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12-03-2016, 12:29 AM | #1 |
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Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
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Blazers: Hugger orange and white. 67-68 C/K Fleet: I lean to light blue and white for SWB. Even solid blue looks great. Light blue/white or hugger orange/white on a LWB. Short step sides: Tuff to beat hugger orange. With white is great too. "Corvette yellow" (sorry don't know the labels) looks amazing also, though I don't think it's stock. 71-72 C/K Fleet: If I knew what I liked best on a SWB I might settle on a color. Two-tone "medium" blue/white or hugger orange/white for a LWB. 69-70 is somewhere in the mix. Black always deserves consideration.
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12-03-2016, 12:38 AM | #2 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
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For me on the '67/'68 SWB trucks it's solid White.... LockDoc
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12-03-2016, 12:53 AM | #3 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
#1 hugger and white
#2 red white #3 med bronze white |
12-03-2016, 02:21 AM | #4 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
67-68 551 Gold/526 Ivory
69-72 522 Copper poly
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12-03-2016, 02:34 AM | #5 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
Although mine is yellow and I plan to keep it yellow, I've seen some metallic copper ones I really like, as well as some of the darker blues.
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12-03-2016, 02:52 AM | #6 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
I think GM did a great job of picking colours for the 67 - 72s, and I like most of them. My favourites are Ochre/white two tone, Red/white two tone, and Dark Green/white two tone.
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12-03-2016, 03:53 AM | #7 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
plain old black for my slant nose
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12-03-2016, 07:42 AM | #8 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
All the two tone combos work for me on fleet sides and all red on steppers.
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12-03-2016, 07:44 AM | #9 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
The picture tells you my faverite !
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12-03-2016, 08:49 AM | #10 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
My Black 71.
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12-03-2016, 09:33 AM | #11 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
The hardest thing for me to decide on my trucks is the color , Stock ? Stockish ? Or just go crazy using one of the extreme custom colors ?
You really can't beat a super straight black 67 , but they all look good with shiny new paint whatever the color ! |
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Exactly. I've been pondering color for 25 years now. At some point in the near future I have to settle. It likely won't be ochre/white two-tone like it was original, but two-tone deluxe remains an option. It's that or hugger/white two tone, or dark blue/white two tone. If it was one of the others described in the OP, then no problem.
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12-04-2016, 01:30 AM | #13 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
I'm a huge fan of the Medium Olive/White combo myself!
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12-04-2016, 02:24 AM | #14 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
I think black is the best...I thought mine was original black till I read the spid!
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12-03-2016, 10:21 AM | #15 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
My favorite is the color they left the factory with.
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
While I'll never buy a new vehicle again that isn't black, my faves on these trucks are medium olive/white roof, followed closely by light yellow/white roof(my color).
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12-03-2016, 11:59 AM | #17 |
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1970 wht/dk blu/wht
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12-03-2016, 03:49 PM | #19 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
Hugger orange and white for me
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12-03-2016, 04:25 PM | #20 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
To me they pretty much all look great and i especially like the tow tones. If I had to pick it'd be Orange or Black and to me some colors are just better in two tone Like the yellow white and blue white combos.
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
Mine was white from the factory so that's the way it will stay, however the blue/white is a nice combo, especially on a short bed.
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
I tell you - White is growing on me. I like it
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Hey Ekliptix ...
Not to hi-jack my own thread but - what wax do you use? Thanks
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12-03-2016, 04:35 PM | #24 |
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Re: Best color on our trucks, in your opinion
It would be easier to pick the bad ones...But I can't think of any
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12-03-2016, 05:06 PM | #25 |
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Had both, Orange and Black for sure!!!
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