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67_C-30 · 08-21-2005, 01:07 AM

I am getting ready to paint my '67 C-50 wrecker, and I was planning on painting it a nice glossy black to match my '69 C-30 car hauler...BUT...lately I have caught the Flat Black bug. I don't want to paint my '67 C-30 dually flat, so the the wrecker is really the only thing I have to do it to, unless I get another project, and lord knows I don't need that. I got a wrecker very similiar to photoshopped flat black, with red rims, in a few different variations (Big thanks to Farnuckel!!) and it looks much cooler than I thought it would, to me. Of all my trucks, this thing might get the most attention of all of them, if I do it this way. I have attached a pic of my truck before I started doing the bodywork, and 4 potential versions of another truck similiar to mine. The one the flames with white,yellow,orange, and red flames looks killer to me. What do you guys think?

P.S. If anyone is Photoshop savvy feel free to do other versions if you feel inspired

HeavyD · 08-21-2005, 02:59 AM

I like the bottom one.

krue · 08-21-2005, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by HeavyD

I like the bottom one.

Me too.

BIGT05 · 08-21-2005, 10:07 AM

i like the one second from the bottom

*FormerMember* · 08-21-2005, 10:14 AM

top right for me.

I want a wrecker, too!

**special-K** · 08-21-2005, 11:35 AM

I`d have to say the last one.

Americanrider · 08-21-2005, 12:17 PM

Bottom, but make the flames a medium gray fading into blue.

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 08-21-2005, 01:52 PM

I agree with Americanrider on that one.

LUV2XCLR8 · 08-21-2005, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Americanrider

Bottom, but make the flames a medium gray fading into blue.

onetoncrewcab · 08-21-2005, 03:10 PM

Count me in for the bottom one, although the second from the bottom is a great one too.
Mike

**tnblazerk5** · 08-21-2005, 03:15 PM

if it was me i would do sum old wild pinstriping on it like von dutch stuff or sumthing like that but with a really old school logo(what ever name you think of) on the doors or the side of the bed or if i had to flame it it would be the gray going to blue thing

Longhorn Man · 08-21-2005, 05:07 PM

Don't forget the fake buisness name... like happy hooker towing service or something.

**tnblazerk5** · 08-21-2005, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

Don't forget the fake buisness name... like happy hooker towing service or something.

yea sumthing like that with a bunch of old school pin stripes

hey andy thats a great name for a tow truck or bussness

67_C-30 · 08-21-2005, 09:56 PM

LOL! Happy Hooker Towing....But would that mean I would have to refer to the cars I would be pulling as johns!?!

I think I will most likely go with bottom pic of the first set, although the one below would would be very popular all my buddies...and not so much with the Mrs. I would like to a see a photoshop of the grey and blue flames you guys suggested, but its beyond my ability to do a good rendition of it.

67_C-30 · 08-21-2005, 10:03 PM

Here's a quicky w/ blue, but its not too good.

*wolfthing2000* · 08-22-2005, 08:58 AM

Forget the blue. Go your idea and then keep the flames on cab only.

*FormerMember* · 08-22-2005, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by wolfthing2000

Forget the blue. Go your idea and then keep the flames on cab only.

My vote (again) for flames on the cab only...

Actually, I think they all look like crap and you should junk that old truck...

Then tell me where you're bringing it so I can slip in and pick her up!
(I want one!!!)

Americanrider · 08-22-2005, 01:16 PM

Close....wheels grey and add more grey to the flames, blend it about 1/2 to 3/4s back on the hood.

*FormerMember* · 08-22-2005, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 67_C-30

LOL! Happy Hooker Towing....But would that mean I would have to refer to the cars I would be pulling as johns!?!

I think I will most likely go with bottom pic of the first set, although the one below would would be very popular all my buddies...and not so much with the Mrs. I would like to a see a photoshop of the grey and blue flames you guys suggested, but its beyond my ability to do a good rendition of it.

I like this, but I'd get rid of the flames on the bed and move the other details more forward on the bed.

navybear70 · 08-22-2005, 02:04 PM

I was going to vote on third pic until I saw the blue flames. The red/yellow flames on flat black is about two decades behind this year truck. You might as well hang the coon-skin tail off the antenna!
The blue grey would be cool, but I disagree with ending the flames at the cab. maybe some more behind the rear wheel, or as the picture shows; but cab only would make the vehicle look like it was piecemealed together, IMO.

*wolfthing2000* · 08-22-2005, 02:24 PM

YES!!!!! Coon tail!!!!!!!! That would realy be cool! Flame thrower exhaust too!!!

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 08-22-2005, 06:14 PM

You need an old CB in there with a 9ft antenna shooting straight up in the air too.

67_C-30 · 08-22-2005, 11:38 PM

The blue and grey would probably look OK, but I love the red and yellow flames, even if its not the correct period truck. It almost looks as is if its on fire now when turn on that massive beacon light on the top. I also think that the very front of it would look really cool all white.

**N2TRUX** · 08-22-2005, 11:51 PM

I guess I'll be the odd ball and vote for none of the above. I think it would look cool if you had the doors lettered with a weathered look logo, and paint the rims red with chrome caps.....

*FormerMember* · 08-23-2005, 09:19 AM

So, where can I get one of those?

08-21-2005, 01:07 AM	#1
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Old School Wrecker!! Opinions?? I am getting ready to paint my '67 C-50 wrecker, and I was planning on painting it a nice glossy black to match my '69 C-30 car hauler...BUT...lately I have caught the Flat Black bug. I don't want to paint my '67 C-30 dually flat, so the the wrecker is really the only thing I have to do it to, unless I get another project, and lord knows I don't need that. I got a wrecker very similiar to photoshopped flat black, with red rims, in a few different variations (Big thanks to Farnuckel!!) and it looks much cooler than I thought it would, to me. Of all my trucks, this thing might get the most attention of all of them, if I do it this way. I have attached a pic of my truck before I started doing the bodywork, and 4 potential versions of another truck similiar to mine. The one the flames with white,yellow,orange, and red flames looks killer to me. What do you guys think? P.S. If anyone is Photoshop savvy feel free to do other versions if you feel inspired Attached Images __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

08-21-2005, 02:59 AM	#2
HeavyD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wakaw, Sask, Canada Posts: 3,180	I like the bottom one. __________________ "You can take the man out of PA, but you can't take PA out of the man"

08-21-2005, 10:07 AM	#4
BIGT05 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Silsbee Tx Posts: 72	i like the one second from the bottom __________________ 1982 Swb Gen 1 350 forged trw racing pistons 265 edbrock cam and lifters with a 4bbl edel brock carb sitting on 295 50 15s = RIP it throw a rod a few actually i fought the law and i won i fought the law and i won 94 ford ranger -granpas old truck can anyone say chevy smallblock a man and his truck ahh its a beautiful thing Ive got an idea Lets just poke it!!

08-21-2005, 11:35 AM	#6
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08-21-2005, 01:52 PM	#8
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	I agree with Americanrider on that one. __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck

08-21-2005, 10:14 AM	#5
FormerMember Account Suspended Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,051	top right for me. I want a wrecker, too!

08-21-2005, 12:17 PM	#7
Americanrider Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NW, WA. Posts: 1,421	Bottom, but make the flames a medium gray fading into blue.

08-21-2005, 03:10 PM	#10
onetoncrewcab One of my kids. Cute eh? Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mitchell, SD Posts: 1,286	Count me in for the bottom one, although the second from the bottom is a great one too. Mike __________________ If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is “God is crying.” And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is “Probably because of something you did. John 3:16 2006 Chevy HHR 2000 Dodge Durango 1985 Jeep CJ-7 1970 Chevy Pickup

08-21-2005, 03:15 PM	#11
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	if it was me i would do sum old wild pinstriping on it like von dutch stuff or sumthing like that but with a really old school logo(what ever name you think of) on the doors or the side of the bed or if i had to flame it it would be the gray going to blue thing

08-21-2005, 05:07 PM	#12
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Don't forget the fake buisness name... like happy hooker towing service or something.

08-21-2005, 09:56 PM	#14
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	LOL! Happy Hooker Towing....But would that mean I would have to refer to the cars I would be pulling as johns!?! I think I will most likely go with bottom pic of the first set, although the one below would would be very popular all my buddies...and not so much with the Mrs. I would like to a see a photoshop of the grey and blue flames you guys suggested, but its beyond my ability to do a good rendition of it. Attached Images __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club! Last edited by 67_C-30; 08-22-2005 at 08:31 AM.

08-21-2005, 10:03 PM	#15
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Here's a quicky w/ blue, but its not too good. Attached Images __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club! Last edited by 67_C-30; 08-21-2005 at 10:05 PM.

08-22-2005, 08:58 AM	#16
wolfthing2000 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,276	Forget the blue. Go your idea and then keep the flames on cab only.

08-22-2005, 01:16 PM	#18
Americanrider Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NW, WA. Posts: 1,421	Close....wheels grey and add more grey to the flames, blend it about 1/2 to 3/4s back on the hood.

08-22-2005, 02:04 PM	#20
navybear70 hometown heroes! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ewa Beach, HI Posts: 487	I was going to vote on third pic until I saw the blue flames. The red/yellow flames on flat black is about two decades behind this year truck. You might as well hang the coon-skin tail off the antenna! The blue grey would be cool, but I disagree with ending the flames at the cab. maybe some more behind the rear wheel, or as the picture shows; but cab only would make the vehicle look like it was piecemealed together, IMO. __________________ 2009 Silverado 2wd, 121k as of 04APR13. I love my truck 29 days out of the month. The payment is due on the 30th... Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less. -Robert E. Lee "Never give up ground you've already taken." -Unknown



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08-22-2005, 02:24 PM	#21
wolfthing2000 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,276	YES!!!!! Coon tail!!!!!!!! That would realy be cool! Flame thrower exhaust too!!!

08-22-2005, 06:14 PM	#22
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	You need an old CB in there with a 9ft antenna shooting straight up in the air too. __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck

08-22-2005, 11:38 PM	#23
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	The blue and grey would probably look OK, but I love the red and yellow flames, even if its not the correct period truck. It almost looks as is if its on fire now when turn on that massive beacon light on the top. I also think that the very front of it would look really cool all white. __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

08-22-2005, 11:51 PM	#24
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,023	I guess I'll be the odd ball and vote for none of the above. I think it would look cool if you had the doors lettered with a weathered look logo, and paint the rims red with chrome caps..... __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

08-23-2005, 09:19 AM	#25
FormerMember Account Suspended Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,051	So, where can I get one of those?

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