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Old 04-12-2013, 02:51 PM   #7
JJorgensen52
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Re: Factory 2 tone stepside?

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What is "the '71-'72 super type paint scheme"? There was no scheme specific to the Cheyenne Supers. If you mean the 400 series Deluxe Two-Tone, it could be had on any fleetside pickup at any trim level with the required bodyside moldings.
Yes, 400 series Deluxe Two-Tone. Thank you for the correct information

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The lower bodyside moldings were not offered on stepside pickups after 70. Uppers were not available.

Cheyenne and Cheyenne Super trim stepside trucks deleted exterior bodyside trim from the packages. However 69-70 CST stepsides included cab and front fender moldings.
My truck is a '69 CST package, which explains the lower trim



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Finally if you decided to do this with the custom or deluxe stye what are you going to do about the seperation as it wraps around the cab corners?
I am not an upper trim guy, don't care for it. Also not particularly concerned about correctness, just what looks good to me.

That said, I've been toying with the idea of getting some shortbed rear trims and trimming them them to fit my stepside fenders. The factory side trim on the cab does not wrap around the corner, so in keeping with that it shouldn't on the fenders, either.

I would paint the separation all the way across the back of the cab, in this case. I also suspect I would need to play with the location of the upper paint division so as to get a line that fell across the rear fenders in a way that makes sense. I think it would be best to move it up a tad and miss the rear fender entirely, but I need to measure more carefully. I may go out and lay some tape on my truck just to play with this, visually.

The truck I was envisioning this for is a '72 short step 4x4. So the lower trims would not be correct.
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