Cosmetic med olive interior parts: steering wheel/dash pad/ rubber floor mat question

[Sooner1970_K10]

The original color of my truck is (504) med olive and interior (629) olive. My question is, when I go to 67-72 chevy parts websites in search for these items I either run across a pull down tab that says "green" or a pull down tab that doesnt even allow selection of a color. If I pick green, am I to assume that the items in question will match my olive colored paint (as well as can be expected) or am I going to get some dark forrest green dash pad and so on? Can anyone clear this up for me?

Also, is there anyone out there selling an olive steering wheel, dash pad or even a rubber mat that might still be in good shape? If so would you mind posting a picture and price?

[vtblazer]

Welcome to the board, GREEN is in!
Sorry, no answers for you but the dash in my 70 was the darker green when I got the truck. Not sure if they made a lighter colored dash pad or not.
Steering column was the same, darker green. Is that "factory"?
Anybody know?
Post some more pics of your truck, looks nice in your avatar.

[MOTHERTRUCKERS]

email me at motrucker@prodigy.net and i'll send you some pics of the pads,steering wheels,floor mats,door panels etc in green.

[Sooner1970_K10]

Here are a couple of pictures I have laying around from over the last several months. Just to give you an idea what im asking about.

[seacrow]

IN 1970,71,72 the only green is olive green for the interior.

I restored my 71 GMC and every part that I ordered in Green was Olive green. There is no green floor mat available. I painted a black one with bulldog and color-matched green vinyl paint. I even painted a black bezel green to match so it looks factory.

[Sooner1970_K10]

Anyone have an olive green dash or steering wheel forsale?

[vtblazer]

Originally Posted by Sooner1970_K10

Anyone have an olive green dash or steering wheel forsale?

Is there really such a thing as "med olive" steering wheel & dash pad?
I've only seen them in the darker color green.
Even the steering column in my 70 was the darker green.

Check out this pic, it's an unmolested truck with the darker green dash pad and steering wheel.
I think they match the trim not the body color, I'm thinking all the trucks are this way. Although it does show an olive steering wheel.

[Sooner1970_K10]

My dashpad is the darker green and the steering wheel is a darker shade than the paint job. I think the interior says "olive cust cloth trim" or something like that. So I guess that doesnt make anything else olive. As for the rubber floor mat replacements? You cant get green?

[smitty62]

A little OT, but I'm still looking for a pair of Dark Olive sunvisors to trade two pair of Aqua visors for--see my earlier posting.

[Tx Firefighter]

I don't agree on their being only one green used in interiors from 70-72.

Here is a picture of my original 70 model interior. The green is much lighter than olive green.





When I later put a new dash pad into the truck, I had to settle for buying an olive one, as there are no repros of my green color. The olive dash pad was much too dark and clashed with the original color. I'll see if I can find a picture of the truck with the olive green dash pad somewhere.

[Downtown]

Sent you a PM.

[vtblazer]

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

I don't agree on their being only one green used in interiors from 70-72

I've seen the darker colored green trucks with the darker green interior too.

[Mint68]

The sticker on my glove box door keeps lying to me! It keeps telling me that my truck is "med green". Maybe some of you guys doing the research on original green colors could tell me what color mine is.

[Mint68]

I bought the truck from the original owner almost a year ago. It looks to be pretty much unmolested, minus a repaint a number of years back. All the interior is original and untouched, and looks to be green. If not green, then what do i call it?

[seacrow]

The lighter color green is what I am describing as a blueish-green. Almost an aqua color.

[special-K]

Let`s keep Body-color paint and Interior-color vinyl seperate.In paint,you had Med.Olive(like Sooner1970 K10)and Dk.Olive.The interior color is Olive(called Green),a shade between the two paint colors.There was another Green in baseline interiors that was more like a Woodland/Hunter/Spruce Green at the same time,70-72?The Green in 69 was Aqua,not sure about 67-68.Anyway,the green being reproduced for interiors is the Olive-type.

[mcmlxix]

Sooner,
I have a 72 C30 that has the same color codes you have. I took some pics for you. The interior was dusty so any shiny parts were just wiped down with a wet rag... I have a steering wheel that has a few cracks and no cap. The sun visors are perfect. The dash is cracked. The original green mat was torn up but I took a pic of a piece sitting on the ash tray next to the dash ... Let me know if you want the wheel or visors and I'll figure out a price... (I also have some nice door panels for sale from the same truck)

[Sooner1970_K10]

Originally Posted by mcmlxix

Sooner,
I have a 72 C30 that has the same color codes you have. I took some pics for you. The interior was dusty so any shiny parts were just wiped down with a wet rag... I have a steering wheel that has a few cracks and no cap. The sun visors are perfect. The dash is cracked. The original green mat was torn up but I took a pic of a piece sitting on the ash tray next to the dash ... Let me know if you want the wheel or visors and I'll figure out a price... (I also have some nice door panels for sale from the same truck)

mcmlxix
I would like to see some pictures of the door panels if you get a chance to take them, paticularly the driveside one. Maybe a price on the steering wheel as well. Thanks

[vtblazer]

Originally Posted by mcmlxix

Sooner,
I have a 72 C30 that has the same color codes you have.

mcmlxix, those pics are great, thanks.
That's EXACTLY the same as my 70 in the earlier pics in this thread.

Mint68, sweet K5.
It was more common to have the same interior/exterior color than not, maybe that's what was meant by "baseline".

Here's 'med olive' w/black interior. No it's not stock/factory.
Your color combo would be almost impossible to re-create for restoration.
Keep it 100% original.

[mcmlxix]

Ok. I had a couple people ask about the door panels. I received 4 responses by posting and PM. I will list them in the order I received. I want to be fair on who asked first...

Sooner
Cheyenne10
Smitty62
Daves71k5

I will post pics of the door panels below. They are from a 72. I already boxed them so they werent sitting around getting wrecked. There are 2 door panels. 2 arm rests. 4 little foam spacers for the window cranks and door handles. They have the chrome trim and everything is in really nice shape.
I want $100. plus shipping for the panels with arm rests.

The visors, I will send with all mounting the hardware: $40 plus shipping

The steering wheel: $20. plus shipping.

[Mint68]

Originally Posted by special-K

There was another Green in baseline interiors that was more like a Woodland/Hunter/Spruce Green at the same time,70-72?The Green in 69 was Aqua,not sure about 67-68.Anyway,the green being reproduced for interiors is the Olive-type.

Baseline? Does that mean my interior is less than standard. What would have been the top of the line interior? Maybe i should throw my "baseline" original buckets, and original back seat in the trash where it belongs, and upgrade to a higher quality.

[Sooner1970_K10]

Originally Posted by Mint68

Baseline? Does that mean my interior is less than standard. What would have been the top of the line interior? Maybe i should throw my "baseline" original buckets, and original back seat in the trash where it belongs, and upgrade to a higher quality.

Wow! Where did that come from? However, now that you mention it, I think you are on to something. You actually still use that old sub-par-performance-color? You know you can easily get +10hp if you trashed your original color and went with the all popular med olive green exterior and olive green interior.

[BurnoutNova]

i think Mint68 was initially trying to show that there wasnt only one color for 70-72 green in these trucks. i personally had one that said "Light green"

his says "med green" so thats 2 other shades of green the allegedly do not exist... so when someone comes back with "thats not green thats more aqua", and "thats baseline green interior" its like there coming up with excuses for the color of his truck. and baseline??? where did that come from? he has an all original non-rusted jan-70 CST blazer with every option besides a tach, and his truck is baseline?

[smitty62]

Please put me in line for the visors. Also would like to see pics of the door panels. Thanks

[Robert1970C20rstbukt]

The interior on my truck is the same color as the one that vtblazer posted, except the whole dash is the same color as the steering column.(dark olive)