What color is this?

[CG]

1972 Burb

Much larger picture if that helps.... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...hp?photo=19560

['68OrangeSunshine]

Gold, Saddle? Fawn Gold was out of style by MY '72.

[72c20customcamper]

I was told 4001 code means special order paint because my 72 has no paint codes on the spid or the build sheet just 4001db Mine turned out to be Placer gold /white

[lil hoodlum]

I couldn't read it on the larger size image, what year truck is it?

It looks very close to saddle but if it is a '69 or '70 model, maybe one of the poly-metalic colors?

Sorry, never mind, I see that you posted it is for a 1972 suburban. I would say it is a saddle color.

[Steeveedee]

Looks to be the same color as Mark's (72c20customcamper) '68 step side.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Looks to be the same color as Mark's (72c20customcamper) '68 step side.

Could be, code 525 saddle fawn


But with no code listed it could be any color. Do you have the truck in your possession? If so have a jobber gun it . It will tell you the color that’s how I found out my 72 was a car color

['68OrangeSunshine]

If you look closely at his SPID in the blow-up attachment, you'll see ''4001PC'' as the last entry in the left hand column.
In Post 3, 72c20customcamper said he has an RPO code 4001db on a build sheet for ''special paint'' which was Placer Gold/White.
GM dropped "Fawn" as a paint name after MY 1968.

CG -- you could probably get that ''6-2-1084'' Magic Marker ink up with alcohol. Just be very careful not to get too close to the SPID lettering.

[CG]

Well I didn't write it down so I've already forgotten (sigh) I was at a buddies house today and he had this step side visiting. Its earlier than a 72 (maybe 69? I didn't write that down either) anyway he had a paint chart and the color was on there ... Maybe the placer gold, I know poly was a part of the name. Here is the ash tray out of the burb balanced on the step side ... Pretty close, I think the stepper has been repainted.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by CG

Well I didn't write it down so I've already forgotten (sigh) I was at a buddies house today and he had this step side visiting. Its earlier than a 72 (maybe 69? I didn't write that down either) anyway he had a paint chart and the color was on there ... Maybe the placer gold, I know poly was a part of the name. Here is the ash tray out of the burb balanced on the step side ... Pretty close, I think the stepper has been repainted.

Placer gold was a very yellow gold . Not close to the Saddle fawn at all .

[CG]

You're correct, not even close =), I need to write things down.

Chevelle almost looks like War Bonnet gold

[72c20customcamper]

My 72 was repainted Ocher . But the bed ,engine and interior are still Placer gold . Would like to get it back to original but don’t want to start another project

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by CG

Well I didn't write it down so I've already forgotten (sigh) I was at a buddies house today and he had this step side visiting. Its earlier than a 72 (maybe 69? I didn't write that down either) anyway he had a paint chart and the color was on there ... Maybe the placer gold, I know poly was a part of the name. Here is the ash tray out of the burb balanced on the step side ... Pretty close, I think the stepper has been repainted.

If we saw the grille, we'd know the year. But OK Placer Gold is a brighter yellow.
''Poly'' [I think] meant metallic in GM PaintSpeak.
So ''Saddle Fawn Poly'' if '68 or earlier, or Saddle Poly if later. That's what it looks like to me.

[jocko]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

My 72 was repainted Ocher . But the bed ,engine and interior are still Placer gold . Would like to get it back to original but don’t want to start another project

You have too many good choices for projects
I gotta tell ya though, I would cheer on your resto of the 72. There was a 71 SS454 in Placer Gold running around my home town growing up - I’ve always thought it was one of the best colors GM ever offered. So rare on a truck, I think it would be a stunner.

[CG]

The color is .... saddle poly

I forgot to ask what year the stepper was =)

[72c20customcamper]

Same as my stepper. Poly is the metallic and it’s loaded with it to the point it’s hard to spray.

[72c20customcamper]

This is a spot on the 72’s hood that peeled away revealing the Placer Gold

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by jocko

You have too many good choices for projects
I gotta tell ya though, I would cheer on your resto of the 72. There was a 71 SS454 in Placer Gold running around my home town growing up - I’ve always thought it was one of the best colors GM ever offered. So rare on a truck, I think it would be a stunner.

I didn’t see your post till now . It would look great with the Placer and white but life gets in the way . The stepper resto has stalled because the wife’s Tacoma rear went and I’m doing that and the oil pan on my CTD rotted away again. I had Replaced it 7 years ago and had the new one blasted and powder coated inside and out.

But I think my wife would be upset . She says the trucks like me presentable but rough around the edges and she likes it like that.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

This is a spot on the 72’s hood that peeled away revealing the Placer Gold

I bet if you hit that with a pressure washer the ochre would come off like peeling an onion.