63 Blue Badge Trucks

[Cheeseboy]

Looking for any information about 1963 Blue Badge Trucks. Have found 0 information about them. Any help at all will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[oldusafmsgt]

There's a set of 65 C10 blue emblems on eBay right now. So far, I've been unable to verify any 60-66 trucks came with blue emblems, nothing in the factory literature. I'm thinking it may have been a popular owner or dealer mod back in the day.

[Clyde65]

Or it also could have been a dealer add on for a specific upgraded truck!

[Cheeseboy]

Thanks for the info you all.

[rvrfoot]

Keep searching you will find some.

[Cheeseboy]

Here are the badges and the codes that are imprinted on the back of them.

[oldusafmsgt]

Only one part number for each series/model. I'd think there would be different part numbers if the factory used both red and blue. GM used specific/unique part numbers for everything.

[Cheeseboy]

Is there a way to decode the numbers on the badge?

[oldusafmsgt]

The numbers on the right are the series/model. C/K 10, 20, 30, etc. The numbers in the left column are the GM part numbers.

[Cheeseboy]

Thank you. Thought it might be specific to the blue badges. The quest continues.

[60-66]

Dont forget , you could get ANYTHING you wanted back then ! My neighbor told me so !!

[Cheeseboy]

Understood. Yet still interesting that a random late 60 year old mechanic asked my son, "by any chance, did this truck happen to come with blue badges?" Then proceeded to explain the "history" of the truck.

According to the gentlemen who got the truck passed down to him by his brother. When he took possession of the truck at or around 2000. The badges where in the glove box where my son found them.

[hewittca]

I'm in to see where this goes. Very interesting find regardless of if they are original GM or repainted early on in life.

[60-66]

My response was sarcasm as a lot of people have abused the "you could get anything you want" phrase when it comes to these trucks . 1967 or 1968 is the first year for blue paint in a factory emblem. Before that it was 20s and 30s with blue porcelain bowties. nothing 1960-1966 C10-C30 had blue paint. I doubt very much that any dealer would spend the time to paint emblems when the red ties into the hubcaps . Definitely a "custom" touch but not factory

[Cheeseboy]

Understood. I have a 69. However, according to the records person at chevy corporate I talked to. They did do special celebratory runs of vehicles historically with blue badges but "our records only go back untill 1977 so it is plausible."

[Cheeseboy]

Also got, " We think we recall a guy who restored..." from LMC who chevy corporate refered me too.

[The Rocknrod]

It's all about documentation. If GM can't document it but your neighbor told you the gospel, you figure out what people on here (who are more knowledgeable than almost anyone) are going to believe.
And this one is a pretty close second.

[Cheeseboy]

Agreed. Documentation and forensics does go a long way.

[61K10]

Wow! I didn't know i was smarter than almost anyone.

[aerotruk63]

In all the 63 literature and merchadizing I've accumulated in 31 years I've never heard mention of anything of a blue badge truck. Now if you said it had VIN 100001 and did the "Check the Champ" run then you might have some creditation.

[HawaiianC20]

I have a question about having a O or 0 as my assembly plant for 1963. Could anyone tell me why that is? I have not came across another truck with it.

[The Rocknrod]

Originally Posted by HawaiianC20

I have a question about having a O or 0 as my assembly plant for 1963. Could anyone tell me why that is? I have not came across another truck with it.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=735142

[HawaiianC20]

Posted via Mobile Device