Special paint SPID

[Mike80D]

Saw an ad for a glovebox door on another site, and was curious about the special paint codes? I don’t guess I have seen that before. I know it’s a 115” cab chassis truck, just curious as to what it would have looked like color wise.

[old51sedan]

Originally Posted by Mike80D

Saw an ad for a glovebox door on another site, and was curious about the special paint codes? I don’t guess I have seen that before. I know it’s a 115” cab chassis truck, just curious as to what it would have looked like color wise.

Quite a few years ago, I purchased a 1954 sedan delivery. It was in primer, the cowl tag had all the GM numbers on it along with a paint code that reads S-P-E-C-I-A-L just like that. After pulling windshield I could see that it had been a county vehicle as it was painted bright orange as were all county vehicles at that time and still are. A good buddy of mine still owns it today. I believe this is common on state, county, and large business vehicles.
I remember back in the 60's & 70's when my uncle ordered new Ford's you could pay extra to have it painted another ford vehicle color that wasn't available on that model.

[jocko]

Special Paint usually means a special mix for a company fleet or, more often than not, a different GM color that isn’t normally offered as an option on the vehicle in question. The Special Paint code itself isn’t something one can decode down to an actual color. This one sure looks a lot like 521 frost white though, so it’s a little bit of a head scratcher…. Very curious what the truck was originally purchased for. I assume done so by a company or municipality or something like that - but a 6 cyl 1/2 ton swb chassis cab is pretty unique.

[va72longhorn]

I see it’s listed four times. And, from what I’m reading, it’s just the glove lid that’s been seen by the OP. Probably a white interior with a 4 color exterior. Could be 2 Custom colors broke up in 4 areas. Probably a common paint scheme, as stated, for a municipality or large company.
I know there are some larger contracting company’s like Fishel, Hitt, and Rockingham that still get their vehicles corporate colored from the factory. Some buy so many that they’re purchased straight from the manufacturer. I know, though ours are the standard summit white, my company buys straight from Chevrolet and just uses the local dealer as a receiving and delivery tool. But I’m getting off on a whole different subject now.....

[too much stuff]

Looks very similar to this one i checked out this fall.

[va72longhorn]

Pretty close. If I’m reading it right, both are cab and chassis. The OP’s glove lid had a three on the column with a heavy duty clutch and black vinyl. Yours shows a four speed with blue vinyl. Am I correct ?