GM Semis

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Originally Posted by Bob B.

Here is a great video on the development of the 1988 'GMT400' series light trucks, but what is of interest to us here is at 0:26 there is a good shot of the 'Aero Brigadier' styling prototype. I don't believe this was a 1990 TopKick/Kodiak (GMT530) prototype, that program started later and the proportions of this truck are quite a bit different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEdaZ5HQb4

One of a kind there. Pretty neat.

Originally Posted by factorystock

Rare color photo. Standard practice to paint frames and cabs the same color?

I bet those are fleet orders. That medium duty also has body color wheels. Maybe it's a Schwann's truck.

That's what I miss the most is fleet paint jobs. Back when the extra cost was considered worth it. The paint did make a statement. Truck styling may have changed, but I still prefer seeing the new trucks in their traditional livery. Less and less all the time. Out of Richmond, VA is Estes. They still do the yellow with black fenders and red chassis and wheels. I remember when they were all out there. Just the way it was. I've seen some that were white and I worried, but mostly still see paint jobs