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How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
My truck seat was recovered brown before I bought my truck. I want to get seat covers made for my buddy buckets, gold and white. How white was the original seat cover. Thanks for the help.
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1968 50th STEP SIDE SHORTY, 350/350, a/c, ps, p,b Daily Driver, 1970 Cst short fleet, all black, 350/350, 1970 2wd Blazer, 2wd, 6 cyl. 3 spd, original, now a 454, 350turbo, 3.73 posi, on the road 1971 2wd fleet shorty, 454, 700r4, 3.73 posi, SOLD to 67OLDSTYLE72 "My rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow" - SAWYER BROWN's Six Days On The Road SEMPER FI "I use to be a lean mean fighting machine, but now I'm a huffin, puffin, over stuffin love muffin" |
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
Very white,IMO
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
Gm white vinyl is more of an off white than a brite white , Stop by your local auto trim shop and they can show you the difference .
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
That's the problem. There books show the off white for a 1968 truck. But when I held it against my anniversary door panel, it looked horrible. Could it be that the Golden Anniversary colors are not in the interior books?
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1968 50th STEP SIDE SHORTY, 350/350, a/c, ps, p,b Daily Driver, 1970 Cst short fleet, all black, 350/350, 1970 2wd Blazer, 2wd, 6 cyl. 3 spd, original, now a 454, 350turbo, 3.73 posi, on the road 1971 2wd fleet shorty, 454, 700r4, 3.73 posi, SOLD to 67OLDSTYLE72 "My rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow" - SAWYER BROWN's Six Days On The Road SEMPER FI "I use to be a lean mean fighting machine, but now I'm a huffin, puffin, over stuffin love muffin" |
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
The problem is time and sun exposure .I have been building interiors for more than 35 years and run into these questions almost daily , just like paint and plastic the vinyl ages and fades and finding a perfect match is almost impossible , Go thru the upholstery shops vinyl books and find the best match there are hundreds of "whites" made by dozens of different companies .also different grains printed into the materials . Remember it's 40 + years old ! pull a door panel off and you will see the real color on the back where it was protected from the elements .
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
The 50th anniversary is a pretty darn pure white,as I said before. Not to be mistaken with Parchment. No,I don't think you'll find it in the stock color samples
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
That's what I think too.
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1968 50th STEP SIDE SHORTY, 350/350, a/c, ps, p,b Daily Driver, 1970 Cst short fleet, all black, 350/350, 1970 2wd Blazer, 2wd, 6 cyl. 3 spd, original, now a 454, 350turbo, 3.73 posi, on the road 1971 2wd fleet shorty, 454, 700r4, 3.73 posi, SOLD to 67OLDSTYLE72 "My rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow" - SAWYER BROWN's Six Days On The Road SEMPER FI "I use to be a lean mean fighting machine, but now I'm a huffin, puffin, over stuffin love muffin" |
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
SMS fabrics has the fabric your looking for in the correct color for the anniversary. Nice people, nice products, but spendy! I got my gold cloth for my 50th from them and putting my monies together to buy the white.
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
The bucket trucks got gold vinyl inserts bench got cloth. The white is pretty white. When I did mine we left out the gold insert because I personally did not like it.
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
I think they look all white that way
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
Thanks
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1968 50th STEP SIDE SHORTY, 350/350, a/c, ps, p,b Daily Driver, 1970 Cst short fleet, all black, 350/350, 1970 2wd Blazer, 2wd, 6 cyl. 3 spd, original, now a 454, 350turbo, 3.73 posi, on the road 1971 2wd fleet shorty, 454, 700r4, 3.73 posi, SOLD to 67OLDSTYLE72 "My rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow" - SAWYER BROWN's Six Days On The Road SEMPER FI "I use to be a lean mean fighting machine, but now I'm a huffin, puffin, over stuffin love muffin" |
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Re: How white is the white in a 68 anniversary truck bucket seat?
What's left of the white vinyl on my original 68 bench seat is a bright white. It looks somewhat briter than seats in post 9...
The bench seat had no gold in it... |
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