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71swb4x4 · 05-21-2005, 03:30 PM

What do your 67-68 grilles look like? Are the buckets that sit behind the openings black or body color? I am talking about the pieces that are riveted to the grille.

XXL · 05-21-2005, 04:01 PM

I have been told the entire grille are would have been white or black regardless of the body color. But I've seen too many that were body color... though I suppose they all could have been repaints. I'll be interested to see the concensus on this question.

bagged91 · 05-21-2005, 04:04 PM

Here's a pic of the one I have... This one has white buckets with white headlight bezels & grille hoops.

72MARIO · 05-21-2005, 04:09 PM

I have a Torch red 67. I did mine balck. I also did the rad support black.

I kinda like them red too. I had a really hard time deciding and I just decided to spray them black with a bunch of other parts I had to spray.

The grill was originally white with flat black buckets.

71swb4x4 · 05-22-2005, 10:44 PM

Thanks for the help guys. I will have the chrome trim, I need to decide if I am going body color or black with those...not sure yet.

CAJ68 · 05-23-2005, 01:41 AM

mine are black, but also my signal lights are mounted on the top instead of the bottom. is this wrong?

stllookn · 05-23-2005, 01:52 AM

Lights go on the bottom. I like the monochrome look. Mine are polished aluminum on both trucks however.

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 05-23-2005, 05:22 AM

'67s had white headlight bezels and white [I call 'em "chicken lips" because they were so hard to find] grille moldings. They could also be a contrasting color. On a white truck the trim might be blue. I'm not sure if '67 "buckets" were also white or black. (I've only seen black originally)
'68s had aluminum headlight bezels and chicken lips and the buckets were black. Also there was more aluminum trim on the fenders and hood that the '67s don't have. A contrasting color was sometimes painted on the whole face of the grille. I have a '68 C/10 in 516 (hugger) Orange with a white face. I salvaged a silver painted grille off a light metallic blue '68 Sub for my '67 Sub (after I hit a deer). I don't know if these trim color schemes were factory or dealer -added, or if some plants had different styles from others.
Update: I just paid attention to the '68 grille on my '67 sub, it has silver [Fawn] buckets, matching the Fawn paint on the grille. this was originally on a metallic light blue truck. The original '67 grille was in pieces when I bought it. White grille, black buckets, dark blue chicken lips. Headlight bezels were aluminum -- off a '68 I guess.

GMC AMI · 05-23-2005, 06:15 AM

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72MARIO · 05-23-2005, 10:53 AM

here are a few.

67ChevyC10Stepside · 05-23-2005, 02:10 PM

heres mine...

Pilgrim · 05-23-2005, 07:03 PM

The ones I have seen with original paint were silver. The silver looks tdo much like a rattle can job.

I painted my front area around the grill including the buckets white along with the cab and below the body trim.

Locked · 06-04-2005, 12:01 PM

I want to restore my 67 C-20 as close to original as possible. The grille frames and buckets are now black, against a dark blue repainted body color. What is the actual shade of white used by Chevy on these grilles & bezels? Could the buckets be the argent color used by many manufacturers, behind the grille?

Locked

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 06-05-2005, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Locked

Could the buckets be the argent color used by many manufacturers, behind the grille?

Locked

If they used the silver-looking color there, it would be GM's shade called "Fawn." Especially '67 - '68s. The Paddock carries it.
P/n 9188. www.paddockparts.com
I used it on my dash bezel, and will be spraying it on my steering wheel soon. Good product. Exact match.

*dtlilly* · 06-05-2005, 05:10 AM

On the deluxe models with chrome headlight buckets and grille trim... all the ones I have seen in junk yards had a silver paint.

67ChevyC10Stepside · 06-05-2005, 12:23 PM

68orange how do you fidn that stuff? i entered 9188 and it said nothing found...is that the correct paint for the dull colored 67 bezels and glovebox doors?

Scooter67 · 06-05-2005, 01:56 PM

Here's mine. Body color.

smokekiki · 06-06-2005, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Scooter67

Here's mine. Body color.

Looks real good body color.Thanks for the link to Your website.

68w/sbc406 · 06-06-2005, 09:09 AM

heres mine

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 06-06-2005, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 67ChevyC10Stepside

68orange how do you fidn that stuff? i entered 9188 and it said nothing found...is that the correct paint for the dull colored 67 bezels and glovebox doors?

Sorry, I guess they changed it to "9188L." You have to add the V or L. L for lacquer. V for vinyl.
On my '68 stepside, the wheel, column, dash bezel, door panels and original vinyl bench seat, [and I think the original 17.5" rims] were Fawn, the main body color being 516 Orange.
On my '67 sub, the exterior is white, and the interior is Fawn. The glovebox face is Charcoal Gray Iridescent 9174L. The glovebox edges are Fawn.
9188 is listed as "Medium Fawn Iridescent" in the 1967 list and "Silver Fawn Iridescent" under 1968. There's also a "Dark Fawn Iridescent (Suede) 9189" in the '67 list.
As I understand it, "suede" means flat, and "iridescent" might mean metallic.
The Paddock catalog says " Suede colors are used on upper instrument panel."

05-21-2005, 03:30 PM	#1
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05-21-2005, 04:01 PM	#2
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05-21-2005, 04:04 PM	#3
bagged91 Out draggin' Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pitman,NJ Posts: 1,574	Here's a pic of the one I have... This one has white buckets with white headlight bezels & grille hoops. Attached Images __________________ 91 GMC Xcab LB-Bags/bd/caddy clip SOLD 72 C10 Cheyenne Super LWB SOLD 92 GMC K1500 Burb 72 C10 Burb (ex. Cheesewagon)SOLD 72 C20 Burb parts truck 71 C10 Burb "project"

05-21-2005, 04:09 PM	#4
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	I have a Torch red 67. I did mine balck. I also did the rad support black. I kinda like them red too. I had a really hard time deciding and I just decided to spray them black with a bunch of other parts I had to spray. The grill was originally white with flat black buckets. __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

05-22-2005, 10:44 PM	#5
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Thanks for the help guys. I will have the chrome trim, I need to decide if I am going body color or black with those...not sure yet. __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

05-23-2005, 01:41 AM	#6
CAJ68 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 80	mine are black, but also my signal lights are mounted on the top instead of the bottom. is this wrong?

05-23-2005, 01:52 AM	#7
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Lights go on the bottom. I like the monochrome look. Mine are polished aluminum on both trucks however. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

05-23-2005, 05:22 AM	#8
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,441	'67s had white headlight bezels and white [I call 'em "chicken lips" because they were so hard to find] grille moldings. They could also be a contrasting color. On a white truck the trim might be blue. I'm not sure if '67 "buckets" were also white or black. (I've only seen black originally) '68s had aluminum headlight bezels and chicken lips and the buckets were black. Also there was more aluminum trim on the fenders and hood that the '67s don't have. A contrasting color was sometimes painted on the whole face of the grille. I have a '68 C/10 in 516 (hugger) Orange with a white face. I salvaged a silver painted grille off a light metallic blue '68 Sub for my '67 Sub (after I hit a deer). I don't know if these trim color schemes were factory or dealer -added, or if some plants had different styles from others. Update: I just paid attention to the '68 grille on my '67 sub, it has silver [Fawn] buckets, matching the Fawn paint on the grille. this was originally on a metallic light blue truck. The original '67 grille was in pieces when I bought it. White grille, black buckets, dark blue chicken lips. Headlight bezels were aluminum -- off a '68 I guess. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. Last edited by '68OrangeSunshine; 05-24-2005 at 08:21 AM.

05-23-2005, 06:15 AM	#9
GMC AMI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Other Maine! Posts: 2,236	68 grille PICS Here are a few PICS. Attached Images __________________ 1968 Chevy 4x4 307 4 speed

05-23-2005, 10:53 AM	#10
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	here are a few. Attached Images __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

05-23-2005, 02:10 PM	#11
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,034	heres mine... Attached Images __________________ 67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt.

05-23-2005, 07:03 PM	#12
Pilgrim Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Crescent City, FL Posts: 492	The ones I have seen with original paint were silver. The silver looks tdo much like a rattle can job. I painted my front area around the grill including the buckets white along with the cab and below the body trim. __________________ Bob 68 C20 Camper Special

06-04-2005, 12:01 PM	#13
Locked Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 14	67-68 Grille, opening buckets black or body color? I want to restore my 67 C-20 as close to original as possible. The grille frames and buckets are now black, against a dark blue repainted body color. What is the actual shade of white used by Chevy on these grilles & bezels? Could the buckets be the argent color used by many manufacturers, behind the grille? Locked

06-05-2005, 05:10 AM	#15
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	On the deluxe models with chrome headlight buckets and grille trim... all the ones I have seen in junk yards had a silver paint.

06-05-2005, 12:23 PM	#16
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,034	68orange how do you fidn that stuff? i entered 9188 and it said nothing found...is that the correct paint for the dull colored 67 bezels and glovebox doors? __________________ 67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt.



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06-05-2005, 01:56 PM	#17
Scooter67 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: middle TN Posts: 87	Here's mine. Body color. __________________ Here's my '67 stepside www.truckwithaheart.com

06-06-2005, 09:09 AM	#19
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