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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Shelbyville, KY
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Anyone know the color
I need to get some paint for my rockers etc. The truck is a 71 and is Red with just a hint of orange in it. Any idea of what or how I can find out what color it's called? My Jimmy is the same color.
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Join Date: May 2000
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Do you have any reference to paint codes on the options list? Do you still have the options list? Usually a sticker on the inside door of the glove box. That is, if you are trying to track down original paint. Otherwise, take it to a paint shop and see if they can match it up.
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Huck.. I think that color is called cardinal red and the paint code is like 73 or something like that... I had a 1980 blazer and was that color and the GM paint chips for that color were the same for a long time and I would bet that thats the same color.... some people actually call it orange, heck my fiends called it ernie orange after the muppet on sesame street... hope that helps.. i dont know if you have a base/clear or single stage paint, but sometimes taht can make a difference, check it out b4 you go to pick up the paint or have some one else squirt it....
--mike
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63 C20 2WD, 230/SM420/4.11 73K 68 C30 dump truck, 327,SM425,4.56 66K original 68 C10 2WD SWB Stepper, 250/3-tree/3.73 66K.... Wifes 68 Buick Skylark Custom Conv., 350/TH400/2.56 In our family since '79 69 GMC 1500 SWB 2WD, 350/TH350/3.73 posi... 70 K10 SWB 4X4 4-sp,ps, pb, tilt, buckets, console, sliding back window (Need AC parts) WIP 72 Chevy K20 4x4 350/350/205/4.56 donor 72 Vette 350/M21/3.70 posi, triple black and super fast 84 Olds Cutlass Brougham 350/2004r/4.11 was Dad's |
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heres a pic... see if its the same...
--mike --I miss that truck... 250 I6, 4spw/ creeper 20 MPG and just hauled everything... 155,000 when i traded it off... went back the 250 in my new old 74 c10.....
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63 C20 2WD, 230/SM420/4.11 73K 68 C30 dump truck, 327,SM425,4.56 66K original 68 C10 2WD SWB Stepper, 250/3-tree/3.73 66K.... Wifes 68 Buick Skylark Custom Conv., 350/TH400/2.56 In our family since '79 69 GMC 1500 SWB 2WD, 350/TH350/3.73 posi... 70 K10 SWB 4X4 4-sp,ps, pb, tilt, buckets, console, sliding back window (Need AC parts) WIP 72 Chevy K20 4x4 350/350/205/4.56 donor 72 Vette 350/M21/3.70 posi, triple black and super fast 84 Olds Cutlass Brougham 350/2004r/4.11 was Dad's |
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The red color for Blazers is called "Crimson Red".
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Shelbyville, KY
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Here is the vehicle I'm redoing. Already have the rockers cut out and just need the inners before I weld , prime and shoot. Looks more red then the other, no? Is the color code actually on the glove box build option list?
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
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Looks a lot like the color of of my 72 GMC. The colors are:
pure white, code 521 hugger orange, code 524 ![]()
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