missed this thread in the past!! This is absolutely beautiful work. Love it that you did the original white surround with black background for the grille - that seems to be missed so often or half-done (i.e. just the white surround, with body color background), which is just fine for a custom truck, looks good - but I prefer the "floating grille" look you get by doing it the factory way (that's just me though). One quick question - I noticed the way you painted the wheels with a dark center (under the hubcaps) - was that done that way from the factory? I've never seen that done before - looks good, just curious if original, and if not (or, actually, if so too) what was the purpose? BEAUTIFUL truck, holy frijoles. Last edited by jocko; 06-13-2011 at 10:11 PM.