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5 | 26.32% |
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14 | 73.68% |
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1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
Hello, hoping you guys could help me out. What was the factory front end colors for base model 1968 C10s? My top, including A pillars are white. My grille, grille inserts, and headlight bezels are all silver. And appear to have not been repainted. But I’m not sure about the grille itself. The bumper however has been repainted. It is silver with the lip on top painted black. I know the black definitely isn't factory. What I really want to know is a silver bumper and nose factory or should it be white? As of right now I am planning on painting them both flat white and roughing it up a little to match the rest of the truck. Any opinions?
Any help would be appreciated. I added a poll because I’m having a little trouble deciding for myself.
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68 C10 long-fleet, Long and low is the way to go. factory: 307 sbc, SM465 4-speed, 12 bolt 4.11 rear end. 75,000 original miles. Build:Ole Blue Millennial and can drive stick. ![]() "Too many people have opinions on things they know nothing about. And the more ignorant they are, the more opinions they have." -Thomas Hildern Last edited by 1968 baby blue C10; 12-20-2017 at 01:09 PM. Reason: Added a poll. |
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
Pictures for reference.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
Good looking truck! Wish I could help with the colors, with these trucks it seems almost anything was possible.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
@Orange67 Thanks man. And yeah exactly. I even read somewhere that it even depended what time in the year it was made, and what factory it came from for front end colors. It still has the dealer bumper on the rear but there isn’t a speck of paint for me to even be able to tell if it was white haha.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
I also dont know how it was originally but believe white is the way to go
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
Not sure exactly either...but off white or argent silver are the factory used colors. I am sure the guys on here can tell you for sure. Nice looking truck!
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
Thanks guys. I’m leaning more and more towards the white nose. I’ve already got some flat white paint that I got on sale and I’m going to see how close it matches the top. If it’s close enough I’ll just use it instead of paying extra for factory color out in a rattle can.
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68 C10 long-fleet, Long and low is the way to go. factory: 307 sbc, SM465 4-speed, 12 bolt 4.11 rear end. 75,000 original miles. Build:Ole Blue Millennial and can drive stick. ![]() "Too many people have opinions on things they know nothing about. And the more ignorant they are, the more opinions they have." -Thomas Hildern |
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I bought my 68 with 39,000 miles on it. It was baby blue with white grill,front and rear bumpers. The grill centres or cutouts or ovals whatever you call them(2) were black. I'd post a picture but don't know how, price you pay when old eh!
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
The grill color of the base 68 is a bit of an enigma. Some base 68's had silver grill/no hood-eyebrow trim and some got painted white with hood-eyebrow chrome trim. I have some pictures on my computer that I will try to find. The nose on your truck looks like it was painted from the factory with the silver nose - no trim. The color of the bumper should be silver as I recall.
I think the grill inserts on the white noses should be flat black. Not sure about the silver noses. If the nose was painted white, so was the front bumper unless it was equipped with the chrome bumper option or a CST.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
All blue no white top
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
I think Custom,and CST models had white grills and the lower models had silver grills.
The 1968 show room brochure would help out here, but I cant find my copy right now |
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
That would be extremely helpful if you can find it. I would appreciate it. I’ve seen original paint trucks without even any side trim with white tops and grills though. No trim should be the very base model right?
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
Personally, I'm a stickler for originality.
It seems to me that your '68 truck is a little unusual in that it's a two-tone white cab top with a silver nose. It seems most two-tone trucks have white noses with chrome trim. Is the blue/white paint combo listed on your glove-box sticker? It's also unusual to see side trim without the hood lip and fender front trim. I always suspected the front nose chrome trim and side trim were not necessarily tied together. If you are confident that's the original paint scheme, I'd go with that. I'd be interested to see a picture of your glove box option list. That would help verify some things.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
@toms68cst
I am the same way. The reason I was leaning towards painting it white was I thought it was what it would’ve been original. I believe you’re right about the front trim and side trim not being tied together. hewittca’s is the opposite. He has eyebrow trim but no side trim. Which I don’t remember seeing before. Here is a photo of the glove box. It is definitely the original colors.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
@hewittca Yeah I can definitely see how every one could be a one off. I was mainly just wondering about the driveline combo. It seems like an odd combo to me.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
Too many white ones.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
It looks like the original configuration was as we suspected. Silver nose-White top. Its
a fairly unusual combo. It's a tough call IMO. If you do go white nose, I'd go with the correct chrome grill trim too. Go with what you like. A correct white nose with chrome trim on that truck would look great along with the white top and side trim. The original configuration with the silver nose would look great too.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
@toms68cst
It’s a tough call for me as well. I like the looks of the white front better. But as you said being a stickler for originality, plus it being a unusual combo. I believe I’m just going to repaint the bumper to get rid of the black accent. Now another question if you guys don’t mind. Is the GM Argent Silver in a rattle can like you get from advance auto the correct Argent silver?
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
Toms68 My Red ‘67 cst has side trim an no leading edge/eyebrow trim with a white roof and nose.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
The hood and eyebrow trim was a 68 only thing. I think a 67 cst should only have chrome grill inserts and a chrome front bumper.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
I don’t know if anybody’s still subscribed to this or not. I finally got the bumper painted, well I had my dad paint it because he has 20 years body work experience. Anyways I decided to go with the original silver, for one I’m a stickler for originality, and two it’s different and seems kinda rare. I had Dad make it look like it had some age and character to it with some black fade, and then he cleared it with flat clear. I think it turned out really well. I’ll have to get a better picture picture outside sometime when it’s not raining.
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Re: 1968 Chevy C10 base front end color questions
Wow, that looks great! It really blends in well with the rest of the truck. Looks like it's still the original bumper. I have to say, the silver nose/bumper without trim is my favorite 67/68 front end setup. I have debated on switching mine to this style, but like you I am a stickler for originality and don't want to mess with my otherwise very original white nose/bumper setup!
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And yeah I wouldn’t change yours either, yours is one of my favorite trucks I’ve ever seen. I love that color combo. If you don’t mind could you tell me how to create the custom links in a signature like you have?
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